Andes Mountains

Peru

Regions in travel priority order:

Cusco — Cusco (Photo: spwise.com)

1. Southern Sierra

- - Machu Picchu (a World Heritage Site)
  - Cusco (a World Heritage Site)
  - The Great Inka Trail “Qhapac Ñan” (a World Heritage Site)

Pink dolphin (Photo: moore.org) — Pink dolphin, Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve (Photo: moore.org)

Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve (Photo: manitiexpeditions.com)

2. Peruvian Amazon

- - Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve

Uros Floating Islands — Uros Floating Islands (Photo: makemywayblog.wordpress.com)

Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca (Photo: rileysroves.com)

3. Altiplano

- - Lake Titicaca and the Uros Floating Islands (World Heritage Tentative List)

Nazca Lines - Monkey — Nazca Lines – Monkey (Photo: razpberryswirl.wordpress.com)

Colca Canyon condor — Colca Canyon condor (www.aracari.com)

Arequipa — Arequipa “The White City” (Photo: steppestravel.com)

4. Southern Coast

- - Nazca Lines (a World Heritage Site)
  - Arequipa “The White City” (a World Heritage Site)
  - Colca Canyon
  - Paracas National Reservation and Ballestas Islands (Peruvian Galapagos Islands)
  - Huacachina desert oasis

Cathedral of Lima — Cathedral of Lima (Photo: winairtravel.me)

Sacred City of Caral-Supe — Sacred City of Caral-Supe (5,000 years old) (Photo: http://agreatjourney.com)

5. Central Coast

- - Lima (national capital; a World Heritage Site)
  - Sacred City of Caral-Supe (a World Heritage Site)

Huascarán National Park — Huascarán National Park (Photo: bootsthongssarong.com)

6. Northern Sierra

- - Huascarán National Park (a World Heritage Site)

Chavin de Huantar — Chavin de Huantar (Photo: bluelight.org)

7. Central Sierra

- - Chavín de Huantar (a World Heritage Site)

Chan Chan ruins — Chan Chan ruins (Photo: wmf.org)

8. Northern Coast

- - Chan Chan Ruins (a World Heritage Site)

Manú National Park — Manú National Park (Photo: edpatmore.wordpress.com)

9. Madre de Dios

- - Manú National Park (a World Heritage Site)

10. San Martín

- - Río Abiseo National Park (a World Heritage Site)

Bolivia

Departments in travel priority order:

Salar de Uyuni and Isla Incahuasi — Salar de Uyuni and Isla Incahuasi (Photo: sarahandduncantravel.wordpress.com)

Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) — Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon) (Photo: almatravelcentre.com.au)

Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon) (Photo: faena.com)

Potosí and Cerro Rico — Potosí and Cerro Rico (Photo: highburynomad.com)

1. Potosí

- - Salar de Uyuni and Isla Incahuasi
  - Laguna Colorada (Red Lagoon)
  - Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon)
  - Cerro Rico and Potosí (a World Heritage Site)

Madidi National Park - Bolivian Amazon — Madidi National Park – Bolivian Amazon (Photo: notesfromcamelidcountry.net)

La Paz Witchcraft Market (Photo: sensingsouthamerica.wordpress.com)

Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca (Photo: boldtravel.com)

Tiwanaku — Tiwanaku (Photo: nomadicniko.com)

2. La Paz

- - Madidi National Park – Bolivian Amazon
  - La Paz (executive and legislative national capital) – Witchcraft Market
  - Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca (location of Inca ruins)
  - Tiwanaku (a World Heritage Site)

Amboró National Park (Photo: boliviatravelsite.com)

Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park (Photo: mongabay.com) — Jaguars, Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park (Photo: mongabay.com)

3. Santa Cruz

- - Santa Cruz
  - Amboró National Park
  - Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco National Park (known for jaguars)
  - Noel Kempff Mercado National Park

Sucre — Sucre (Photo: notesfromcamelidcountry.net)

4. Chuquisaca

- - Sucre (official and judicial national capital; a World Heritage Site)

Sajama National Park (Photo: welovemountains.net)

5. Oruro

- - Sajama National Park

Carrasco National Park (Photo: boliviatravelsite.com)

6. Cochabamba

- - Carrasco National Park
  - Tunari National Park
  - Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory

Manuripi Wildlife Reserve (Photo: boliviatravelsite.com)

7. Pando

- - Manuripi Wildlife Reserve

Beni Biosphere Reserve (Photo: lacgeo.com)

8. Beni

- - Pilón Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands
  - Beni Biosphere Reserve

Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve — Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve (Photo: mongabay.com)

9. Tarija

- - Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve

Galápagos Islands, Ecuador — Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Photo: www.zewanderingfrogs.com)

Ecuador

- - Galápagos Islands (a World Heritage Site)
  - Quito (national capital; a World Heritage Site)
  - Otavalo

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