Traveling Peru

Traveling Peru

Peru Map and Trip Itinerary

Machu Picchu

Old man playing guitar in a restaurant at Paracas beach, Pisco

“El Candelabro”, ancient giant drawing (geogliph) near Paracas, Pisco

Penguins colony on Ballestas Island, Paracas National Reserve, Pisco

Wild life on Ballestas Island, Paracas National Reserve, Pisco

Sea lions laying in the sun on Ballestas Island, Paracas National Reserve, Pisco

Huacachina Oasis, Ica

Preparing for sandboarding on the desert dunes near Huacachina Oasis, Ica

“Freestyle” sandboarding on the desert dunes near Huacachina Oasis, Ica

Desert dunes landscape near Huacachina Oasis, Ica

Dune buggy after extreme desert dune ride near Huacachina Oasis, Ica

“The Astronaut” geogliph, Nazca Lines Area, Nazca

“The Hummingbird” geogliph, Nazca Lines Area, Nazca

Secondary street in Cuzco, the Inca Empire Capital (elevation 3,200 meters)

Plaza del Armas, Cuzco

Women handcrafting in open market, Pisac, Sacred Valley

Group of girls in open market, Pisac, Sacred Valley

Little girl looking for her mother, Pisac, Sacred Valley

Machu Picchu, the lost Inca citadel, one of the most beautiful and enigmatic ancient sites in the world

Terraces for agriculture at Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu and Urubamba river canyon

Walking pigs in Ollaytantambo, Sacred Valley

Group of men in Ollaytantambo, Sacred Valley

Traditional dressed woman, Ollaytantambo village, Sacred Valley

Sunrise on Lake Titicaca, Puno (elevation 3,820 meters)

Floating islands (Uros) community, Lake Titicaca

Family preparing cookies for tourists on floating island Chumi, Lake Titicaca

Woman selling handicrafts on floating island Chumi, Lake Titicaca

Traditional boat made of tortora reed, near floating island Chumi, Lake Titicaca

Woman handcrafting, Amantani Island, Lake Titicaca

Afternoon landscape, Amantani Island, Lake Titicaca

Woman selling handicrafts on the path to Amantani Island summit

Sunset on Amantani Island, Lake Titicaca

View of Amantani Island from Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca

Woman handcrafting on Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca

Woman selling handicrafts on a street in Arequipa

Wild animals (Vicunas) in Peruvian “Pampa” (elevation 4,200m), near Arequipa

View of “El Misti” volcano, a 5,900 meters summit

Girl with “baby” alpaca in the Peruvian pampa

Small handicrafts market in pampa

Pampa landscape

Pampa landscape

Highest viewpoint (4,910 meters elevation) on the way to Chivay village, Colca Valley

Traditional dance at the evening tourist party in Chivay village, Colca Valley, Arequipa area

Road to Canyon del Colca

Inca terraces along Colca river, still fully used for agriculture

Inca terraces along Colca river

“Condor viewpoint”, Canyon del Colca, one of the deepest canyons in the world

“Condor viewpoint”, Canyon del Colca

“Condor viewpoint”, Canyon del Colca

Little girl asking for candies, Colca Valley

Little girl selling handicrafts, Colca Valley

Abandoned restaurant in the desert, on the way to Chilean border

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