Peru Archives | World Heritage Sites

A lake surrounded by mountains with a single kayaker in the lake.

Huascarán National Park

A beautiful mountainous landscape in the Andes, with a wide diversity of geological features and species.

The classic view of the Machu Picchu ruins: On a ridge that ends in a sharp peak, the steep walls of what was the citadel form terraces in the steep sides of the ridge. On a small flat area along the top of the ridge, the ruins of buildings.

Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu

Evocative Incan ruins in a magnificent mountainous setting.

A view of the city of Cuzco from a mountain above it: a sea of red roofs.

City of Cuzco

Imperial city of the ancient Incas high in the Andes mountains.

A view from above of a light brown landscape, like a desert. A few roads cut through it and to the right of them, an outline of a bird with a long beak and lots of simple wing and tail feathers. Below that is the shadow of the airplane.

Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca and Palpa

Huge images and straight lines drawn in the desert by pre-Columbian people.