Reach Río Abiseo National Park

Watch the sun rise along the Thirteen Towers of Chankillo, a 2,300-year-old solar calendar in the desert

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

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

Descend from cloud forest to jungle floor in Manú, the most biodiverse protected area on the planet

Maya temples rising above the jungle.

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

Stand under the chullpas of Sillustani — pre-Inca burial towers built finer than the Incas managed

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