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Arequipa
The department of Arequipa begins in the coastal desert and then climbs the Andes, reaching great altitude at the snow covered peaks and at its volcanoes. Arequipa, known as the White City for its beautiful white walls of sillar, a volcanic stone, of Mount Chachani, Mount Misti. The downtown of the city, placed on the World Cultural Heritage list by UNESCO, features Mixed Baroque churches and mansions from the Colonial Period like the Monastery of Santa Catalina, a Spanish city in miniature with stone streets, beautiful patios, plazas and the irresistible Arequipa cuisine is the perfect complement to the visit.
Cajamarca
The department of Cajamarca is characterized by slight slopes and highlands relatively low in comparison to the rest of the Peruvian Andes. The territory is made up of numerous valleys and gorges. The city of Cajamarca brings together three ingredients that make it an unforgettable destination: a magnificent Colonial architecture, beautiful countryside, and a rich history since it was the scene of an important episode of South American history. Here, the Conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca Atahualpa who, in spite of fulfilling his part of the ransom, was killed.
Callao
Callao is the largest and most important port in Peru. Located west of Lima city and is part of the Lima Metropolitan Area. Callao was founded in 1537, just two years after Lima, and soon became the main port for Spanish commerce in the Pacific.
Chan chan
Chan Chan is located in the Moche valley, facing the sea, halfway between the resort of Huanchaco and the city of Trujillo, capital of the department of La Libertad on the northern coast of Peru The archaeological site covers an area of approximately 20 square kilometers. The central zone is formed by a set of 10 walled enclosures (called "towns") and other solitary pyramids. This core set, covers an area of 6 square kilometers, approximately. The rest consists of numerous small poorly preserved structures, sidewalks, canals, walls and cemeteries.
Chavin de Huantar
Chavin de Huantar was the capital of the Chavin culture. It is an archaeological site located in the District of Chavin de Huantar, province of Huari, Ancash department. It is 462 kilometers northeast of Lima, Peru. The site has an elevation of 3177 meters above the sea, in the alley Conchucos on the eastern flank of the Cordillera Blanca. The city's location at the confluence of the rivers and Mosna Huacheksa in the main basin of the river Maranon, between the coast and the jungle, made him an ideal location for the collection and trade in goods.
Chiclayo
The department of Lambayeque is located on the coastal plain and combines arid zones, rich valleys, and dry forests. The city of Chiclayo (29 msnm ), bordered by fertile valleys and very close to the ocean, is the capital of the department and the commercial nexus among the three Peruvian regions: coast, highland, and jungle. This territory was the cradle of the Mochicas, who lived there between the first and fourth centuries A.D., which makes Lambayeque one of the most interesting archeological destinations in the country.
Colca Canyon
The Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru. It is located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Arequipa. It is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States. The name Colca refers to small holes in the cliffs in the valley and canyon. These holes were used in Inca and pre-Inca times to store food, such as potatoes and other Andean crops. They were also used as tombs for important people.
Cusco
Cusco has a beautiful landscape that conjugates with the blue sky, white clouds and awesome mountains, by its roads is possible to get to know the heritage inherited that give a testimony of its art, it’s impossible to don’t notice the importance that this city had in the Inca period. The city of Cusco, the ancient capital of the Incan Empire, was placed on the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO in 1983. This magical city also has an exciting nightlife with cafes, restaurants, and bars for all tastes.
El Señor de Sipan
The Lord of Sipan was a former ruler of the third century, whose command covers an area of modern Peru. Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva, with his team, discovered the tomb of the Lord of Sipan in 1987. The finding of the royal tombs of the Lord of Sipan marked an important milestone in the archeology of the Americas because for the first time, was found intact and no signs of looting, a royal burial of a Peruvian civilization before the Incas. The coffin was found in reeds, was the first of its kind to be found in America and revealed the splendor and majesty of the only ruler and warrior of ancient Peru found to date of its discovery, whose life was about 250 years the current era.
Huaraz - White Cordillera
The department of Ancash starts on a slightly hilly coastal strip and climbs up to the highest snow-capped mountains in Peru. Spread out along the Callejon de Huaylas, a dazzling valley stuck between two mountain ranges, the Blanca and Negra Cordilleras. It was between the years 1200 b.C. and 200 b.C. that the Chavín lived in the region, the same that left as their legacy the impressive archaeological complex of Chavin de Huantar, which, in 1985, UNESCO placed on the World Cultural Heritage List.
Huascaran National Park
Huascaran National Park was created in 1975 with the purpose of preserving the wild animal and plant life, geological formations, archaeological sites, and beautiful scenery. UNESCO placed it on the Natural World Heritage List in 1985. Inside the 340.000 hectares, which include almost the entire White Cordillera, you can observe the great variety of high Andean plant life like the Puyas Raimondi in the areas of Quesque and Pumapampa (this flower is considered the biggest in the plant realm, and once it has blossomed, the plant dies), and the queñual trees in the Llanganuco Lakes.
Inca Trail
This is the name given to part of the vast network of trails built by the Incas that united the main administrative and religious centers of their empire, what they called the Tahuantinsuyo. One of these trails connects the city of Cusco with Machu Picchu. The most popular section is a beautiful landscape, due to several different ecological tiers, and passes by archaeological sites built by the Incas; it has earned the reputation of being one of the world’s best trekking destinations.
Iquitos
Iquitos is located in the northern jungles, to the east. Is the capital of Loreto, with almost 30% of the country is the largest and northernmost Peru. The city lies along a side arm of the Amazon River, opposite a large permanent white called Padre Island, wooded and almost twenty miles long. The city is surrounded by countless smaller rivers and canals.
Kuelap Chachapoyas Citadel
He monumental Citadel of Kuelap is situated at 3000 m above sea level. Kuelap consists of massive exterior stone walls containing more than four hundred buildings. The structure, situated on a ridge overlooking the Utcubamba Valley in northern Peru, the citadel has about 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width judging from its sheer size, its walls rise up to 19 meters in height. There are multiple levels or platforms within the complex. Because of its extension, these flat elevations support more than 400 constructions, among Temples, warehouses, resident houses which most of them are cylindrical.
Lake Titicaca
Titicaca National Reserve was created in 1978 in order to preserve the natural resources characteristic of Lake Titicaca and the highland ecosystem. It covers an area of 36.180 hectares. In the reserve, dozens of birds, fish, and amphibious species have been registered like flamingos or parihuanas, Andean geese, seagulls, Titicaca grebes, chullumpis, and Andean lapwings as well as numerous endangered species.
Lima
Lima was founded in 1535 and in a short period of time became the most important city in the Americas. Today, there are more than eight million inhabitants, and the city shelters immigrants from all corners of the globe. In the historic centre placed by UNESCO on the World Cultural Heritage List, which has transformed it into a mixed city par excellence.
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary is an impressive Inca citadel placed on the side of a mountain. Its Quechua name means “Old Mountain”, but it is also known as “the Lost City of the Incas” since it remained hidden from the West until discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1911. It was built in the fifteenth century, and is attributed to the Inca Pachacutec.
Madre De Dios - Puerto Maldonado
Exuberant is the word that describes Madre de Dios with its infinite forests, sinuous rivers that rush towards the ocean, and life abounding in all its corners. Puerto Maldonado, the capital city, is an obligatory stop along the way to gain entrance to the national parks and reserves located in the area, and it has been, at certain moments, an important exporting site for rubber, wood, gold, and petroleum. At present, two of the main economic activities there are eco-tourism and chestnut harvesting.
Mancora
Mancora is a small fishing creek located in the province Talara in the department of Piura in northern Peru, near the department of Tumbes. In recent years it has become a beach visited by Peruvian and foreign surfers.
Location of the resort of Mancora
Manu National Park
Manu er det mest luksuriøse udtryk af liv på planeten i et af Amazonas mest uberørte hjørner. Manu tilbyder de besøgende en kort indsigt i en verden fjernt fra deres egen, en chance til at opdage dens ekstremer og skabninger af alle typer. En tur til Amazonas, og i særdeleshed til Manu vil efterlade den besøgende med en dyb taknemmelighed og respekt for naturen og dens forskellige udtryk.
Nazca Lines
Just two hours from Ica, 50 square km of desert floor were covered centuries ago by vast drawings, figures of mammals, insects and deities. The Nazca Lines, discovered in 1927, are the most extraordinary legacy left by a culture that flourished in 300 BC. The lines are a series of complex designs, some up to 300 meters long which can only be seen in their true dimension from the sky, from an altitude of at least 1,500 feet. The Nazca culture is not believed to have been capable of manned flight. But the question remains as to how they crafted the drawings, what technology they used and what purpose the lines served.
Pacaya-Samiria
It is located in northeastern Peru, politically part of the Loreto region covers parts of the provinces of Requena Alto Amazonas and Ucayali. Pacaya samiria: It was established on February 4, 1982 by Supreme Decree N º 016-82-AG.
Origin of name: The name of the Pacaya-Samiria comes from the name of the two rivers that run through it: the river and the river Samiria Pacaya. The Reserve has a singular beauty, being also called the "Forest of Mirrors" because the forest and the sky are reflected so clearly in the dark waters of its rivers, which the visitor has the feeling of browsing without mirrors end.
PARACAS
The desert and the sea come together in spectacular fashion in Paracas, in the department of Ica, just a few hours south from the city of Lima. The cliffs that fringe the beaches are teeming with life: millions of birds that live here year-round, and thousands that fly from the Northern Hemisphere and from further south.
Puno
Puno was the territory of the Tiahuanacos who were the highest cultural expression of the Aymara people that established themselves in Peru and Bolivia.
Today, the city of Puno (3,287 masl), which lies on the shores of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, is the folklore capital of Peru and the site of the Feast of the Virgen de la Candelaria. The lake contains numerous islands whose inhabitants continue to live as their ancestors have in custom and tradition.
Sacred Valley of the Incas
The Sacred Valley of the Incas or Valle Sagrado de los Incas is located in the Andes Mountains of Southeastern Peru. It is a colorful place with high mountains and scattered Inca ruins, for those who have the physical strength; it's a dreamlike experience to hike or bike here. The Incas have set their most important cities and forts in this part of Peru, due to the geographic and climatic advantages.
Trujillo
Trujillo, the capital of the department, is known as the city of eternal spring because of its blessed climate and festive atmosphere. The area was inhabited by two important, ancient Peruvian civilizations, the Mochica and the Chimú, and later, it became an important vice royal city. Among its uncountable archeological attractions, there is Chan Chan, the largest mud city in the Americas and ancient capital for the Chimú. UNESCO placed it on the World Cultural Heritage List in 1986.
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