A paradise for walkers
To trek in Peru is to walk through beautiful Andean landscapes with stunning views of mountains and lagoons. One can journey along the Qhapaq Ñan, the network of ancient roads that connected the Inca Empire; experience the culture of the communities; hike along the Cordillera Blanca and Huayhuash in Áncash or find more than one route to Machu Picchu in Cuzco.
Almost all the mountain ranges, including valleys, plains and hills, offer trekking routes with higher or lower degrees of difficulty.
Only some of these trails have been ‘discovered’ as commercial trekking routes. The rest remain unexplored, awaiting lovers of these magical Andean paths, with their extraordinary network of pre-Hispanic paths and over 12,000 lagoons, with the deepest canyons on earth, glaciers and snowy peaks, forests and waterfalls, beautiful towns and, above all, the most hospitable people that one could imagine.
There are roads that are so steep that they get lost in abysses that take your breath away; zigzagging trails that stretch across the mountains; long, flat tracks that seem that seem to lose themselves in the immensity of the desert; hidden and imperceptible paths in the dense vegetation of the Amazonian forests. Peru’s trails are perfect for all levels of difficulty and experience.
- Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
- Huancaya
- Santa Cruz Llanganuco Ravine
- Road to Choquequirao
- Olleros – Chavin Llama Trek
- Huayhuash range round circuit
- Colca Valley
- Alpamayo round circuit
- Ausangater and Salkantay round circuits
- Cotahuasi Valley
- Tinajani Canyon
- Taraco Heights
