Peru / Cordillera Blanca

Beautiful Cordillera Blanca (northern highlands)

With its jagged snow-capped peaks, turquoise mountain lakes and diligently farmed highland valleys, the Cordillera Blanca is one of the most beautiful stretches of the Andes. Thanks to several roads and mountain passes, you don't have to be a hiker or climber to enjoy this stunning scenery up close. Beyond the drive into the mountains, it's well worth visiting the valley of the Puya Raimondii plants and the more-than-3,000-year-old temple complex of Chavín de Huántar.