Hike to Gocta Falls

Earn the impossible turquoise of Laguna 69, a glacial lake under the white walls of the Cordillera Blanca

Visit Marcahuasi, a 4,000 m plateau of giant stone faces that stare back

Hike to Millpu, a staircase of a hundred turquoise travertine pools hidden in an Ayacucho gorge

Walk among the 5,000-year-old pyramids of Caral, the oldest known city in the Americas

Cross the last Inca rope bridge, hand-woven from grass and rebuilt by four communities every June

Explore Kuélap, the walled cloud-fortress of the Chachapoya — older than Machu Picchu and nearly empty

Descend into the underground galleries of Chavín de Huántar to meet the Lanzón, a 3,000-year-old fanged god

Set eyes on Río Abiseo, the UNESCO park almost nobody may enter — cloud-forest ruins and a monkey back from the dead