A journey through the very best of southern Peru, from one of the world’s driest deserts and the country’s only marine national park, across the Andes and down into the Amazon basin. We begin in the Ballestas Islands, where the meeting of the warm El Niño ocean current with the cold Humboldt current has created the world’s most fertile seas – rich in marine fauna. From there to the Nasca Lines, mammoth geometric and zoomorphic designs etched onto the desert...

A journey through the very best of southern Peru, from one of the world’s driest deserts and the country’s only marine national park, across the Andes and down into the Amazon basin. We begin in the Ballestas Islands, where the meeting of the warm El Niño ocean current with the cold Humboldt current has created the world’s most fertile seas – rich in marine fauna. From there to the Nasca Lines, mammoth geometric and zoomorphic designs etched onto the desert...

An exploration of the political and religious capital of the Incas: Qosqo (“Navel of the Earth”), once the hub of the greatest empire ever seen in the Americas. We visit the historic city, where with the arrival of the Spanish Cusco’s temples and palaces became the foundations of magnificent neo-Baroque churches such as Santo Domingo and the Cathedral. In the hills above the city we explore the fascinating archaeological park of Sacsayhuaman – the former Incan house of the sun...

Not only is Huaraz the starting point to explore the Callejon de Huaylas – rated as one of the finest areas in all of South America for its super mountain views, but it is also home to one of the oldest archeological sites designed by one of the most influential cultures in the Americas: Chavin de Huantar. Beyond the Callejon de Huaylas with its breathtaking scenery, unusual flora and fauna, lively colorful markets and traditional villages, we visit the fascinating...