A massive walled citadel of the Chachapoya 'cloud people' on a ridge in northern Peru, with hundreds of round stone houses, older than Machu Picchu and much less visited. A cable car reaches it from Nuevo Tingo.
Nearby Gocta is one of the world's tallest waterfalls. Check whether the site is open; part of the wall collapsed in 2022.
The Cordillera Blanca is the highest tropical mountain range in the world, in Huascarán National Park.
Lima is one of the great food cities of the world: eat ceviche at a cevichería, try Nikkei and Chifa cuisine, and visit the Surquillo market.
A small oasis lagoon surrounded by huge sand dunes.
The classic Inca Trail is a 4-day, 43 km hike on original Inca stone paths from Km 82 in the Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu, passing Inca ruins, cloud…
The 15th-century Inca citadel on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba valley, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
Giant geoglyphs of animals, plants and lines drawn in the desert between 500 BC and 500 AD, a UNESCO site, best seen from small planes on 30-minute f…
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