1. Arequipa
“El Misti” is a volcano in southern Peru, located near the city of Arequipa, the second largest in the country. It’s located at the foot of the Chili valley, 2400 meters above sea level and has become one of the greatest symbols of this city. During the colonial period most of the houses were built with sillar, a white stone from the volcano.
2. Cusco
Machu Picchu (from the quechua words machu pikchu, it means old mountain) is the contemporary name given to a llaqta (former Inca Andean village) mainly built of stone in the mid-fifteenth century in the rocky promontory linking mountain Huayna Picchu and Machu Picchu on the eastern slopes of the central Andes in southern Peru. Its original name was Picchu or Picho.
3. Lima
Lima is the capital city of Peru and it’s the largest and most important city as well. It’s located on Peru central coast, on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, in the River valley of Chillon, Rimac and Lurin. Form a continuous urban area with the port of Callao.
4. Nazca
The Nazca lines, are located at Jumana Pampas, in Nazca desert, between Nazca and Palpa. They were drawn by the Nazca culture and are composed of hundreds of figures covering designs as simple lines to complex shapes zoomorphic and geometric appearing drawn on the surface.
5. Puno
Titicaca Lake is the 2nd. most large lake in South America and the highest navigable lake of the world. It’s located between the Peruvian – Bolivian altiplano 3800 meters over sea level. Its maximum depth is estimated over 360 meters.
These measures increase in the rainy season.
