About Nazca Lines
Nazca Lines This archaeological monument consists of a huge network of lines and drawings of animals and plants attributed mostly to the Nazca Culture. The lines are located between km 419 and km 465 of the Pan-American Highway South, covering an area of approximately 350 km². The discovery of these figures is attributed to Toribio […]
Ica and Huacachina
The city of Ica is 75 kilometers away from Paracas, which also has valuable attractions. The Huacachina Lagoon is an oasis located five kilometers west of the Peruvian city of Ica, in the middle of the Pacific coastal desert. Of green waters, it arose due to the outcrop of underground currents, and around it, there […]
Sillustani
The Chullpas were initially built by the Aymara-speaking Collas – a tribe that dominated the Titicaca region before the Incas. Afterwards the Incas also started building tombs in Sillustani. Each tower contained the remains of Colla or Inca nobility accompanied by their richness. Grave robbers have since removed their contents, although the towers are well […]
The Candelaria Feast
In the city of Puno takes place one of the biggest catholic feasts in Peru, the “Candelaria”. During 16 days, from the 2nd to the 18th of February, the catholic devotion and the carnival spirit mix in the streets, and thousands of dancers and musicians go over the city in an endless parade. The feast […]
About Puno
The city of Puno is located in the southeast corner of Peru, on the shores of the magnificent Lake Titicaca and only 126km from the Bolivian border. The city was founded in 1668 following the discovery of nearby silver mines. Prior to this, Puno had been a small stopping off place between the much larger […]
Toro Muerto
Toro Muerto is an enormous boulder field in the desert overlooking the floodplain of the river Majes (Colca) to the east. It is located some 150km west of Arequipa. It is said that there are more than 5000 engraved boulders at this site and it is therefore impossible to survey them all if you do […]
About Arequipa
Flying into Arequipa gives a sense of the inhospitableness of the landscape. Surrounded by volcanoes and deep gorges, all in a vast desert, it is easy to understand why the relatively benign geography of the valley of Arequipa, and its vegetation provided by the irrigation of the River Chili, attracted its first Spanish settlers. The […]
Caral
Archaeologists have long believed that when the pharaoh Cheops was building the first of Egypt’s great pyramids about 4,560 years ago, the Americas were still a tribal backwater of small hunter-gatherer villages. The new finding suggests that Caral, a large city with huge pyramids of its own, may already have been decades old at the […]
Pachacamac
Pachacamac was once part of the Huari Empire from c.AD 200-600, and in the early period contained at least one pyramid, a cemetery, and a polychrome fresco of fish. The Huari supported construction at Pachacamac, turning it into a major Huari administrative center. After Huari’s collapse, Pachacamac grew in size, eventually covering c.85 hectares. During […]
Lima City Tour
All the monuments will be described in order to make your visit easier and more pleasant. Plaza Mayor: The Main Square and urban center of the city of Lima. Founded by Francisco Pizarro on January 18, 1535, it is surrounded by the principal buildings dating from the colonial period: the Government Palace, the Cathedral and the […]
