Tunga Coast

The coast near Tunga lies beside the arid valleys of southern Peru, where rivers descend from the Andes through desert to the Pacific. The Acarí valley supported settlements long before the Inca conquest, including fortified communities and cultivated land along the river. At the shore, fish and other marine resources offered a different source of food from those of the irrigated valley. The contrast between desert, river oasis and productive sea is characteristic of this coast.