The Central Highlands Features

The Central Highlands Features

• Top Reasons to Go to The Central Highlands
  

  Handicrafts: Ayacucho has retablos—three-dimensional scenes of religious and historical events. Quinua has ceramic workshops. The Mantaro... read more

• Quecha of the Andes
  

  The Quechua are the original mountain highlands dwellers. Their traditions and beliefs have survived Inca domination, Spanish conquests, and... read more

• Sendero Luminoso
  

  Searching for the "Shining Path" to Peru's future, from 1980 to the mid-90s, the revolutionary group Sendero Luminoso held Peru in the grip of... read more

• Tour & Travel Agencies
  

  Ayacucho is surrounded by archaeological ruins and natural wonders, all of which can be viewed on a package tour. Morochucos Travel Services... read more

• High Train
  

  The Central Highlands are one of the country's most scenic areas, and tracks cut through the mountains and plains all the way from Lima to Huancavelica... read more