A country · 287 places · 24 regions
Peru, all of it.
287 curated places across 24 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Lima Department, Cusco Department, Áncash Department and Puno Department — read below as chapters, with 20 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Lima Department · 58 places
Lima Department
Housed in an 18th-century mansion, this private museum showcases a superb collection of pre-Columbian gold, silver, and ceramic art spanning thousands of years of Peruvian cultures. Its gardens draped in bougainvillea make it one of Lima's most atmospheric cultural stops.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Cusco Department · 38 places
Cusco Department
A mountain ridge in the Andes southeast of Cusco, Vinicunca is distinguished by multicolored mineral strata of red, green, yellow, and purple exposed by glacial retreat and erosion. The classical photography position is reached via a trail ascending from Cusipata Valley to approximately 5,200 meters. Light conditions are strongest in the morning before afternoon cloud development obscures the banding.
✦ April to November (dry season) · $$
Chapter III · Áncash Department · 23 places
Áncash Department
A highland city at 3,052 meters in the Callejón de Huaylas valley between the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Negra, Huaraz serves as the primary base for trekking and mountaineering in the Huascarán National Park. The surrounding range contains more than 35 peaks above 6,000 meters, including Alpamayo, widely photographed for its near-symmetrical ice face. The Laguna 69 day hike begins at Cebollapampa and terminates at a glacially fed turquoise lake beneath the Chacraraju massif.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Puno Department · 13 places
Puno Department
Straddling the Peru–Bolivia border at 3,812 meters, Titicaca is the highest commercially navigable lake in the world and the largest in South America by surface area. The floating reed islands of the Uros people, constructed and maintained from totora reeds, lie a short boat ride from Puno. Deeper in the lake, the inhabited islands of Taquile and Amantaní maintain Andean textile traditions and offer homestay access to community life.
✦ May to September · $
Regions of Peru
- Lima Department58
- Cusco Department38
- Áncash Department23
- Puno Department13
- La Libertad Department10
- Ica Department9
- Amazonas Department7
- Lambayeque Department7
- Apurímac Department6
- Cajamarca Department6
- Ayacucho Department5
- Huanuco Department5
- Madre de Dios Department5
- San Martin Department5
- Junín Department4
- Piura Department4
- Loreto Department3
- Moquegua Department2
- Tacna Department2
- Tumbes Department2
- Constitutional Province of Callao1
- Huancavelica Department1
- Pasco Department1
- Ucayali Department1
Every place in Peru
287 places, one country.
Vinicunca
Cusco Department, Peru
✦ April to November (dry season) · $$
Sacred Valley
Cusco Department, Peru
✦ May to October · $$
Lake Titicaca
Puno Department, Peru
✦ May to September · $
Colca Canyon
Arequipa Region, Peru
✦ April to November · $$
Ollantaytambo
Cusco Department, Peru
✦ May to October · $$
Pisac
Cusco Department, Peru
✦ May to October · $
Salineras de Maras
Cusco Department, Peru
✦ May to September · $
Huacachina
Ica Department, Peru
✦ Year-round (clearest March to November) · $
Cusco
Cusco Department, Peru
✦ May to October · $$
Inca Trail
Cusco Department, Peru
✦ May to October · $$
Choquequirao
Cusco Department, Peru
✦ May to October · $$
Paracas National Reserve
Ica Department, Peru
✦ Year-round (July to November for clearest skies) · $
Ballestas Islands
Ica Department, Peru
✦ Year-round (penguins breeding July to September) · $
Puno
Puno Department, Peru
✦ May to October · $
Arequipa
Arequipa Region, Peru
✦ May to November · $$
Huaraz
Áncash Department, Peru
✦ May to September · $
Laguna 69
Áncash Department, Peru
✦ May to September · $
Lares Trek
Cusco Department, Peru
✦ May to October · $$
Taquile
Puno Department, Peru
✦ May to October · $
Huayna Picchu
Cusco Department, Peru
✦ May to October · $$
Trujillo
La Libertad Region, Peru
✦ Year-round (May to November clearest) · $
Huaca de la Luna
La Libertad Department, Peru
✦ Year-round · $
Kuelap
Amazonas Department, Peru
✦ May to September · $
Qorikancha
Cusco Department, Peru
✦ May to September · $