Nature in Peru

A paradisical gorge with rapids, waterfalls, and wildlife whose raw beauty is the stuff of CGI movies.

Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.

With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

Pre-Incan aqueduct amidst a stone forest in Peru.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

Thousands of volcanic rocks carved 1,000 years ago.

White llama terraces dazzle in Peru's "other Machu Picchu."