PLAZA DE ARMAS (Main Square): It was Francisco Pizarro, the founder of Lima who determined the area for the square, as well as the location for the Government House (now Government Palace), the Cathedral and the Cabildo (Town Hall). Today, this square continues to occupy the same original area, in the middle of which there is a splendid bronze fountain dating back to 1650.

 

Lima Tours Complete Listing Lima City Tour Pachacamac Ruins City Tour Larco Herrera City Tour By Night

According to our history, it was the first Inka, Manko Qhapaq who built the original temple. But, it was the ninth, Pachakuteq who since 1438 reconstructed, enlarged, improved and modernized the most important religious complex of the vast Inkan Society.

 

Cusco Tours Complete Listing New Cusco 4 Days Pisaq & Machu Picchu New Cusco 5 Days Mystical Tours ----------------------------------- Machu Picchu Tours Inca Trail Tours

The Collao Plateau Is the geographical space, where ancient and Important cultures like Pucara and, later, Tiahuanaco, appeared.This is the region where, according to the legend, Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo emerged from the sacred Lake Titicaca to found the Inca Empire.

 

Puno Tours Complete Listing Sun Island Full Day Sun Island Overnight Puno la Paz Full Day Puno la Paz Overnight Puno Copacabana Uros Taquile Full Day Uros and Taquile Llachon Llachon Full Day Uros Amantani Full Day Sacred Lake 4 Days Millenarian Puno 4 days Living in Titicaca Amantany and Suasi

A branch the South Pan-American road leads up from the coast to Arequipa connecting it with Lima and Tacna. There are 1,020 krn (632 miles) between Arequipa and Lima and 400 km (248 miles) between Arequipa and Tacna.

 

Arequipa Tours Complete Listing Colca Cayon 2 Days Colca Cayon 3 Days Arequipa City Tour Chachani Nazca 2 Days El Misti 2 Days

This is Nasca, a unique place due to the mysteries of its marvelous lines and figures, drawn with spectacular perfection, by the gods... by aliens... by giants or by ordinary people? The beauty and magnitude of the lines must be observed from above.

 

Nazca Tours Complete Listing Nazca Lines Full Day Nazca Lines 3 Days Nazca Lines & Ballestas Nazca Lines 2 Days Paracas & Ballesras Island Ica Nazca 2 Days Pachacamac and Paracas

It is advisable to spend some days in one of the different lodges, built in the style of the area, that are found on the banks of tributaries in the jungle. There you may visit indigenous tribes, take walks in the jungle and appreciate the varied flora and fauna.

 

Rainforest Tours Complete Listing Rainforest 3 Days Rainforest 4 Days Sandoval Lake 3 Days Sandoval Lake 4 Days Heath River 5 Days Tres Chimbadas & Sandoval Manu Wildlife Express Manu Wildlife Classic Manu Bio Trip Manu Cloud Forest 3 Days Manu Explorer Ceiba Tops 2 Days Ceiba Tops 3 Days Ceiba Tops 4 Days Ceiba Tops 5 Days Explortambos Camp basic Birdwatching Holiday Explornapo Basic Explorama Explornapo Full Week Combination Two Ecosystems Manu National Park Manu Adventure Two Ecosysten 5 Days

The North of Peru is rich and full of interesting places such as Trujillo, Chiclayo and the lost world of the Chachapoyas.
The Pre-Columbian Chachapoyas culture, conquered in the 15th century by the Incas, has left a landscape scattered with villages and burial sites which until recently had been largely overlooked by archaeologists.
 

 

The North Tours Complete Listing Sipan 3 Days Chachapoyas 4 Days Chachapoyas 5 Days

Below our selection of Ayacucho travel packages, please make a choice

 

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Natural Heritage of Peru
Established in 1975, the Parque Nacional Huascarán contains all the Cordillera Blanca (with the exception of the distant Nevado Champará in its extreme north), the highest range of the Peruvian Andes and the highest range in the world's tropical zone

 

Huaraz Tours Complete Listing Huaraz 4 Days Quebrada ishinca

Peru is located in the west central part of South America. It encompasses an area of 498,222 square miles (1 `285, 215 km2) and can be compared in size to Spain, France and former West Germany combined. In South America, only Brazil and Argentina are larger. Peru is the 19th largest country in the world. Peru is bordered to the north by Ecuador, to the south by Chile and Bolivia, to the east by Colombia and Brazil and to the west by the Pacific Ocean.

 

Comprehensive Tours Complete Listing Nazca Machu Picchu 8 Days Andean Peru 10 Days Magic Peru 10 Days Peru Adventure 11 Days Peru Highlights 11 Days North & South 10 Days Active Peru 10 Days From la Paz to Lima 10 Days Colca Machu Picchu 11 Days Meeting Peru La Paz Sipan Machu Picchu 12 Days Huaraz and Cusco 12 Days Mysterios Peru 11 Days Machu Picchu & Chile Whole Peru Royal Trip 12 Days Chile & Machu Picchu Machu Picchu Galapagos Coral Machu Picchu Galpagos Legend Galapagos Inca Trail Machu Picchu Titicaca Galapagos Inti Raymi Tour