The Tambopata reserve near Puerto Maldonado is one of the most accessible areas of Amazon rainforest, with jungle lodges, clay licks where hundreds of macaws gather, giant otters and canopy towers.
Fly from Cusco or Lima. Stay at least 3 nights.
A mountain striped in red, gold and turquoise by minerals, at 5,036 m.
The old Inca capital, at 3,400 m, with Spanish churches built on Inca walls, a UNESCO site.
The fertile Urubamba valley between Cusco and Machu Picchu, with Inca terraces and towns: the fortress of Ollantaytambo, the Pisac market and ruins, …
The highest navigable lake in the world, at 3,812 m, shared with Bolivia.
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.
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