City: Peru
Top Things to do in Peru
Top Hotels in Peru
- 1. Iberostar Selection Miraflores
- 2. Inti Punku MachuPicchu Hotel & Suites
- 3. Antigua Casona San Blas
- 4. Aranwa Cusco Boutique Hotel
- 5. Palacio del Inka, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Cusco
- 6. Atoq San Blas Hotel
- 7. Jw Marriott El Convento Cusco
- 8. Hilton Lima Miraflores
- 9. Radisson RED Miraflores
- 10. Sonesta Hotel Cusco
The 10 Best Bodies of Water in Peru, Peru
Coordinates: 10°S 76°W / 10°S 76°W / -10; -76
Restaurants in Peru
1. Amazon River
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 320 reviews
Reviewed By NatayaL1_trip
If you have dreamed about Amazon river and jungles but do like extreme and do not want to sacrifice comfort - this journey is for you. Luxury tour on the very comfortable boat with high level service. Friendly staff, mostly local, haute cuisine, 2 boat / jungle tours per day, lectures on the Amazon geography and nature, cooking classes and many other interesting, enlightening, entertaining things. Amazon nature is amazing likewise local people. Highly recommended for any 6+ age wild life lovers
2. Laguna Paron
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 189 reviews
Reviewed By Susysv - Paris, France
The Laguna Paron is one of the most beautiful lakes, and the largest in the Cordillera Blanca. It stands at around 4,200 meters above sea level, so unless you are already totally climatized to the altitude, take it easy hiking around. The water is a blue turquoise color. The lake is surrounded by gorgeous mountains with snowy peaks, the most famous being the Artesonraju mountain. The roads everywhere are unfortunately horrible so the drive over is pretty miserable but definitely worth it. I would recommend going early in the morning, prepare your picnic before, and try to not stop anywhere to avoid losing time. (I went there with a group who made a stop to buy food, we got there when the clouds had already started to cover the mountains).
3. Piscinas Naturales Betania
4. Laguna 69
5. Laguna Cashibococha
6. Humantay Lake
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 841 reviews
The Humantay lake altitude is 4200 m.a.s.l and this make an unique weather and temperatura in this area. The Humantay lake Temperatura can arrive to 5º C during the day and at nIght drop down to 0º C.
Reviewed By gabriellV1594AK - Singapore, Singapore
Great hike to acclimatize to Peru's high altitudes. Not the easiest of hikes as it uphill and upslope for 2 hours before you get to the beautiful the Humantay lake. Make sure you take your time and rest to catch your breathe. The hike down is about 1.5 hours to 2 hours. We got a taxi driver from Cusco to drive me and my wife to the start of the trail head. Car ride is about 2 to 2.5h and we paid about 250 soles for rounc trip, so the driver waited for us.
7. Aguas Turquesas Millpu
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 33 reviews
Reviewed By mariedragon - Huaraz, Peru
We visited the Millpu Canyon on a day trip from Ayacucho with the travel agency Huancaraylla Tours. We were very satisfied with the experience and would recommend going on a tour rather than independently, because it is easier that way and the tour allows more than enough time at the site to make the most of it. It is a very long drive (3 and a half hours each way) on an extremely windy road to get to Millpu. If you get motion sickness I strongly recommend that you take some medication, because almost no part of the road is straight. Once at Millpu the guide gave us 3 hours and let us walk at our own pace, we did not have to stick to the group. For people who are used to hiking this is an easy hike, it takes around 15 minutes to arrive at the first pools and approximately an hour to get to the top of the canyon. There is a turn off down hill to get to the pools. It is no longer allowed to swim in them thankfully, as the combination of constant movement of the water (lifting those minerals that give the water its colour) and dirty bodies meant that the water was loosing its wonderful colour and fungus was spreading. There are many amazing viewpoints along the well established path from where you can see the pools from above, what a sight! The path goes uphill, with some stairs sections, but it is never really that steep. We visited in mid October at the beginning of the rainy season, but had a beautiful sunny day and the pools were a vibrant turquoise/emerald colour. Apparently when you come in the dry season (from May to September) the pools have a more turquoise colour and when you come in the rainy season (from October to April) the pools get a gradually more green colour. In January, February and March the travel agencies do not offer tours to Millpu. We ended the day eating a truly delicious trout at one of the restaurants at the trailhead. Millpu is a completely unique sight, so I would definitely recommend a visit there, however, I was most shocked to find out that many foreign tourists that come to Ayacucho only come for a single day to visit Millpu and then carry on their journey to Lima or Cusco without visiting any other sights. What a waste of opportunity given that Ayacucho is one of Peru most attractive and pleasant towns offering a marvelous variety of natural, historic and cultural sights, as well as fantastic restaurants and accommodation. So my advice would be to stay at least 3 days in Ayacucho. I would not recommend visiting Millpu during national holidays, whether it be for Easter, Independence day or any long weekends, because the sight literally gets jam packed with national tourists. When we visited on a week day in October there was barely anyone there, which was obviously very enjoyable. There is a S/5 soles entrance fee to visit Millpu, which goes to the community.
8. Shanay Timpishka
9. Lake Titicaca
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,428 reviews
This is the world's largest navigable lake to large vessels, which lies more than 12,500 feet above sea level and covers 3,200 square miles in the Andes Mountains between the border of Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east.
Reviewed By 1234texas - Dripping Springs, United States
It is a long way to Peru and it takes some time to get here, but the long ride to the lake is one of the many "high points" of your trip to Peru. The reward is to experience the lake, and the people that live on it. The beauty is just hard to describe: crystal clear water, mountain views, small islands, the floating islands, the exhilarating boat ride and the talented people making a living on the lake. We have heard great things about this trip from traveling friends, but none of them prepare you for it. This meets all the requirements for "bucket list " status--you will not be disappointed. The views of it from the hotel room were nothing short of spectacular, but it gets even better when you are on the lake and have a wonderful 36o view--everywhere you look is special. As an aside, I strongly recommend that you stay at GHL Hotel Lago Titicaca. It is a wonderful property on all measures of a great hotel--a total surprise for us!
10. Tambopata River
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 18 reviews
This river flowing between Lake Titicaca and deep into the Amazon basin is an exciting mix of calm waters and class III and IV rapids for whitewater enthusiasts.
Reviewed By piyushaatapattu - Colombo, Sri Lanka
We had a river cruise along Tambopata river. We saw a capybara family, few caymans and many birds on the way.
