Most of all tropical glaciers worldwide are found in the Peruvian Andes, where the highlands and valleys are home to ancient cultures. Those areas stand in sharp contrast to the quickly growing capital city of Lima, but also to the Amazon rainforest in the East.
Río Huallaga with Pelejo and Papaplaya
Río Huallaga
Río Huallaga with Tipishca
Cordillera Blanca | Aerial view
Cordillera Blanca | Aerial view with Nevado Huascarán
Cordillera Blanca | Aerial view with Nevado Huascarán
Callejón de Huaylas and Cordillera Blanca
Callejón de Huaylas and Nevado Huandoy
Cordillera Negra and Cordillera Blanca
Caraz | Wall paintings and mototaxi
Caraz | Wall paintings
Cordillera Blanca | Lupinus mutabilis in the Parón Valley
Laguna Parón with Pirámide de Garcilaso
Cordillera Blanca | Pirámide de Garcilaso
Laguna Parón with Pirámide de Garcilaso
Laguna Parón | Panoramic view with Pirámide de Garcilaso
Cordillera Blanca | Lowered level of Laguna Parón
Cordillera Blanca | Artificial drainage of Laguna Parón
Cordillera Blanca | Parón Valley
Laguna Parón with Nevado Huandoy
Cordillera Blanca | Jatunraju Glacier and Nevado Huandoy
Cordillera Blanca | Jatunraju Glacier and Nevado Huandoy
Cordillera Blanca | Nevado Huandoy
Cordillera Blanca | Nevado Huandoy
Callejón de Huaylas and Cordillera Blanca
Cordillera Blanca with debris cone of Ranrahirca
Cordillera Blanca | Nevado Huascarán
Cordillera Blanca | Nevado Huascarán at sunset
Cordillera Blanca | Nevado Huascarán
Cordillera Blanca | Nevado Huascarán Norte
Cordillera Blanca | Nevado Huascarán Norte
Callejón de Huaylas with Nevado Huascarán
Callejón de Huaylas with Nevado Huascarán
Callejón de Huaylas | Nueva Yungay and Campo Santo
Yungay | Campo Santo
Yungay | Peruvian food at Campo Santo
Yungay | Campo Santo
Yungay | Campo Santo with cemetery hill
Yungay | Cemetery hill at Campo Santo
Yungay | Cemetery hill at Campo Santo
Yungay | Remembrance at Campo Santo
Yungay | Campo Santo with destroyed bus
Yungay | Campo Santo with church ruins
Yungay | Campo Santo
Yungay | Campo Santo
Yungay | Campo Santo with Nevado Huascarán
Huashao | Farmland
Carhuaz | Rampac Grande Landslide
Carhuaz | Women in traditional outfit
Carhuaz | Woman in traditional outfit
Cordillera Blanca | Nevado Huascarán
Cordillera Blanca | Nevado Huascarán at sunset
Cordillera Blanca | Nevado Hualcán
Quebrada Hualcán | GLOF deposit
Cordillera Blanca | Laguna 513
Cordillera Blanca | Laguna 513 and Nevado Hualcán
Quebrada Hualcán | Drainage tunnel of Laguna 513
Quebrada Hualcán and Cordillera Negra
Quebrada Hualcán with Polylepis forest
Quebrada Hualcán | Polylepis sp.
Quebrada Ishinca | School children
Quebrada Ishinca and Cordillera Negra
Quebrada Ishinca | Polylepis forest
Quebrada Ishinca | Polylepis forest patch
Quebrada Ishinca with Tocllaraju
Quebrada Ishinca | Refugio Ishinca
Quebrada Ishinca | Moving stars above Tocllaraju
Quebrada Ishinca | Panoramic view
Quebrada Ishinca | Debris cone of Laguna Milluacocha GLOF
Quebrada Ishinca | Laguna Milluacocha
Quebrada Ishinca | Laguna Milluacocha
Quebrada Ishinca | Laguna Toclla in 2018
Quebrada Ishinca | Laguna Toclla in 2022
Quebrada Ishinca | Emerging glacial lake
Quebrada Ishinca | Cushion plant
Quebrada Ishinca | Cushion plants
Quebrada Ishinca | Austrocylindropuntia floccosa
Quebrada Ishinca | Ice avalanche
Quebrada Ishinca | Headwaters with Tocllaraju
Quebrada Ishinca | Headwaters with Tocllaraju
Quebrada Ishinca | Laguna Adamcocha in 2018
Quebrada Ishinca | Laguna Adamcocha in 2022
Huaraz and Nevado Huascarán at night
Huaraz | City centre with Cordillera Blanca
Huaraz | Reflections
Huaraz | Plaza de Armas with Catedral de Huaraz
Huaraz | Plaza and Iglesia de Belén
Huaraz | Urban landscape with Plaza and Iglesia de Belén
Huaraz | Urban landscape
Huaraz | Calle Sebastian de Aliste in 2018
Huaraz | Calle Sebastian de Aliste in 2022
Huaraz | City centre
Huaraz | City centre
Huaraz | Urban landscape
Huaraz with Jirón Amadeo Figueroa
Huaraz | City centre
Huaraz with Cordillera Blanca
Huaraz | Panoramic view with Cordillera Blanca
Huaraz | Río Santa
Huaraz | Río Cojup and Río Quilcay
Callejón de Huaylas with Huaraz and Cordillera Negra
Quebrada Quilcayhuanca with pine plantation
Callejón de Huaylas with Huaraz and Cordillera Negra
Callejón de Huaylas | Mina Pierina
Quebrada Quilcayhuanca and Cashan
Quebrada Quilcayhuanca | Polylepis
Quebrada Cojup | Former Laguna Jircacocha
Quebrada Cojup | Lake outburst deposits
Quebrada Cojup with breached moraine dam
Quebrada Cojup | Breached moraine dam
Laguna Palcacocha | Panoramic view
Laguna Palcacocha | Panoramic view
Laguna Palcacocha | Panoramic view
Laguna Palcacocha
Cordillera Blanca | Nevado Palcaraju
Cordillera Blanca | Ice avalanche at Nevado Palcaraju
Laguna Palcacocha with regenerating glacier and landslide scar
Laguna Palcacocha with meteorological station
Laguna Palcacocha | Reinforced dam
Laguna Palcacocha | Control of lake level
Laguna Palcacocha | Management of outflow
Laguna Palcacocha | Management of outflow
Laguna Palcacocha | Monitoring
Cordillera Blanca | Trail to Glaciar Pastoruri
Cordillera Blanca | Glaciar Pastoruri with lagoons
Cordillera Blanca | Isolated piece of Glaciar Pastoruri
Cordillera Blanca | Glaciar Pastoruri in 2017
Cordillera Blanca | Glaciar Pastoruri in 2018
Cordillera Blanca | Glaciar Pastoruri
Cordillera Blanca | Glaciar Pastoruri
Cordillera Blanca | Glaciar Pastoruri
Cordillera Blanca | Glaciar Pastoruri with lakes in 2017
Cordillera Blanca | Glaciar Pastoruri with lakes in 2022
Cordillera Blanca | Glaciar Pastoruri with proglacial lake
Glaciar Pastoruri with proglacial lake
Panoramic view of Glaciar Pastoruri
Pumapampa with Ojo de Agua de Pumashimi
Pumapampa | Ojo de Agua de Pumashimi
Pumapampa | Puna landscape with bofedal
Cordillera Blanca | Nevado Mururaju
Pumapampa | Puya raimondii
Pumapampa | Puya raimondii
Pumapampa | Puya raimondii
Pumapampa | Puya raimondii
Pumapampa | Puya raimondii
Catac | Mine dump management
Catac | Mine dump management
Catac | Mining dump
Conococha | Río Santa and Cordillera Huayhuash
Laguna Conococha
Oyón | Laguna de Patón and Laguna Anilcocha
Oyón | Laguna Tinyag and Mina Iscaycruz
Huallay and Lago Chinchaycocha
San Agustín de Huayopampa and Piscocoto
Río Fortaleza Valley | Section Cajacay - Raquia
Río Fortaleza Valley | Section Raquia - Chaucayán
Río Fortaleza Valley | Drying of crops
Río Fortaleza Valley | Huaricanga
Río Fortaleza Valley | Huaricanga
Paramonga | Sugar cane cultivation
Huacho | Panamericana Norte
Reserva Nacional de Lachay | Fog oasis
Reserva Nacional de Lachay | Fog oasis
Lomas de Lachay
Lomas de Lachay
Lomas de Lachay
Lomas de Lachay with Vasconcellea candicans
Lomas de Lachay | Vasconcellea candicans
Lomas de Lachay
Lomas de Lachay | Tara spinosa
Lomas de Lachay with Tara spinosa
Lomas de Lachay with Tara spinosa
Lomas de Lachay
Villas de Ancón | Pueblo joven
Villas de Ancón | Pueblo joven
Villas de Ancón | Pueblo joven
Villas de Ancón | Pueblo joven
Villas de Ancón | Pueblo joven
Lima | Puente Piedra
Lima | Miraflores with Costa Verde
Lima | Miraflores with Costa Verde
Lima | Miraflores with Costa Verde
Lima | Miraflores with Costa Verde
Lima | Miraflores with Costa Verde
Lima | Miraflores with Costa Verde
Lima | Miraflores with Costa Verde
Lima | Miraflores with Costa Verde
Lima | Miraflores with Costa Verde
Lima | Miraflores with Costa Verde
Lima | Miraflores with Costa Verde
Lima | Coastal highway at Miraflores
Lima | Tsunami warning sign at Miraflores
Lima | Puente Villena Rey at Miraflores
Lima | Miraflores with Bajada Balta
Lima | Miraflores with Parque Chino
Lima | Parque del Amor in Miraflores
Lima | Parque del Amor in Miraflores
Lima | Parque Central de Miraflores
Lima | Municipalidad de Miraflores
Lima | Barranco with Puente San Martín
Lima | Barranco with stairway and street arts
Lima | Barranco with Bajada de Baños
Lima | Metropolitano
Lima | Paseo de los Héroes Navales and Plaza Grau
Lima | Hotel Sheraton
Lima | Plaza San Martín
Lima | Portal de Zela
Lima | Jirón Puno
Lima | Jirón Carabaya
Lima | Jirón Carabaya
Lima | Palacio de Gobierno del Perú
Lima | Jirón Carabaya
Lima | Panorama of Plaza Mayor
Lima | Plaza Mayor with Catedral de Lima
Lima | Plaza Mayor with Catedral de Lima
Lima | Plaza Mayor with Catedral de Lima
Lima | Plaza Mayor with Catedral de Lima
Lima | Oriels at Plaza Mayor
Lima | Plaza Mayor with Catedral de Lima
Lima | City centre
Lima | Convento de Santo Domingo and Río Rímac
Lima | Cloister of Convento de Santo Domingo
Lima | Convento de Santo Domingo
Lima | Jirón Conde de Superunda with oriels
Lima | Jirón Rufino Torrico
Lima | Río Rímac with Puente de Piedra
Lima | Río Rímac with Puente de Piedra
Lima | Río Rímac with Puente Rayito de Sol
Lima | Río Rímac with Puente Rayito de Sol
Lima | Panoramic view from Cerro San Cristobal
Lima | View from Cerro San Cristobal
Lima | View from Cerro San Cristobal
Lima | View from Cerro San Cristobal
Lima | Plaza de Toros de Acho
Lima | La Victoria with Estadio Nacional
Lima with Río Rímac and historic centre
Lima | Stairs to Cerro San Cristobal
Lima with Río Rímac and historic centre
Lima with Río Rímac and historic centre
Lima | Hillside neighbourhood and Rímac
Lima | Hillside neighbourhood at Cerro San Cristobal
Lima | Hillside neighbourhood at Cerro San Cristobal
Lima | Pueblo joven at Cerro San Cristobal
Lima | Hillside neighbourhood and Rímac
Lima | Pueblo joven at Cerro San Cristobal
Lima | Pueblo joven at Cerro San Cristobal
Lima | San Juan de Lurigancho
Lima | Zarate and El Agustino
Lima | Zarate and El Agustino
Lima | Río Rímac
Lima | San Agustino with Cerro Bartolomé
Callao | Urbanización 200 Millas
Callao with harbour
Lomas de Villa María del Triunfo and coastal fog
Quebrada Cruz de Hueso and San Bartolo
Quebrada de Chilca
Río Cañete Valley with Casinta
Río Cañete Valley with Casinta
Volcán Coropuna
Chachani and Misti
Suburbs of Arequipa with Chachani
Suburbs of Arequipa with Chachani
Suburbs of Arequipa with Chachani
Suburbs of Arequipa with Chachani
Suburbs of Arequipa with Chachani
Arequipa | Plaza de Armas and Misti
Arequipa | Plaza de Armas and Misti
Arequipa | Plaza de Armas and Misti
Arequipa | Plaza de Armas with Catedral de Arequipa
Arequipa | Plaza de Armas with arcades
Arequipa | Patio in the historic centre
Arequipa | Convento Santa Catalina
Arequipa | Convento Santa Catalina
Arequipa | Convento Santa Catalina
Arequipa | Convento Santa Catalina
Arequipa | Convento Santa Catalina
Arequipa | Calle San Francisco
Arequipa | Yanahuara
Arequipa | Suburbs and Misti
Arequipa with Misti
Arequipa with Misti
Yura with cement factory
Yura with cement factory
Pillunehuito | Rock formation
Pillunehuito | Rock formation
Pampa Cañahuas with Misti
Pampa Cañahuas | Vicuñas
Vizcachane | Vega with llamas
Vizcachane | Llamas
Vizcachane | Bofedal
Abra Patapampa | Azorella compacta
Abra Patapampa | Azorella compacta and Volcán Sabancaya
Abra Patapampa | Altiplano with Volcán Sabancaya
Abra Patapampa | Altiplano with Volcán Sabancaya
Ampato and Volcán Sabancaya
Volcán Sabancaya | Eruption
Volcán Hualca Hualca and Ampato
Cañón del Colca and Ampato
Cañón del Colca
Cañón del Colca
Cañón del Colca
Cañón del Colca
Cañón del Colca
Cañón del Colca
Cañón del Colca with Malata and Cosñirhua
Cañón del Colca | Pedestrian bridge near San Juan de Chuccho
Cañón del Colca | Oasis at the valley bottom
Cañón del Colca
Cañón del Colca
Cañón del Colca | Columnar volcanic rocks
Cañón del Colca | Epiphytes
Cañón del Colca | Cuyes
Cañón del Colca | Farmland
Cañón del Colca | Río Colca
Cañón del Colca | Río Colca
Cañón del Colca with Oasis de Sangalle
Cañón del Colca | Oasis de Sangalle
Cañón del Colca | Oasis de Sangalle
Cañón del Colca with Oasis de Sangalle
Cabanaconde | Parroquia San Pedro de Alcántara
Cabanaconde
Volcán Hualca Hualca at sunset
Cruz del Cóndor | Vultur gryphus
Cruz del Cóndor | Vultur gryphus
Cañón del Colca
Valle del Colca with Madrigal
Valle del Colca | Panoramic view with Madrigal
Valle del Colca | Panoramic view with Madrigal
Valle del Colca with landslide of Madrigal
Valle del Colca | Landslide of Madrigal in 2018
Valle del Colca | Landslide of Madrigal in 2022
Valle del Colca with terraced farmland
Valle del Colca
Valle del Colca with pyroclastic deposit
Valle del Colca | Panoramic view with Madrigal and Lari
Valle del Colca | Panoramic view with Lari
Valle del Colca | Panoramic view with Lari and Maca
Valle del Colca | Terraced farmland
Valle del Colca | Panoramic view with terraced farmland
Valle del Colca | Landslide of Maca
Valle del Colca with Ichupampa
Valle del Colca with Chivay
Vía Interoceánica Sur crossing the Altiplano
Laguna Sacacane
Laguna Sacacane with flamingos
Laguna Lagunillas
Laguna Lagunillas
Laguna Lagunillas
Laguna Lagunillas
Laguna Lagunillas and puna grassland
Puno with Lago Titicaca
Puno with Lago Titicaca
Puno with Lago Titicaca
Puno
Puno
Puno | Residential neighbourhood and Lake Titicaca
Puno | Mirador Puma Uta
Puno | Mirador de Kuntur Wasi
Puno | Mirador de Kuntur Wasi
Puno | Mirador de Kuntur Wasi
Puno with Lago Titicaca
Puno with Lago Titicaca
Puno with historic centre
Puno | Plaza de Armas with Catedral de Puno
Puno | Plaza de Armas with Catedral de Puno
Puno | Street scene in the city centre
Puno | Street scene in the city centre
Puno | Jirón Cahuide with railway line
Lago Titicaca with Puno
Lago Titicaca with reed belt
Lago Titicaca | Bahía de Puno with reed belt
Lago Titicaca | Reed harvesting
Lago Titicaca | Islas Flotantes de los Urus
Lago Titicaca | Islas Flotantes de los Urus
Lago Titicaca | Islas Flotantes de los Urus
Lago Titicaca | Islas Flotantes de los Urus
Lago Titicaca | Islas Flotantes de los Urus
Lago Titicaca | Islas Flotantes de los Urus
Lago Titicaca | Islas Flotantes de los Urus
Lago Titicaca | Islas Flotantes de los Urus
Lago Titicaca | Islas Flotantes de los Urus
Lago Titicaca | Islas Flotantes de los Urus
Lago Titicaca | Islas Flotantes de los Urus
Lago Titicaca with Península de Chucuito and Puno
Lago Titicaca | Bahía de Puno and Cordillera Real
Lago Titicaca with Cordillera Real
Lago Titicaca | Isla Amantaní
Lago Titicaca | Isla Amantaní
Lago Titicaca | Isla Amantaní
Lago Titicaca | Isla Amantaní
Lago Titicaca | Isla Amantaní and Cordillera Real
Isla Amantaní | Pachatata
Isla Amantaní with Lago Titicaca
Isla Amantaní | Selection of crops
Isla Taquile | Agricultural work
Isla Amantaní | Textile works
Isla Taquile | Knitting men
Isla Taquile | Knitting men
Isla Taquile | Dancing group
Isla Taquile | Festival at the main square
Isla Taquile | Festival at the main square
Isla Taquile | Bell tower
Isla Taquile | Footpath with stone arch
Isla Taquile with Lago Titicaca
Isla Taquile | Lago Titicaca with beach in 2018
Isla Taquile | Lago Titicaca with beach in 2022
Lago Titicaca with Isla Taquile
Lago Titicaca | Isla Taquile
Isla Taquile | Highest point
Isla Taquile | Cantua buxifolia
Pucará | Templo Santa Isabel
Pucará with Templo Santa Isabel
Pucará with Templo Santa Isabel
Abra La Raya with Cusco-Puno railway line
Abra La Raya with train station
Abra La Raya with Titicaca Train
Abra La Raya | Titicaca Train
Raqch'i | Templo de Wiracocha
Raqch'i | Templo de Wiracocha
Oropesa | Colonial layout
Cusco | Pachatusan and Cordillera Urubamba
Cusco | Pachatusan and Urubamba Valley
Cusco with Cordillera Vilcabamba
Cusco
Cusco with Aeropuerto Alejandro Velasco Astete
Cusco with historic centre and Sacsayhuamán
Cusco | City centre
Cusco | Sacsayhuamán and historic centre
Cusco | Historic centre with Plaza de Armas
Cusco | Iglesia de San Cristóbal
Cusco | Historic centre with Plaza de Armas
Cusco | Historic centre with Plaza de Armas
Cusco | Plaza de Armas
Cusco | Plaza de Armas
Cusco | Catedral del Cusco and Iglesia de la Compañía
Cusco | Plaza de Armas
Cusco | Plaza de Armas
Cusco | Plaza de Armas
Cusco | Catedral del Cuzco
Cusco | Iglesia de la Compañía
Cusco | Jardín Sagrado de Coricancha
Cusco | Templo Cusicancha
Cusco | Convento de Santo Domingo
Cusco | Plaza de Armas and Calle Mantas
Cusco | Calle Marquez
Cusco | Calle Suecia
Cusco | Calle Ataud
Cusco | Calle Arequipa
Cusco | Calle Hatunrumiyoc
Cusco | Calle Hatunrumiyoc
Cusco | Historic centre
Cusco with hillslope neighbourhoods
Cusco | Patriotism
Chinchero | Parque Arqueológico
Moray | Agricultural terraces
Salineras de Maras
Salineras de Maras
Salineras de Maras
Salineras de Maras
Salineras de Maras
Salineras de Maras
Salineras de Maras | Panoramic view
Urubamba Valley with Cordillera Urubamba
Ollantaytambo | Ancient road
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Proglacial lake
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Proglacial lake in 2017
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Glacial lake in 2022
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Proglacial lake
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Proglacial lake in 2017
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Proglacial lake in 2022
Cordillera Vilcabamba with Nevado Salkantay
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Nevado Salkantay
Cordillera Vilcabamba with Nevado Pumasillo
Cordillera Vilcabamba with Nevado Pumasillo
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Soraypampa with Tukarway
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Laguna Humantay
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Periglacial landforms
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Sky Lodge at Soraypampa
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Sky Lodge at Soraypampa
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Nevado Salkantay
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Salkantaypampa with Nevado Salkantay
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Nevado Salkantay
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Nevado Salkantay and Laguna Salkantaycocha
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Nevado Salkantay
Nevado Salkantay with rock slide scar
Nevado Salkantay with rock slide scar
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Rock avalanche deposit at Abra Salkantay
Cordillera Vilcabamba | Laguna Salkantaycocha
Quebrada Humantay | GLOF impact area of 2020
Nevado Salkantay and eroded terminal moraine
Nevado Salkantay and eroded terminal moraine
Nevado Salkantay and eroded terminal moraine
Quebrada Humantay | GLOF impact area of 2020
Quebrada Humantay | GLOF impact area of 2020
Quebrada Humantay with GLOF impact area of 2020
Quebrada Humantay with GLOF impact area of 2020
Quebrada Humantay with GLOF impact area of 2020
Quebrada Humantay with GLOF impact area of 2020
Quebrada Humantay with GLOF impact area of 2020
Quebrada Humantay | Erosion by the 2020 GLOF