Where To Go In Peru

There are many places to see and many things to do when you visit Peru and here at Peru-Facts we aim to inform you of the best places to visit in order for you to get the most out of your visit to Peru.

Machu Picchu

This is one of the most impressive sights you will see on your visit to Peru and is now regarded as one of the seven wonders of the modern world, another accolade of Machu Picchu is that it has been declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is often referred to as the "The lost City of the Incas" due to the fact that it was only discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham an American historian. It is believed that Machu Picchu was abandoned around the time of 1532 which coincides with the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.

Nazca Lines

The Nazca Lines are one of the most recognisable images of Peru. The Nazca lines are huge drawings on the floor of the Nazca desert located to the south-west of Peru and cover an area of 520km between the two towns of Nazca and Palpa. The lines were rediscovered in 1939 and are believe to have been created between 200BC and AD700 by the native people of Nazca with various depictions of monkeys, birds, spiders, hummingbirds, lizards, fish and humans (which some believe to be an astronaut) all on the desert floor.

The Amazon

The Amazon rainforest stretches over a vast area of South America and covers an area of seven million kilometers (1.2 billion acres) with the amazon rainforest covering an area of 5,500,000km running through a range of South American countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, bolivia and Peru. The Peruvian part of the Amazon jungle is considered to be one of the best parts of the Amazon as in this area of Peru it is believed to be untouched. The Amazon also contains over 70% of the worlds species.

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