Lake Titicaca
It would be hard to miss the museum-like, arched-window exterior of Taypikala Lago at its prime and singular position near the lake. Handsome rustic…
Must-see hotels in Peru
Cuzco
A fine addition to San Blas, this hidden treasure sits far off the street, accessed via a long stone tunnel. With only nine rooms, this boutique hotel…
North Coast
The best place to stay in Colán. Built from a combination of natural materials, it has an upmarket, Robinson Crusoe feel and hosts cute, pastel-colored…
Amazon Basin
Across from Oxapampa's bus station, this is an oasis of pretty wooden cabins and rooms run by descendants of one of the town's original German settlers…
Amazon Basin
Escape Pucallpa's dusty thoroughfares in this serene expanse of leafy grounds, dotted with terra-cotta-roofed cabins. For families, taking one of the…
Aguas Calientes
Your best bet for hostel digs, this stylish newcomer in a brand-new building features mixed and female dorms with raw wood furnishings, lockers, attached…
Arequipa
Worth every sol is this picturesque colonial hotel with a flower-bedecked courtyard, light and quiet rooms (with minibar), carefully chosen antiques, a…
Lake Titicaca
On Titicaca's only private island, this is as exclusive as resorts get. Terraced rooms are well-appointed, with down duvets, fireplaces and lake views…
Cañón Del Colca
As upmarket as Cabanaconde gets, Kuntur Wassi is rather charming. It's built into the hillside above town, with stone bathrooms, trapezoidal windows…
Cañón Del Colca
Pachamama has plenty of room options (doubles, triples and other combos), a pizza oven, a fantastic crepe breakfast and an unexpectedly warm-hearted bar…
North Coast
At the northern end of Huanchaco, and top of the pops in the budget stakes, Naylamp has one building on the waterfront and a second, larger building…
North Coast
These former budget digs got the kind of makeover normally reserved for Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. It’s now a full-on midrange boutique hotel that is…
Huacachina
This peaced-out crash pad on the north side of the lagoon only offers packaged stays. They include a room for the night – choose between four-bed dorms…
Hotel La Posada del Monasterio
Arequipa
On a prime corner, this hotel gracefully inhabits an architectural mix-and-match building combining the best of the European and South American style. The…
Puno
This delightful traditional Puno home has a flower-filled courtyard and inviting rooms lining a 2nd-floor balcony. But the real draw is the sincere…
Cañón Del Colca
‘Heaven’s Well,’ as the name translates, is all low doorways, high ceilings, weirdly shaped rooms and winding paths. One half expects the seven dwarfs to…
Cañón Del Colca
The purposefully rustic rooms here inhabit thatched-roof stone cottages in neatly sculpted grounds. The best features are the unusual extras such as an…
Cañón Del Colca
Just what Chivay needed: a hotel right on the Plaza de Armas where you can rest in clean, spacious rooms with very comfy cotton bedding, spotless modern…
Arequipa
Inside a cotton-candy-pink colonial mansion in the gardens of suburban Vallecito, this gay-friendly B&B offers more than half a dozen guest rooms with…
Puno
Yes, a midrange Puno hotel with a sense of style. The 33 large, heated rooms feature snug duvets and earth tones, extra pillows, desks, flat-screen TVs…
Amazon Basin
A two-hour boat ride southeast of Boca Manu on Río Madre de Dios takes you to Manu Wildlife Center. This is a lodge owned by Manu Expeditions and co-run…
Amazon Basin
About seven hours’ river travel from Puerto Maldonado, this important research facility and lodge is known for a famous salt lick nearby that attracts…
Explorer’s Inn Tambopata Ecolodge
Amazon Basin
About 58km from Puerto Maldonado (three to four hours by river) and featuring 15 rustic double and 15 triple rooms, sleeping 70 people, all with bathrooms…
Amazon Basin
On the Río Napo, 157km from Iquitos, this simple lodge has 30 rooms with shared cold-shower facilities. The highlights are guided trail hikes in remote…
Amazon Basin
This bright, enticing lodge is one of the southern Amazon’s best. Facilities might be classic top-end Inkaterra but the big draw is that its prices are…
Iquitos
This is a well-established and recommended company that owns and operates several lodges in the northern Amazon, including Explorama, Ceiba Tops and…
Amazon Basin
Just after Baltimore, this reasonably priced lodge is one of the furthest from Puerto Maldonado along the Río Tambopata. Unlike most others hereabouts, it…
Iquitos
Sequestered within a serene walled garden 3km north of the city, this is most interesting accommodation. The house takes its title from Werner Herzog’s…
Amazon Basin
This lodge, 140km from Iquitos, is the only one with immediate access to the 2500-sq-km Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Reserve, an area of pristine jungle where a…
Amazon Basin
This simple, 10-room lodge is owned by the Ese’eja indigenous people of Sonene, who provide guiding and cultural services. Trails into the isolated Parque…
Amazon Basin
This lodge is a fairly lengthy (80km) boat ride upriver, meaning a three-night tour is recommended. It’s on a 20-sq-km private reserve in the buffer zone…
Amazon Basin
Past Itahuanía toward the community of Bonanza, this family-run 40-person capacity lodge has cabins abutting a large clearing that also has a large…
Amazon Basin
A few minutes’ walk from a lek (mating ground) for cocks-of-the-rock, this lodge offers exceptional cloud-forest bird-watching at 1600m elevation. The…
Amazon Basin
The first lodge on the Río Tambopata, accessible by road, is close enough to Puerto Maldonado for a one-night break. Perched on a pea-green grassy expanse…
Amazon Basin
Handsome Huarayo Lodge enjoys the closest position to Lago Valencia, about halfway between this lake and Lago Sandoval. It has use of its own private…
Machu Picchu
Run by Belmond, this exclusive hotel has one feature no other can match: location. Attention is impeccable and rooms are comfortable, with sober decor,…
Amazon Basin
A superb getaway 20km from Puerto Maldonado on the east side of the Río Madre de Dios. Accommodations, which comprise of bungalows with smallish,…
Amazon Basin
This beautifully located rustic lodge, accessible via a fun jeep ride along a rough track coiling up from the La Merced–Oxapampa road, nestles around…
Cuzco & the Sacred Valley
A cozy place in Quellomayo, 30 minutes from Santa Teresa on the alternative route to Machu Picchu, this welcoming family homestay is an organic farm…
Amazon Basin
The friendly owners are proud that it took two years to construct this lodge, Lago Sandoval's newest, because the materials were brought in along a 3km…
