Peru

Lake Páron
Peru, Places, South America

Huascaran National Park

Huascaran National Park is located in the Cordillera Blanca and includes several mountains. For example, Artesonraju, which is supposed to be the mountain in the Paramount Pictures logo. To get a good view of Artesonraju one can, for example, visit Laguna Parón. From there it is also possible to visit Laguna Artesoncocha […]

Colca Canyon
Peru, Places, South America

Colca Canyon

Colca Canyon is located about 160 kilometres northwest of Arequipa and is a canyon of the Colca River. It is one of the deepest in the world and well known for being home to the Andean condor. This reasons would already make it worth a visit. However, the landscape around […]

Laguna Churup
Peru, Places, South America

Laguna Churup

Laguna Churup is located right in front of Nevada Churup next to the Peruvian town Huaraz. To face it you have to hike there. You can start doing so in Pitec. Even if the road there is quite bumpy this place is served by collectivos. To hike up to this magnificent lake you […]

Machu Picchu
Peru, Places, South America

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu means as much as old peak and is an Inca site located in the Sacred Valley next to Cusco 2.430 metres above sea level. It was built around 1450, which is so amazing. Even with today’s technology, it’s hard to imagine how to build such magnificent buildings in […]

Lake Titicaca
Peru, Places, South America

Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca is located in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru. Till today it’s not really known where the lake has its name from. However, Lake Titicaca has several islands and is the largest in South America. With a surface elevation of 3.812 metres it’s located higher […]