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Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, the Inca Trail, the Nazca Lines, the Colca Canyon as well as the Amazone Jungle are all world famous tourist attractions in Peru. Enter "Peru tourist attractions" to find tourist attractions in Peru:
Perhaps no other country has more to offer the visitor than Peru; panoramic mountain ranges, vast deserts, beautiful beaches and tropical jungle. All this combined with a rich historical and archaeological past and enduring indigenous cultures. World class Peru tourist attractions includes the Inca city of Machu Picchu. A 30 minutes walk south of the main complex takes the visitor to the Inca Bridge, carved into the vertiginous cliff face. A visit to Marchu Picchu may be complemented with a visit to Cuscu, the capital of the Inca Empire, founded AD 1100. Outside Cusco are four nearby Inca ruins, of which Sacsayhuaman is the most impressive (the others are Puca Pucara, Qenko and Tambo Machay). Other important tourist attractions are the Amazon jungle, Lake Titicaca, the Inca Trail, the Nazca Lines and the Colca Canyon which is the deepest canyon in the world. About 10 kilometers from Salirenas de Maras are the salt pans of Mara. These pre-Inca salt pools were constructed during the Chanapata culture between AD 200 and AD 900, from a natural salt spring. Terraces were carved from the hillside and through a system of natural irrigation and gravity (still in perfect use today) the water courses along channels to form pools of water, which evaporate in the sun to leave salt deposits. There are over 3,000 pools still in use.
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