The most amazing landscapes in Peru are surrounded by the valleys, natural reserves and sanctuaries that stand out for being beautiful places with incredible views.
Peru has impressive natural landscapes that receiving a large number of tourists every year, attracted by its imposing snow-capped mountains, crystalline lagoons, colorful mountains, prosperous reserves, beautiful beaches, and a great diversity of flora and fauna.
Santuario Nacional Los Manglares de Tumbes
Los Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary is the only area in Peru where a diverse and prosperous ecosystem can be found, which is home to numerous plants and animals.
The place also serves as a way station for many migratory birds and mammals that have adapted to the peculiar conditions of this ecosystem.
Valle de Geysers
The Valley of Geysers is lcoated in Tacna, an scenic beauty and its incredible phenomena. In this place you can see spectacular hot springs born in volcanic areas and that expel hot water and steam into the sky, which, when falling, form streams of warm water.
In addition, it brings together a total of 85 natural pools whose temperature ranges between 37° and 80° C and which are a source of highly healing and relaxing properties.
The Titicaca National Reserve
Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world and amazes thousands of tourists for its scenic beauty. Here, you will be able to share with the inhabitants of the islands who share their homes and show their way of seeing the world.
In Titicaca, the floating islands of the Uros stand out, whose inhabitants preserve the use of their typical clothes and live in reed houses.
Nor Yauyos Cochas
Nor Yauyos is a landscape reserve that enchants thanks to its waterfalls and lagoons that make up a dream place. It has deep canyons, beautiful snow-capped mountains, impressive waterfalls, and crystalline lagoons that look like mirrors of water.
Paracas National Reserve
Paracas is home of terrestrial and marine ecosystems of great importance, as well as important archaeological remains.
In addition, it has beautiful coastal landscapes that make it an area of great interest. In this area we can find numerous species of marine mammals and birds, including sea lions, whales, orcas, flamingos and Humboldt penguins.
Vinicunca, Rainbow Mountain
The Vinicunca Mountain is a chromatic phenomenon that amazes its visitors and attracts many tourists. The multicolored aspect of the mountain is born “by a complex geological history of marine, lacustrine and fluvial sediments”.
This accumulation of materials dragged by the waters and the wind have made it currently acquire a series of striking colors due to the oxidation of its minerals, which causes a magical sight that is worth visiting.
Laguna Humantay
It is a turquoise lagoon that is surrounded by imposing glaciers that are part of the Andes Mountains, among them; the majestic Nevado Salkantay and Humantay.
The melting of these snow-capped mountains gives rise to the splendid Humantay lagoon, which will transform your way of seeing nature, enjoying the flora and fauna that will be recorded in your mind and in the wonderful snapshots of the place.
Parque Nacional Huascaran
The Huascarán National Park is an impressive area and its main feature is biodiversity, because in its entirety you can see a great variety of flora and fauna, accompanied by various snow-capped mountains and turquoise lagoons.
This national park is made up of an impressive mountainous landscape.
Manu National Park
El Manu is a paradise blessed with the greatest biodiversity on the globe, inhabited by native communities that still keep their ancestral traditions alive and live in harmony with nature. In the place there are 222 species of mammals and 1,005 types of birds.
Rupac
Rupac sits on top of a steep mountain and is an amazing pre-Inca archaeological ceremonial site. In this place you can also see the “chullpas”, ancient funerary towers that seem to reach the sky.
In the rainy season you can see how the cloud mattress is formed and without a doubt this is the perfect place for your photos with the sunset.
The Colca Canyon
The Colca Canyon is the perfect place to see one of the most representative birds of biodiversity in our country, the Andean condor. You can watch their flight from the Cruz del Cóndor viewpoint and marvel at the size of these birds as well as the impressive views of the surrounding mountains.
In the Colca we will find picturesque towns, such as: Pinchollo, Maca, Achoma, Cabanaconde, Coporaque, Yanque, Canocota and Sibayo, where you can practice experiential tourism, horseback riding, trekking in the surroundings, cycling, adventure sports and see the beautiful nature and fauna of the place.