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Peru Attractions and Peru Tours
Fascinating!
Ocean beaches, stark deserts, snowcovered mountains, vast tropical rain forests, innumerable archeological sites - there are so many Peru attractions to see in a limited time that it can be difficult to make a choice!
To review detailed descriptions and photos of many of Peru's main attractions by general grouping, see the left column under
- Archaeological Sites,
- Nature & Adventure,
- Cultural Centers, and
- Special Attractions
On this page, you'll find an extensive list of many of Peru's attractions. We also discuss the best way to see them, a very important consideration.
Find the area or city of Peru that you want to focus on 
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Although some tourists come to Peru as independent travelers, in many cases an organized tour is the very best way to go. Why?
For two reasons: Knowledge and Time.
- Knowledge: A tour service knows their area inside and out. They have dedicated themselves to researching and traveling the area and know much more interesting facts and stories than you could find out on your own.
- Time: They will take you directly to all the very best spots. And they set everything up, saving you hour upon frustrating hour of your precious time.
Hiking and Backpacking Peru
Some of the most eye-opening attractions you'll find in Peru can only be reached by hiking in on foot. Whether you plan on hiking the mountains, jungle, or coast, however, be sure to read about hiking in Peru safely.
What about you? Do you long to hit the road and travel to faraway places with strange-sounding names, like Huayna Picchu or Pucallpa?
You may want the independence of backpacking Peru. How to do it? Meet Emma Spires who, at the age of 17, left home in the UK to head out alone on a trip to Ghana, West Africa. She never looked back.
Peru Attractions - Coastal
Region of Peru
North Coast
- Tumbes attractions - Peru
- Parque Ecológico Palo Santo - Nature Reserve
- Los
Manglares de Tumbes - Coastal Mangrove Reserve
- Isle of the Birds and
Crocodile Repopulation Program
- Parque Nacional Cerros
de Amotape - One of the most important dry tropical forest reserves in
the world
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| Peruvian Surfer Riding Inside Tube of
Wave, Cabo Blanco, Peru |
- Las Pocitas Beach - Beautiful beach a hike or mototaxi ride south of Mancora
- PeruKite Máncora -
Kitesurfing
- Surfing - Favorite spot of world women's surf champion
- Chan Chan - Ancient ruins, capital of the chimu Kingdom
- Huaca del Sol y la Luna - Ancient ruins
- El Brujo - Ancient ruins
- Huacas de Moche - Ancient ruins of the Moche
civilization
- Iglesia de La Merced - famous cathedral
- Historic homes from the Colonial days
- Caballos Peruanos de Paso y Marinera - Famous Peruvian
Paso and Marinera horses
Huanchaco attractions - Peru
- Huanchaco Beach
- Reed boats
- Surfing - Peruvian Surf
Tours company
- Chiclayo attractions - Peru
- Tucume - Vast Pre-Inca
adobe city
- Sipán - Huaca Rajada -
Royal tombs at Pre-Inca site
- Pimentel Beach and
surfing nearby
Museums
- Mercado Modelo - Market
South Coast
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| Cathedral in the Plaza de Armas in Peru
Photograph - Lima, Peru |
- Lima
attractions
- Peru
- Bike
Tours of Lima
- Museums
- Parque
Reserva - Magic Water Circuit - Honored with a Guinness Record and
unique in America, this circuit offers thirteen impressive fountains
that combine movement, lights, sounds and images.
- Parque de las Leyendas (Zoo)
- Huaca Pucllana (Juliana) - Ancient ruins and
historic site
- Peru Chasquitur Tours - Tour company
- Historic Centre of Lima
- Monica Tours Peru - Tour company
- Caral - Ancient ruins - A World Heritage Site
- Pachacamac - Pre-Inca ruins
- Tandem Paragliding along the beach cliffs
- Extreme Sports Cafe's Paragliding School
- Puruchuco - Archaeological site just outside
of Lima
- Beaches - see where surfing started in Peru in
the 1950s
- Swimming and diving with wild sealions
- Walking tours in Lima
- Pisco
attractions
- (See Ica attractions above) and
- Visit Tambo Colorado -
Well-preserved Inca Fortress
- Penisula de Paracas -
Scenery and wildlife
- Desert Dune Buggies
- Museum
- Nasca
attractions
- Peru
- Nasca Lines -
Archeological, mysterious
- Small aircraft
overflights to view lines or
- Maria Reiche Observation
Tower
- Chauchilla - Pre-Inca
cemetery, skeletons, mummified remains
- Cantalloc Aqueduct -
Pre-Inca stone aqueduct system
Peru Attractions - Mountain Region of Peru
North Mountains
- Cajamarca
attractions
- Peru
- Fundo Tres Molinos
& Los Alpes - Cheese and Manjar Tour
- Cumbemayo, Bosque de
Piedras y Canales - Pre-Inca
- Carnaval &
Coplas - Festival
- Ventanillas de Otuzco -
Pre-Inca cliff dwellings
- Cumbe Mayo - High above
Cajamarca, aqueduct system possible oldest manmade construction in
South America
- Los Baños del Inca -
Pools used by Inca rulers to bathe
- Huancayo
attractions
- Peru
- Sunday Market with
Handicrafts
- Torre-Torre, sandstone towers
- Nearby San Jeronimo for filigree silver jewelry
- Huaraz
attractions
- Peru
- Wari ruin of Wilcawain. Monumento Nacional
- Callejon de Huaylas - superb scenery
- Mountain
climbing, biking, skiing, and rafting
- Tours to see Chavín de Huántar
- Museums of Pre-Inca cultures
- Puya Raimondi plants
- Llanganuco Lakes
- Artesania Market
- Huascarán
National Park attractions
- Peru
- In 1985 the park was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO with over 779 species of high
Andean plants and 112 species of birds
- ecotourism
- hiking
- skiing
- archeological tours
Southern Mountains
- Cusco
attractions and tours
- Peru
- Salkantay Trek - Cusco to
Machu Picchu "recently named among the 25 best Treks in the World by
National Geographic Adventure Travel Magazine."
- Inca Trail
- Kusikay
- local festival
- Hiram
Bingham Train
- Llama
Path
- Peru
Treks & Adventure
- Planetarium Cusco
- River Explorers -
Trekking, biking, white water rafting.
- Cusco for you -
Horseback tours
- Santo Domingo
Church (Iglesia de Santo Domingo)
- Sacsayhuamán
- Salinas de Maras -
Geological formation off the beaten track
- Andean Explorer
Train - Train to Lake Titcaca
- Temple of the Sun
(Coricancha) Cusco
- Plaza de Armas
(Huacaypata) Cusco
- Cusco Explorers -
Tours including the Inca Trail
- Q'engo - Ancient
ruins
- Inca Baths at
Tambomachay
- Red Fortress (Puca
Pucara) - Ancient ruins
- Cusco Tours - Tour
company
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Pisac attractions
- Sacred Valley
- Impressive
historic ruins and hiking area
- Virgen del Carmen
festival (July 16-18)
- Gigantic market with
crafts of all kinds
 | | Cataraya De Mandor Waterfall Flowing into the Urubamba River, Aguas Calientes, Cuzco, Peru |
- Machu Picchu attractions
- Sacred Valley
- One of the Seven Wonders of the World
- Gate of the Sun (Intipuncu)
- Intihuatana Stone
- Temple of the Three Windows
- Huayna Picchu climb
- Moon Temple
- Sayacmarca
- Winawayna - site just past Machu Picchu
- Paucarcancha Ruins
- Puyapatamarca Site
- Llaqtapata - ancient village site
- The Ruins of Intipata
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| Peru Attractions |
Ollantaytambo
- Wikipedia
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Ollantaytambo - attractions -
Sacred Valley
- Awamaki - Tour indigenous women's weaving project
- Temple of Ollantaytambo
- River Rafting the Urubamba River
- Pumamarca Ruins
- Pinkuylluna Mountain Granaries
- Inca Bridge
- Inca Quarries
- Patacancha Valley
- Urubamba - attractions - Sacred
Valley
- Sacred Valley Via Ferrata
- Ceramicas Seminario - ceramics shop tour
- River rafting
- Arequipa - attractions - Peru
- Arequipa is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Colca Canyon
- Monastery of Santa Catalina (Monasterio de Santa
Catalina)
- La Ibérica Chocolate Shop
- Monasterio de la Recoleta
- Museo Santuarios Andinos (Museum of Andean
Sanctuaries)
- La Catedral - The Cathedral
- La Iglesia de la Compañía - the Church of the Company
- The Iglesia de San Agustín – the Church of Saint Agustine
- The Iglesia de San Francisco – the Church of Saint Francis
- Many museums
- The Mirador de Yanahuara View Point
- Sabandía - Colonial mill
- La Calera - Hot sprins
- El Misti - Volcano
- Chachani - High mountain climbing
- Puno amd Juliaca
- Malecón
Ecoturistico Bahia de los Incas
- Plaza de Armas
- Cathedral
- Balcón del Conde de Lemos
- Casa del Corregidor
- Barco Yavari Museum
- Municipal Museum Carlos Dreyer.
- Mirador (Scenic View) Kuntur Wasi
- Cerro Huajsapata
The Upper Amazon Jungle (la Selva)
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