Find a list of “The most amazing places to visit in the Peruvian Highlands”. Its diversity can be seen in each tourist place in the Peruvian Sierra. Within it lives its cultural legacy that is expressed through its folklore and ancient customs that have passed through generations.
The Sierra del Perú is immense and is home to different places that anyone loves, that is why below we will show you which are the tourist places in the Peruvian Andes that you have to visit on your trip to Peru.
Titicaca Lake
This lake separates Peru and Bolivia. It is located in Puno and is the highest navigable lake in the world because it is located at 3810 meters above sea level.
In addition, this lake has historical value. The legend says that the first Incas Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo were born in the Titicaca Waters to later create the Inca Empire.
The Colca Canyon
Located at 3 hours by car from Arequipa, The Colca Canyon is the kingdom of the condor.
Varied activities are developed here that make it so required by tourists interested in adventure sports, ancient culture and nature lovers.
In the Colca Canyon you can connect with your most adventurous side and practice trekking, rafting or mountain biking, activities that are gaining more and more followers in these places. Once you have connected with nature, try to see the amazing scenery full of vegetation, until you reach one of the peaks of the Colca, where from a viewpoint tourists are waiting for the appearances of the majestic condors.
Ayacucho
Ayacucho, is popular because of It’s art and crafts in Peru, here were born the Quechua and Wari cultures.
Ayacucho, a city where airs of the past, history, culture and tradition are still breathed, is embellished by its altarpieces, stone carvings and meticulous work in silver and filigree. Located in the central highlands between the Eastern and Central Cordillera of the Andes of Peru at 2761 meters above sea level, this historic place with a cold and semi-rainy climate shines.
The Cotahuasi Canyon
The Cotahuasi Canyon is one of the deepest canyons in the world (6000 m). It has great biodiversity, such as stone forests, waterfalls and more. The surroundings of the canyon offer an impressive view of the Coropuna and Solimana mountains.
Cusco
Cusco was the political, administrative and religious capital of Tahuantinsuyo. In the fifteenth century, the Inca Pachacuteq redesigned its urban layout, turning it into a large urban complex that lasted as the main city of the empire until the sixteenth century, when it was transformed again by the Spanish.
This second transformation consisted of maintaining the Inca layout and buildings on which temples and stately homes were erected, such as the Temple of Santo Domingo in the Qoricancha or the Cathedral of Cusco in the Quishuarcancha, property of the Inca Wiracocha, among other buildings of great importance. importance and value during the Tahuantinsuyo.
Cusco preserves in the architecture of its buildings and urban design extraordinary constructive expressions of both cultures, maintaining its authenticity and integrity, despite the accelerated growth of the city.
Salinas Salt Lagoon
The Salinas Salt Lagoon is part of which The National Reserve of Salinas and Aguada Blanca has an area of 366,936 hectares.
It was considered a reserve since 1979, in the Arequipa region and part of Moquegua.
Within this reserve there are more than 70 important types of different birds, among which the Andean Pariguanas, flamingos, the Andean condor, the Suri or Andean ostrich stand out.
The reserve is important because of the presence of the Mauka stone forest that has become the natural habitat of the vizcachas, we also find different types of mammals, among which are: the alpaca, the vicuña, the guanaco and the taruca.
There are other types of animals such as amphibians, reptiles and bat fish, the Andean cat, which are added to an average of 185 animal species; some of them in serious danger of extinction.
Vinicunca
Located in the Cordillera de Vilcanota in the southeast of the city of Cusco, Vinicunca offers a wonderful spectacle, from the same road that leads to it. It is a journey of approximately five hours by car and on foot that, although it demands a high physical demand, culminates in a postcard image that remains forever etched in the traveler’s memory.