Peru – Top things to do in 1 months and a half
Lima
- Miraflores
- Barranco
- Center
- Circuito magico del agua
Huaca HuallamarcaHuaca PucllanaSwim with sea lions
Huaraz
- Plaza de Armas
- Central market
- Artisans market
- Señor de la Soledad church
Mirador de Rataquena- Hiking:
- Lagoon 69
- Lagoon Parón
Base del Nevado Pastoruri- Lagoon Churup
- Colectivo for 10 soles, be careful with the private colectivos as you need to wait a long time. Bus each 10min. Go down around 3:00 – 3.30pm
- Lagoon Wilcacocha
- Bus Line 10 or E to puente Santa Cruz, 4 soles, bus each 10min
Lagoon Llanganuco
- Campo Santo de Yungay
- Caraz (icecream)
Chavin de HuantarSanta Cruz Classic Trek (4 days hike)Huayhuash Classic Trek (10 days)Nevado Mateo (Ice climbing)
Paracas
- Islas Ballesta
- Paracas natural reserve
- Playa de la mina
- Playa Roja (not possible to swimm)
- El candelabro (nazca line)
Playa el RasponPlaya Supay- Playa Lagunillas
La catedral viewpoint
Ica – Huacachina
- Visit the oasis ( 3 viewpoints, we could only see 1 due to time). Better stay 1 night there. Careful with mosquitoes.
- Buggies in the desert
- Sandboarding
- Dunes
Nazca
- Fly over the Nazca lines. 65$ x person, 35min fly over 12 nazca lines and the acueduct. 60$ if you book it directly at the airport.
- Cantalloc Aqueducts
- Plaza de Armas
CahuachiChauchilla Cemetery
Arequipa
- Basilica Cathedral of Arequipa (S/ 10 + tips)
- Plaza de Armas
Monasterio de Santa Catalina (S/ 40 entrance)La Juanita mummy- Iglesia de San Agustín
- Iglesia de La Merced
- Claustros de la Compañía
- Iglesia de Santo Domingo
- Artisans marquet
- Street food market on Easter
- Mirador de los Condores
- See Lama/Alpacas/Vicuñas
- Go to a Picanteria
- Rafting río Chili
- Cooking classes
- Hike:
- Colca canyon (S/ 150 x person. 2 days 1 night)
Chacahi volcano (S/ 290 to S/ 350 x person, 2 days 1 night barely no food, sleep in tents, carry your own tent, matterss, etc the first day)Misti volcano
Tacna
Valle de los Géiseres
Cusco
- Plaza de Armas
- Churches and Cathedrals
- Cusco Cathedral
- Iglesia de Santo Domingo: Build over the ruins of Qorikiancha (Inca’s temple of the sun)
- Qorikancha is also known as Koricancha, Coricancha, or Qoricancha.
- Iglesia la Compañía de Jesus
- Iglesia de San Blas
- La Merced
- San Cristobal Church
- San Francisco Church and Monastery
Almudena Cemetery
- 12 angled stone: Inca walls – Callejon de Loreto
- Arco de Santa Clara
- San Blas area: hilly, scenic streets
- Plaza de las Nazarenas
- Plaza San Francisco
- San Pedro market
Planetarium- Cristo Blanco Statue
The moon temple- San Cristobal viewpoint
- Avenida del sol
- Pachacuteq Monument
Spa treatment- Ruins:
- Saqsayhuaman / Saqsaywaman: Fortified complex, incredible architecture
- Q’enqo: Inca holy place
- Puca Pucara: Militar outpost
- Tambomachay: Tunnels and aqueducts
- Museums:
- Chocolate Museum
- Coca Museum
- Contemporary Art Museum
- Regional History Museum
- Museum of Popular Art
Pre-Columbian Art MuseumMuseo Casa Concha: Collection of Inca artifacts from Machu Picchu
- Qosqo Native Art Center: traditional Cusco dances
- Humantay Lake (done in Salkantay treek)
- 7 Ausangate Lagoons
Sacred Valley
- Sacred Valley
- Chinchero: small village, farming Inca village, Christian church over Templo del sol
- Urabba valley: nice views
- Moray: Inca farming experimental site
- Salineras de Maras: Salt plato. S/ 10
- Ollantaytambo: Lama shape fortress ruins, the main entrance to Machu Picchu
- Pisac: Farming Inca place. Great Sunday market
Macho Pichu
Inca TrailInca Jungle- Salkantay trek (4 nights, 5 days)
Huayna Picchu: mountain in the back, check for a ticket- Opening hours: 6:00-12:00 and 12:00-17:30
Machu Pichu mountain
Kuélap
Similar to Machi PicchuCitadel built in the sixth century by ChachapoyasUctubamba Valley
Vinicunca Mountain (Montaña de 7 colores) or Palccoyo Mountain range (Cordillera Arco Iris)
- Hike very tough. Tour: 2:30/3:30 to 18:30/19:30
Puno
- Titicaca lake
- Uros island
Food
- Cuy
- Anticuchos (cow’s heart)
- Lomo salteado
- Aji de gallina
- Caldo de pollo
- Ceviche
- Pastel de papa
- Pollo con arroz
- Chicharrones (pig)
- Trucha
- Juices (drink)
- Pisco (drink)
- Chica morada (drink)
- Chocotejas (desert)
- Picarones (like churros)
- Chifa (chinese fussion food)
If you have more time:
- Amazonas
- Chanchan Archeological Zone
Peru hikes: https://www.peruforless.com/blog/best-treks-in-peru/