Aypate
Aypate is one of northern Peru’s most important Inca centres. High in the Andes of Ayabaca and linked ...
Location: Ayabaca / Piura
Sights in Peru
Archaeological sites, natural attractions, historic places and remarkable landscapes in Peru – organized by region and category.
Sights
Explore the listed destinations by region and category.
Bosque de Cuyas
Humid cloud forest near Ayabaca, with orchids, bromeliads, diverse birdlife and a vital role in the re...
Location: Ayabaca / Piura
Bosque de Pómac
The Bosque de Pómac combines protected dry forest, the Río La Leche and 36 monumental Sicán pyramids i...
Location: Pítipo / Ferreñafe
Zona Arqueológica Cabeza de Vaca
Inka-Zentrum am Küstenabschnitt des Qhapaq Ñan.
Location: Corrales, Tumbes
Cabo Blanco
Cabo Blanco combines a traditional fishing village, striking cliffs, renowned surfing conditions and t...
Location: Cabo Blanco / El Alto
Camino Inca
The Camino Inca follows historic Inca paths through the high Andes and cloud forest to Machu Picchu. A...
Location: Region Cusco · Machu Picchu
Cañón del Sonche
Aussichtspunkt über der tief eingeschnittenen Schlucht des Río Sonche.
Location: Huancas, Chachapoyas
Casa Museo Miguel Grau
Miguel Grau’s historic birthplace, with exhibitions about his life and Piura’s history.
Location: Piura
Casa Urquiaga – MUCEN Trujillo
Historic townhouse and museum of the Banco Central de Reserva del Perú, with collections on Trujillo’s...
Location: Trujillo
Catarata Chinata
Wasserfall in der Bergwaldlandschaft der Provinz Bongará.
Location: San Carlos, Bongará
Catarata Chorro Blanco
Wasserfall im Bergland nördlich von Canchaque.
Location: Canchaque, Huancabamba
Catarata de Pabellón
Wasserfall im Valle de las Cataratas bei Cuispes, umgeben vom feuchten Bergwald der Region Amazonas.
Location: Cuispes / Bongará
Catarata Yumbilla
Catarata Yumbilla near Cuispes drops 895.4 metres in four stages through the humid mountain forest of ...
Location: Cuispes / Bongará
Cataratas de Caracucho
Multi-tiered waterfall with rock pools in the dry forest of Morropón province. A trail from Caracucho ...
Location: Caracucho / Santo Domingo
Llacanora Waterfalls
Cascada Hembra and Cascada Macho near Llacanora.
Location: Llacanora / Cajamarca
Caverna de Quiocta
Beleuchtete Kalksteinhöhle bei Lámud mit Tropfsteinformationen und archäologischen Spuren.
Location: Lámud, Luya
Cerro Yantuma
Natural viewpoint near Ayabaca overlooking the Bosque de Cuyas, mountain valleys and, in suitable weat...
Location: Ayabaca
Chan Chan
The former capital of the Chimú kingdom is the largest pre-Columbian adobe city in the Americas and ha...
Location: Trujillo / Huanchaco
Chankillo
The Thirteen Towers of Chankillo, their observation points and the desert landscape form an exceptiona...
Location: Casma-Tal
Chavín de Huántar
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Chavín de Huántar is one of the most important ceremonial centres of...
Location: Chavín de Huántar / Huari
Choquequirao
Choquequirao stands high above the Apurímac Canyon, combining extensive Inca terraces, ceremonial area...
Location: Cachora · Apurímac-Canyon
Chotuna-Chornancap
Chotuna-Chornancap combines monumental adobe pyramids, the Naylamp tradition and the exceptional elite...
Location: San José / Lambayeque
Colca Canyon
The Colca Canyon in Arequipa combines one of the world’s deepest gorges with Andean condors, historic ...
Location: Chivay · Colca-Tal
Conjunto Monumental de Belén
Belén church and historic hospital buildings with museum spaces.
Location: Cajamarca
Cordillera Huayhuash
The Cordillera Huayhuash combines glaciated peaks, turquoise highland lakes and demanding trekking rou...
Location: Chiquián / Llamac
Cotu Eccana
Cotu Eccana is a Formative-period archaeological site in the Santa valley. Monumental stone-and-adobe ...
Location: Carhuaz
Cuarto del Rescate
Surviving Inca stone chamber in the historic centre, where Atahualpa was held captive.
Location: Cajamarca
Cumbemayo
Cumbemayo combines a pre-Columbian rock-cut canal, the Los Frailones stone forest and striking high-An...
Location: Cumbemayo / Cajamarca
Q’eswachaka Bridge
The Q’eswachaka Bridge spans the Río Apurímac and is completely renewed each year by four Quechua comm...
Location: Quehue
El Brujo and the Lady of Cao
The El Brujo archaeological complex combines colourful Moche reliefs, monumental adobe architecture an...
Location: Magdalena de Cao / Ascope
Gocta Waterfall
The 771-metre Gocta waterfall drops in two stages through the cloud forest of Amazonas and can be reac...
Location: Cocachimba / San Pablo
Huaca Arco Iris – Huaca del Dragón
Huaca Arco Iris, also known as Huaca del Dragón, is a compact Chimú complex near Trujillo, with adobe ...
Location: La Esperanza / Trujillo
Huaca Bandera
Huaca Bandera near Pacora preserves monumental adobe architecture, murals and finds from the transitio...
Location: Pacora
Huaca La Esmeralda
Huaca La Esmeralda is a compact Chimú archaeological complex within modern Trujillo. Two adobe platfor...
Location: Trujillo, Mansiche
Huaca Rajada–Sipán
Huaca Rajada is where the unlooted tomb of the Lord of Sipán was discovered and ranks among the most i...
Location: Sipán / Chiclayo
Huaca Ventarrón
Huaca Ventarrón is a ceremonial centre near Pomalca dating back around 4,500 years. Its early murals a...
Location: Pomalca / Lambayeque
Huacas del Sol y de la Luna
The Huacas del Sol y de la Luna combine monumental Moche architecture, colourful reliefs and the settl...
Location: Campiña de Moche / Trujillo
Iglesia El Carmen
Historic church and convent with Baroque decoration in central Trujillo.
Location: Trujillo
San Francisco Church in Cajamarca
Historic San Francisco church in central Cajamarca.
Location: Cajamarca
Iglesia San Francisco
Historic Franciscan church whose forecourt hosted the proclamation of Piura’s independence on 4 Januar...
Location: Piura
Inca Trail
The Inca Trail follows historic Inca paths through the Andes, past archaeological sites and over high ...
Location: Machu Picchu
Trujillo Cathedral
Cathedral on the Plaza de Armas, with colonial architecture and sacred art.
Location: Trujillo
Kuélap
The fortified settlement of Kuélap is one of the most important archaeological sites of the Chachapoya...
Location: Tingo / Chachapoyas
Laguna 69
Laguna 69 lies at 4,604 metres in Parque Nacional Huascarán, combining turquoise glacial water with an...
Location: Yungay / Cordillera Blanca
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is the famous Inca city high above the Urubamba valley. Terraces, temples and precise sto...
Location: Machu Picchu / Urubamba
Maras and Moray
Maras and Moray combine Moray’s circular Inca terraces with the still-active salt pools of the Saliner...
Location: Maras · Valle Sagrado
Marcahuamachuco
Marcahuamachuco is a monumental ruined pre-Columbian city in the La Libertad highlands, with massive s...
Location: Huamachuco / Sánchez Carrión
Revash Mausoleums
House-like Chachapoya mausoleums on a cliff near San Bartolo, with surviving red-and-cream façades and...
Location: San Bartolo / Santo Tomás
University of Trujillo Archaeology Museum
University museum in Casa Risco, with archaeological collections from northern Peru.
Location: Trujillo
Museo Arqueológico Nacional Brüning
Archäologisches Museum mit bedeutenden Sammlungen aus Lambayeque.
Location: Lambayeque
Museo de Leymebamba
Museum mit Chachapoya-Mumien und Funden aus der Laguna de los Cóndores.
Location: Leymebamba
Museo Municipal Vicús
Museum with collections on the Vicús culture and the archaeology of the Piura region.
Location: Piura
Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán
The museum in Lambayeque displays the royal burial finds from Sipán, including exceptional Moche gold ...
Location: Lambayeque / Chiclayo
Narihualá
Monumental Tallán adobe complex near Catacaos, with platforms, plazas and a site museum devoted to arc...
Location: Catacaos / Piura
Nazca Lines
The Nazca Lines form an extensive archaeological cultural landscape of lines, geometric shapes and ani...
Location: Nazca und Palpa
Nevado Pastoruri
Nevado Pastoruri combines the high-Andean scenery of Parque Nacional Huascarán, one of the Cordillera ...
Location: Cátac / Recuay
Óvalo Grau
Well-known roundabout and monument honouring Admiral Miguel Grau in Piura.
Location: Piura
Palacio Iturregui
Nineteenth-century neoclassical townhouse in Trujillo’s historic centre.
Location: Trujillo
Parque Ecológico Kurt Beer
Ecological park near Piura with dry forest and opportunities for wildlife observation.
Location: Piura
Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape
The Parque Nacional Cerros de Amotape protects dry forest, tropical Pacific forest and the Río Tumbes ...
Location: Rica Playa
Peroles de Mishahuaca
Natürliche runde Felsbecken in einem Bachbett bei Canchaque.
Location: Canchaque, Huancabamba
Petroglifos de Samanga
Extensive rock-art landscape near Ayabaca, with spirals, faces, animals and other centuries-old engrav...
Location: Ayabaca
Piquillacta
Piquillacta is a planned Wari city south of Cusco, with straight streets, high walls and clearly defin...
Location: Lucre · Quispicanchi
Playa de Tuquillo
Sandstrand und benachbarte Buchten an der Pazifikküste bei Huarmey – ein Ziel für einen Strandtag und ...
Location: Huarmey
Plaza de Armas and Cajamarca Cathedral
Historic main square with a stone fountain and the Baroque Santa Catalina Cathedral.
Location: Cajamarca
Plaza de Armas and Freedom Monument
Trujillo’s central square, with Edmund Moeller’s Monumento a la Libertad and colonial architecture.
Location: Trujillo
Plazuela Ignacio Merino
Historic square in Piura with a monument to the painter Ignacio Merino.
Location: Piura
Pueblo de los Muertos
Chachapoya-Begräbnisstätte und geschütztes archäologisches Kulturerbe.
Location: Lámud, Luya
Punta Balcones
Punta Balcones combines rocky Pacific coastline, a beach and sea lions with a geographically distincti...
Location: Negritos / Talara
Túcume Pyramids
More than two dozen monumental adobe structures shape Túcume’s archaeological landscape. Cerro Purgato...
Location: Túcume / Lambayeque
Rainbow Mountain
Rainbow Mountain, also called Vinicunca, combines colourful sedimentary layers with the high-Andean la...
Location: Vinicunca bei Cusipata
Sacsayhuamán
Sacsayhuamán impresses with monumental polygonal Inca walls, broad ceremonial spaces and an exceptiona...
Location: Cusco
Santuario Nacional Los Manglares de Tumbes
The Santuario Nacional Los Manglares de Tumbes protects an important Peruvian mangrove landscape, with...
Location: Zarumilla
Karajía Sarcophagi
Monumental anthropomorphic sarcophagi of the Chachapoya culture stand on a hard-to-reach cliff ledge a...
Location: Cruzpata / Luya
T’aqrachullo – María Fortaleza
T’aqrachullo, also known as María Fortaleza, is a high-altitude archaeological complex in Espinar prov...
Location: Suykutambo / Espinar
Tipón
Tipón combines finely crafted Inca terraces, channels and springs with a historic hydraulic engineerin...
Location: Valle Sur bei Cusco
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca combines highland scenery, totora reeds and island culture. Boat trips from Puno reach U...
Location: Puno
Ventanillas de Otuzco
The Ventanillas de Otuzco are a pre-Hispanic rock-cut necropolis with numerous window-like burial nich...
Location: Otuzco / Cajamarca
Wari Archaeological Complex
Before the Incas, one of pre-Columbian Peru’s most important urban centres emerged near Ayacucho. Wari...
Location: Pacaycasa / Ayacucho
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