Peru

Runkurakay

Machu Picchu district, Cusco, Peru

Runkurakay is a compact, unusually circular Inca structure perched near a high pass on Day 2 of the Classic Inca Trail....

Sacred City of Caral-Supe

Supe, Lima, Peru

Five thousand years ago, when Egypt was building its pyramids, people in the Supe Valley of Peru were building theirs....

Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Assumption in Chacas

Chacas, Ancash, Peru

In the high Andes of Ancash, at 3,359 meters, stands a sanctuary built upon layers of sacred time....

Sanctuary of Our Lord of Huanca

Qosqo Ayllu, Cusco, Peru

In the 16th century, Diego Quispe—a slave fleeing punishment in the mines of Yasos—spent the night in prayer near Chinchero....

Saqsaywaman

Cuzco, Cusco, Peru

If Cusco was laid out by the Inca in the shape of a puma, Sacsayhuaman represents the head....

Sayacmarca

Machu Picchu district, Cusco, Peru

Sayacmarca clings to a narrow ridge above the Aobamba valley, accessible only by a steep stone staircase, its labyrinthine plan combining what may be ceremonial baths,...

Shrine of Our Lady of Candelaria

Puno, Puno, Peru

Each February, the shores of Lake Titicaca transform. The Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria draws 50,000 dancers and 15,000 musicians to Puno in a celebration UNESCO...

Sillustani

Atuncolla, Puno, Peru

On a peninsula jutting into Lake Umayo, funeral towers rise against the altiplano sky....

Tambomachay Archaeological Complex

Cuzco, Cusco, Peru

At 3,700 meters above Cusco, water emerges from underground springs and flows through channels carved five centuries ago by Inca engineers....

Templo de la Luna

Part of Complejo Arqueológico Q'enqo

Cusco, Cusco, Peru

The Temple of the Moon is a natural cavern near Q'enqo containing a ceremonial table illuminated by an aperture above.

Templo del Sol y la Luna

Vilcashuaman, Ayacucho, Peru

At Vilcashuamán, the Spanish did not destroy the Inca Temple of the Sun so much as build on top of it....

Valle de Sinakara—Quyllurit'i

Ocongate, Cusco, Peru

Each year, fifty-eight days after Easter, approximately 100,000 people walk to the Sinakara Valley beneath the glacier of Ausangate....

Wiñay Wayna

Machu Picchu district, Cusco, Peru

Wiñay Wayna — Quechua for 'forever young,' after an orchid that flowers year-round on its slopes — is the final major site and overnight camp on the Classic Inca Trail...

Zona Arqueologica Moray

Maras, Cusco, Peru

Three groups of concentric circular terraces sink into the high plateau northwest of Cusco, each one descending through a temperature gradient of up to 15 degrees Celsius...