Andes and Altiplano Region of Peru

Exploring the Andes by foot, bicycle, mule or vehicle, these 14 day tours offer an innovative and fresh way to visit Peru. The tours visit key points of interest like Lake Titicaca, Cusco and of course the famous Machu Picchu. However, this is no ordinary tour of Peru – your whole visit has been carefully designed to deepen your understanding of Peru’s rich history, and particularly their weaving processes.

Views of the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu include views down deep river gorges and up at snow-clad mountain peaks. There are moments when you may be the only person on the trail and yet feel as though there are other, more ancient, beings there with you. These images are only a sample of the trek through barren puno, up and down rocky mountain trails, through meadows and cloud forest, sheer cliff faces and on to the fabled ruins at Machu Picchu. Enjoy!

The Ausangate trek is a circuit around the tallest mountain in the Cordillera Vilacanota of Peru. Ausangate is regarded as a sacred mountain, an apu, and is the site of shamanic pilgirmages and the annual celebration of El Señor de Qoyllur Ritti.

To the end of the road, in search of the famed colorful Cock-of-the-Rock bird leaves the author and her companion bycicling up and over Andes passes, through Amazon rainforest and through a number of small villages. Join them on their adventure!

Ariana Svenson of APUS PERU Adventure Trekking Specialists takes us with her on an expedition to Vilcabamba, full of surrpising twists and turns and the life of an average Peruvian.

Gateway to Lake Titicaca and the Folkloric Capital of Peru, Puno is a place you're sure to visit.

List of lodgings, from Kayak, with information, rates, online booking and links to the hotels.

The Urubamba river runs through the mountains east of Cuzco, carving a fertile river valley that fed local populations from before the Inca Empire to the present time. Along the hills overlooking the river, the Incas built fortresses to protect the river wealth, not knowing they created fascinating places for modern day visitors to tour.

Illustrated resources, descriptions and the Majes River.

Experiences In Cerro De Pasco, Peru recounts the personal recollections from Sylvia Walter who lived in the mining camp of Cerro de Pasco, Peru.

Cuzco, Capital of the Inca Empire, has both historical and cultural significance. As the hub of tourism for Machu Picchu, Ollytantambo, Sacsayhuaman, Pisac and the Sacred Valley of the Urubamba River, Cusco offers archaeological sites, colonial charm and up to date facilities for the visitor.

The capital of the Inca Empire, Cuzco combines the ancient city, the colonial additions and the modern buildings and amenities in a splendid reflection of culture and tradition of the sophisticated Incan civilization. The ancient plaza was the core of the suyos, the Four Regions of the Inca Empire reaching from Quito, Ecuador to northern Chile.

This week long celebration draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and is the second largest festival in South America.

Sacsayhuaman, also called Saqsaywaman, means Satisfied Falcon in Quechua. This huge fortress was created by the city planners of Cuzco, the capital of the Inca empire, to the head of the capital, with Cuzco as the body. This is the site of a portion of Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun.

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There's more to choose from than just the classic Inca Trail. Check out the Vilcabamba, Salkantay and the rugged Choquequirao to Machu Picchu route. There are also a number of other choices in the Lares region.

Little known trails in Peru are becoming a popular alternative to the touristy traditional Inca trail to Machu Picchu. Scarcely trampled for centuries, these special Inca trails were once part of the Inca Empires road system, the “Qhapaq Nan” that formed an ancient super highway of over 23,000 kilometres and integrated nearly all of South America.

Apus Peru Adventure Travel specialise in unique treks to little known places – their routes cross remote mountain ranges, skirt around snow capped peaks and visit out of the way communities. Yet their latest offerings – Christmas hikes – take the idea of participative tourism to a new level.

The Urubamba river runs through the mountains east of Cuzco, carving a fertile river valley that fed local populations from before the Inca Empire to the present time. Along the hills overlooking the river, the Incas built fortresses to protect the river wealth, not knowing they created fascinating places for modern day visitors to tour.