This is a book of photographs of Peru, covering the great geographical and cultural diversity of the country. Photos taken by twenty-two outstanding photographers portray Peru's natural beauty, ranging from the Amazon rainforest to the highest Andes to the starkly beautiful coast, its cultural heritage going back to the Incas and their many precursors, as well as the varying cultures throughout Peru today. Each photo is accompanied by a detailed caption providing depth of information. The book consists primarily of six chapters covering the Cusco/Machu Picchu region, the Amazon rainforest and cloud forest, Arequipa and Lake Titicaca, the Pacific coast, Chachapoyas and Cajamarca in the north, and the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Huayhuash, the highest ranges of the Peruvian Andes. It includes 224 pages, with seven maps, a brief introduction, and an afterword on the need to conserve Peru's natural and cultural heritage.

Editor Jim Bartle has writing about and photographing many of the great cultural sites and natural regions of Peru for more than thirty years. His books include Machu Picchu Historical Sanctuary, Parque Nacional HuascarAn, Cordillera Huayhuash, and Trails of the Cordilleras Blanca & Huayhuash of Peru, the first trekking guide to these great mountain ranges. He has also worked tirelessly in defense of the environments of the two ranges, and has worked closely with the national park staffs and the national government's protected area authority. He is a 1973 graduate of Stanford University.