Peru

Historians, adventure tourists and gap-year students alike make the busy pilgrimage to iconic Cuzco and Machu Picchu, cementing the notion that Pre-Columbian Peru is wholly defined by the Incas.

Yet there is so much more to this incredible land heritage: one of earth greatest ‘cradles of civilisations’ awaits at the extraordinary desiccated ruins of Caral-Supe and substantial and often jaw-dropping evidence of the sophistication of ancient societies lie liberally scattered around the arid coastal regions; meanwhile the mighty cordilleras and altiplano that hang in the shadow of the Andes offer a fascinating blend of archaeological gems , ecological abundance and incredibly welcoming contemporary settlements in this megadiverse and culturally complex nation.