Here is the main page covering our visit to Peru during our four-month stay in South America from December 2016 to April 2017 (including Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia), plus a slide show of pictures at the end.
For journal postings from Peru, CLICK HERE.
Our month-long Itinerary took us along the coast and into the Andes across the country:
- Lima, including Miraflores and Barranco
- Archeological complex of Caral
- Trujillo and Huanchaca
- Temples of the Sun and Moon, and Arco Iris
- Archeological complex of Chan Chan
- Archeological complex of El Brujo (Lady of Cao)
- Chiclayo, including Tumbes Reales & Bruning Museums, Lambayeque
- Archeological complex of Sipan
- Huacachina Oasis
- Nazca and overflight of Nazca lines
- Arequipa
- Colca Canyon
- Pueblo de Coporaque, Cayllorna
- Puno, Lake Titicaca
- Andean explorer train, Puno to Cuzco
- Cuzco, incl. Rainbow Mountain; Salt Mines and Moray archeological site via mt. bike
- Sacred Valley near Cuzco, including Pisac and Ollantaytambo archeological sites
- Manu cloud forest
- Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu
- Machu Picchu, including Huayna Picchu climb
You can browse the map below for where we’ve been in Peru (and posted an article). Click a pushpin to find the posted articles from the marked locations.
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SLIDE SHOW HINT: If you’ve already seen the earlier pictures in the slide show, use the dot placemarks below the slides to jump around.
Spider within Nazca lines and trenches 
Long-tailed lizard stretches across highway, next to tree and hands 
Whale swimming over triangle toward a blob 
Natural lines drawn by water, Nazca valley 
Hello from wide-eyed man, the “Astronaut” 
Magnificent condor speeds from star-burst of Nazca lines 
Mystifying elongated creature, a Nazca flamingo? 
At Machu Picchu ruins, 600 years later 
Sun Temple, Machu Picchu 
Machu Picchu ruins, with Huayna Picchu behind 
The last summit, Huayna Picchu 
Atop Huayna Picchu, high above Machu Picchu 
Long lasting Inca construction methods 
Atop Huayna Picchu, high above Machu Picchu 
Huayna Picchu from below 
Flower, Salkantay Trek 
Notched building blocks of Sun Temple, Cuzco 
Replica of Inca cosmology on gold breastplate 
Dominican church built atop sacred Inca walls, Cuzco 
Cuzco viewed from the puma’s head 
Snake in stone, Sachsay Huaman 
Work of giants at Sachsay Huaman 
Inca military outpost and way-station, Puka Pukara 
Sacred site, Q’engo, Cuzco 
Sacrificial altar, Q’engo, Cuzco 
Chakana, or Andean Cross, drawn in clay by guide 
Ollantaytambo terraces and granaries from on top 
Massive stones and spacers, Ollantaytambo temple 
Remnants of Inca trail, Sacred Valley 
Mission church built on Inca site, Chinchero 
Inca trail, Salkantay trek 
Natural and fitted stones at a temple, Machu Picchu 
Ancient farmed terraces, Machu Picchu 
Terraced pyramid, Sachsay Huaman 
Sacred springs at Tambomachay, Cuzco 
Inca agricultural lab, Moray 
Mary as Pachamama, Copacabana 
Puma head in gold, Museo de Oro, Bogota 
Golden virucocha, Museo de Oro, Bogota 
Dancing parade, Carneval, Lake Titicaca 
Finely honed and fitted stones, Temple of the Sun 
Inca agricultural lab, Moray 
Pre-Inca thinker 
Strings used for Inca ’email’ 
Terraced lands of Sacred Valley, Pisaq 
Another circular terrace at Moray 
Window alignment, Temple of the Sun, Cuzco 
At Moche Temples of the Sun & Moon, Trujillo 
The Decapitator in passageways, Moon temple 
Ritual platform, Moon temple 
7-tiered wall, Moon temple plaza 
Imperial city of Chimu, Chan Chan 
Ritual platform, El Brujo 
Simulation of Lady of Cao in ceremonies 
Golden jewelry of Moche 
Breastplate in gold of buried noble 
Sacrificial ritual depicted on ceramic pot 
Shaman image 
Sipan pyramids melting down in fertile valley 
Temple of the Sun, Trujillo 
Moche figurines 
Re-created tomb of Lord of Sipan, in situ 
Moche pot, with sketch of detailed scene on it 
Supe River, Caral 
The main temple at Caral 
Caral central plaza, with pyramid and mountains 
Moche ceramics 
Supe River valley 
Lima shoreline 
Colonial Trujillo 
Plaza de Armas, Trujillo 
Arco Iris temple, Trujillo 
Sea and fish design, Chan Chan 
Seaside Huanchaco, with reed canoes 
Tiered walls at El Brujo 
Decorated passageways, El Brujo 
Silver knob of Lambayeque, Bruning Museum 
Headress with octopus and feline creature, Bruning Museum 
Greenish yellow finch 
Plaza de Armas, Lima 
San Francisco de Lima 
Gold breastplate, Bruning Museum 
Gold necklace, Bruning Museum 
Breastplate of shells, Bruning Museum 
Burrowing owl, sacred for its ability to live in three domains 
Plaza San Martin, Lima 
Bar Cordano, Lima 
Pedestrian street with colonial flavor, Lima 
Downtown Lima street 
Approaching Salkantay Mountain 
Lake Humantay on the trek 
In the Salkantay pass 
The valley on the way to Salkantay 
At Salkantay Pass 
Above Rainbow Mountain 
Along the trail to Rainbow Mt. 
Ascending Rainbow Mt. overlook 
View from the overlook 
View of glaciers to the west from Rainbow Mt. overlook 
Hail in the valley 
Rainbow Mountain 
The valley below 
Along the trail to Rainbow Mt. 
Barred fruiteater, Manu 
Hooded mountain tanager (seed in mouth) 
Peru’s national bird, the Andean Cock of the Rock 
Wooly monkey, Manu 
Leaves reach for light, Manu Cloud Forest 
Black-tailed trainbearer (hummingbird) 
Golden crowned quetzal 
Orchid, Manu Cloud forest 
Andean flicker 
Manu Cloud Forest 
White-eyed parakeet 
Torrent duck, which loves torrential waters 
Manu cloud forest, in cloud 
One of many waterfalls 
Butterfly becomes ornament, briefly 
Yet another waterfall 
Pretty in pink 
Wooly monkey keeping watch 
Black-tailed trainbearer, again 
Red droplets 
Jungle flower 
Butterflies sucking up minerals 
Bluish-fronted jacamar 
Jungle flower 
Andean motmot 
Birth of a fern leaf 
Masked trogon 
Colca Canyon, early morning 
Preparing dance for Carnevale, Yanque 
Thousands of years of terraces, Colca Canyon 
Richly decorated colonial church, Maca 
Colca Canyon 
Cactus flower 
El condor pasa – one of largest flying birds 
Hummingbird sipping, Nazca