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Categories: Abra La Raya
Aguas Calientes, also known as Machu Picchu pueblo, and is located four miles away from Machu Picchu. The city was founded in 1901 as the railroad between Cuzco and Santa Ana was being built, in result, Aguas Calientes became a hub for the railroad’s...
Categories: Aguas Calientes (Peru)
Categories: Amantani Island
Categories: Amazon Birthplace
The Peruvian Amazon borders Ecuador, Brazil, and Bolivia. The area is rich in biodiversity and has the second-largest portion of the Amazon.
Categories: Amazon Jungle (Peru)
Categories: Amazon Natural Park
The Amazon River is rich in biodiversity, which makes for a spectacular travel destination, and river cruising enthusiasts.
Categories: Amazon River (Peru)
Categories: Andahuaylas
Categories: Apayaco
Categories: Aramu Muru
Sparkling in the sun, Arequipa is called the White City because of the sillar, a white volcanic stone that makes up its buildings, modern ones as well as Spanish colonial. Peru's second-largest city sits surrounded by towering mountains—including the...
Categories: Arequipa
Ayacucho is known as the City of Churches for good reason: Locals say there are 33—one for each year of Jesus' life—in this town 250 mi/400 km southeast of Lima (217 mi/350 km by air), including some of the most beautiful churches in Peru. Until the ...
Categories: Ayacucho
The Ballestas Islands are a spectacular group of islands with many caves and arches, which provide shelter for thousands of seabirds and sea-lions. The islands are home to over 150 species of marine birds including the Humboldt penguin, cormorants, b...
Categories: Ballestas Island
The town of Cajamarca, 360 mi/580 km northwest of Lima, attracts travelers who are interested in the history of the Spanish conquest of Peru, who would like to soak in a historic thermal bath or who are looking for an Andean city that doesn't have th...
Categories: Cajamarca
Located approximately 115 miles north of Lima, Caral is a 200 acre site of archeological importance that dates back 4,600 years. The site of Caral and 18 other sites make up the Supe River Valley and what is now called the Caral-Supe Civilizatio...
Categories: Caral
Categories: Casa Hacienda Orihuela
The city of Chachapoyas remains well off the well-trodden tourist trail, but its reputation as a tourist destination is growing every year. This is mainly because of the nearby ruins of Kuelap, a massive hilltop fortress that once served as an import...
Categories: Chachapoyas
Once the capital of the Chimu kingdom, Chan Chan was the largest pre-Inca city in South America. In fact, it is thought to be the largest adobe city ever built anywhere, with 50,000 residents inhabiting 10 sq mi/26 sq km. It had nine subcities, each ...
Categories: Chan Chan
Chiclayo is Peru’s fourth largest city however, the liveliest and the capital of the Lambayeque northern region. Chiclayo was inhabited by a large number of indigenous civilizations since 1st century AD until the 16th century when Spanish explo...
Categories: Chiclayo
Categories: Chimbote
Categories: Chincheros
Categories: Chiquian
Categories: Choqueuirao
Categories: Chucuito
Categories: Cinchero
Categories: Clavero
Categories: Cloud Forest Peru
Categories: Coast of Peru
Deep as the Grand Canyon in the USA, Colca Canyon is a colorful Andean valley with pre-Incan roots founded by the Spaniards in the 1530s. It's claimed to be the biggest and deepest canyon in the world making it impossible to see the bottom of the...
Categories: Colca Canyon
Categories: Collpapampa
Categories: Cordillera Blanca
Categories: Cordillera Carabaya
Categories: Cordillera Huayhuash
Categories: Cuartelhuain
The Cuzco (Cusco) region of Peru combines Inca legacy with Spanish colonial architecture in an atmosphere at once provincial and sublime. The chaotic marketplaces where campesinos barter grain or potatoes for multi-colored fabric belie the mute spiri...
Categories: Cuzco
Categories: Dorado River
Categories: Guañape Islands
Hormigas de Afuera are a group of small islands located off the coast of Peru. The name literally translates to Outside Ants, which refers to the size of the islands.
These tiny islands are known for their amazing wildlife, in particular the Peru...
Categories: Hormigas de Afuera
Categories: Huaca de la Luna
Huacho city is just north of Lima, in Peru. Visitors will want to visit nearby Loma de Lachay, a National Reserve in the desert foothills of Huaral Province. Among the most notable inhabitants of the park are the Sechuan fox, Andes&nbs...
Categories: Huacho
Categories: Huanacpatay
Categories: Huancavelica
Huancayo is a busy commercial center in central Peru, 120 mi/195 km east of Lima. See the Convento Santa Rosa de Ocopa, which has one of the most complete collections of antiquities in the country. There's also a museum of natural history, Torre Torr...
Categories: Huancayo
Categories: Huanchaco
Categories: Huantiac
Huaraz is located in the highlands of Peru, and is visited for its pre-Inca and Inca archaeological monuments, cultural heritage and grand natural landscapes. It is often a base for treks to Cordillera Blanca and Chavin, and hiking, mountain biking, ...
Categories: Huaraz
Categories: Huaypo Lake
Categories: Huayraccmachay
Ica is the most important city on the southern coast of Peru (although it is actually 50km from the ocean), and the centre of Peru's wine and pisco industry, producing some decent wines. The Plaza de Armas is the centre of Ica, and there are a number...
Categories: Ica
Categories: Ilo
Categories: Inca Trail
Iquitos is located in Northeastern Peru on the Amazon river. Right at the crux, the city sits at the point where the Marañón River unites with the Ucayali River to form the mainstream of the Amazon. Founded in 1747 by Jesuit Jose Bahamonde, the city ...
Categories: Iquitos
Lobos de Tierra is a beautiful island located off the Pacific coast of the Lambayeque Region, in Peru. It is the only island in the Peruvian coast where there is vegetation. On this island birds live in rocky hillsides and sandy beaches. Ne...
Categories: Isla Lobos De Tierra
Categories: Juliaca
Categories: Kuyoc
Categories: La Playa
Categories: Laguna Carhuacocha
Categories: Laguna Jahuacocha
Categories: Lake Charo
Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, is a world unto itself—a definite must-see. It's located 560 mi/900 km southeast of Lima, on the Peru/Bolivia border, at an altitude of 12,500 ft/3,812 m. One way to see Titicaca is on the 12-hour train r...
Categories: Lake Titicaca (Peruvian Coast)
Categories: Lares Valley
Lima, "the City of the Kings," became the effective capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru, established 1560. Today, a visit to Lima may serve as a unique Peruvian experience that offers a glimpse into the Andean world, Spanish tradition and the country'...
Categories: Lima
Categories: Llachon
Categories: Llactapata
Categories: Llulluchapampa
Categories: Lobos de Afuera
Categories: Loma Ollocuyoc
Categories: Los Uros Floating Islands
Categories: Lucmabamba
Machu Picchu is a fortress city of the ancient Incas, in a high saddle between two peaks 50 miles NW of Cuzco, Peru. The extraordinary pre-Columbian ruin consists of five sq. miles of terraced stonework link by 3,000 steps; it was virtually intact wh...
Categories: Machu Picchu
Categories: Maizal Campsite
Categories: Malaga Pass
Mancora is a seaside town in northwester Peru with a reputation for all day fun at the beach and a sizzling nightlife. Beautiful beaches, balmy turquoise waters less crowded than other surfing hot spots, and plenty of places to try for fantastic food...
Categories: Mancora
If you have the time, the money and a true love of the rain forest, the journey into Manu National Park (located 100 mi/160 km northeast of Cusco) is a must—in our opinion, it's the most worthwhile jungle adventure in all of South America. It covers ...
Categories: Manu National Park
Categories: Maranon River
Matarani is a port city in the Arequipa Region of Peru.
Categories: Matarani
Categories: Mejia Lagoons National Sanctuary
Categories: Moray
Nauta is a bustling small town on the shores of the Maranon river in the Peruvian Amazon. This town is perfect for visitors intersted in nature and small town culture. Visitors can hire a boat from Nauta and experience the majesti...
Categories: Nauta
Categories: Nauta Cano (Forrest of Rivers)
Nazca (Nasca) is located on the coast of southern Peru, and is the largest town in the Nazca Province. It is most famous for the Nazca Lines, the desert line drawings only visible from high elevations. Nazca is also famous for its complicated system ...
Categories: Nazca
The Nazca Lines, on the plains 240 mi/385 km southeast of Lima, can be reached either by air from Ica or by a bus ride from Lima of between six and eight hours. Upon arrival, visitors board a small plane to fly over stylized designs carved into the g...
Categories: Nazca Plain
History buffs will get a real kick out of Ollantaytambo, a pretty town about 26 mi/42 km northwest of Cusco. Before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors, Ollantaytambo served as the royal estate and ceremonial center of the Inca ruler Pachacuti, ...
Categories: Ollantaytambo
Scenic cruising.
Categories: Pacaya River
Renowned for its biodiversity, the area could quite possibly be one of the oldest Pleistocene shelters of the South American continent. There is a proven existence of 965 species of wild plants and 59 of cultivated plants, 450 species of birds, 102 s...
Categories: Pacaya Samiria Reserve
Known for its wondrous moonlit nights and large expanse of beaches, Paita is a small, charming port town with a history of pirates and highlighted by colonial architecture.
Categories: Paita
Categories: Paracas National Reserve
Categories: Paukarkancha
Categories: Pebas
Categories: Peruvian Highlands
Categories: Pinchiunuyocc (Pichanaki)
Categories: Piranha Cano
Pisco is the largest port between Callao and Matarani. There are two parts of this town, Pisco Pueblo with its colonial-style homes, and Pisco Puerto, which, apart from fisheries, has been replaced as a port by the deep-water Puerto General San Marti...
Categories: Pisco
The oldest colonial town in Peru, Piura was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1532. Originally on a site north of the Chira River, it was moved to its present location in 1588, 120 mi/195 km northwest of Chiclayo. We particularly enjoyed Jiron Lima, th...
Categories: Piura
Categories: Playa Rosalinda
Categories: Playa Sahuayaco
Pucallpa is an inland town on the banks of the Ucayali River, 310 mi/500 km northeast of Lima. The Ucayali and Maranon rivers together form the headwaters of the Amazon River. In some ways, Pucallpa may remind you of a county seat in the U.S. Midwest...
Categories: Pucallpa
Categories: Pucate River
Gold panning on the Tampobamba and Madre de Dios rivers, and the latex boom at the end of the past century, determined the foundation of the city of Puerto Maldonado., Today, Madre de Dios, the old Inca Antisuyo, is still what It has been -for centur...
Categories: Puerto Maldonado
Categories: Puerto Miguel
Categories: Puerto Mollendo
Categories: Puerto San Juan
Scenic cruising.
Categories: Puinahua River
Categories: Pukara
Puno lies on the shores of Lake Titicaca. This area is the cradle of the Aymara civilization and the birthplace of the Inca Empire.
Categories: Puno
Categories: Punta Islay
Categories: Rainbow Mountain
Categories: Raqchi
Categories: Rio Choroyacu
The Urubamba valley is also named the Sacred Valley. It begins in the Urubamba's village and continues to Macchu Picchu.
Categories: Sacred Valley
This is the port for Trujillo, the "Lordly City," whose elegant mansions and churches reflect the aristocracy of the Spanish colonial era. Here you may opt for a thrilling excursion to Chan-Chan, an immense and magnificent enclave that since A.D. 130...
Categories: Salaverry
Categories: Salkantay Pass
The Samiria River is located in th...
Categories: Samiria River
Categories: San Ignacio
Categories: San Jose de Paranapura
Categories: San Jose de Sarapanga
San Martín is located in the High Jungle of the north eastern region of the country. All its territory is located in the tropical region of Perú. The origins of San Martín go back to when the fierce Chancas, prosecuted by the Incas, came to this regi...
Categories: San Martin
Categories: San Martin de Tipishca
Categories: San Pedro de Tipishca
Categories: San Regis
Categories: Santa Cruz (Peru)
Categories: Santa Teresa River Valley
Categories: Sapisapi River
Categories: Sapote River (Amazon River)
Categories: Sapuena Creek
On the rolling hills on the Lake Umayo Peninsula sits the pre-Incan burial ground of Sillustani, built above ground in tower-like structures called chullpas. The relics of the Colla people of the indigenous Aymara tribe has remained here since the 15...
Categories: Sillustani
Categories: Sol y Luna Lodge
Categories: Soraypampa
Suasi Island is an ecological preserve in Peru where you will find yourself immersed in the special energy of this truly unique island. Walking, hiking and fishing are just some of the activities available. Be on the lookout for unusual animals, incl...
Categories: Suasi Island
Categories: Supay cocha
Supe is a town located in the province of Barranca, on the western region of Peru. Supe is a marvelous archeological site with so much history, culture and tradition. Archeological traces date back to about 2600BC, making it one of the most ancient s...
Categories: Supe
Categories: Tacsha River
Categories: Tahuayo River (Amazon River)
Categories: Tambo Colorado
Tambopata is a nature reserve in the Peruvian Amazon Basin. Its diverse rainforest adjacent to the Heath and Tambopata River is a protected area home to Incan communities. For thousands of years, it was home to the aboriginal Amazonians but an increa...
Categories: Tambopata
Categories: Tapiche River
Categories: Taquile Island
Categories: Tinajani Canyon
Categories: Totora
Scenic cruising.
Categories: Ucayali River
Urubamba is a well endowed town situated in the shadow of beautiful Chicon and Pumahuanca glaciers. The attractive Plaza de Armas is laid back and attractive, with palm trees and a couple of pines sourounded by interesting topiary. Weekends there's a...
Categories: Urubamba
Categories: Yacapana Islands (Amazon River)
Categories: Yanallaquillo Creek
Scenic cruising.
Categories: Yanallpa River
Categories: Yanama
Categories: Yanayacu-Pucate River
Categories: Yarapa
The track that unites the Sacred Valley happens through Yucay and continues toward Urubamba and Ollantaytambo. Yucay during the period Inca was an important center of maize production, fruits, vegetables and tubercles. The main culture, like in the t...
Categories: Yucay
Categories: Yucuruche Lake (Amazon Jungle)
Categories: Zapote River