Chavín de Huántar [1]: Built more than 2,000 years before the Inca, this center of the Chavín culture includes underground tunnels that lead to the Lanzón, a carved rock pillar that was the focal point of the culture, which eventually spread across the Andes.
Lagunas Llanganuco [2]: These turquoise-blue, high-altitude lakes glow in the midday sun beneath the Cordillera Blanca snow pyramids.
Cordillera Blanca [3]: Two days is enough time for a quick jaunt through the mountain range and its corresponding Parque Nacional Huascarán, which includes Peru’s tallest peak.
Cordillera Huayhuash [4]: Spend two weeks circumnavigating this stunning range, with some of the finest mountain scenery on earth.
Cordillera Negra [5]: This often-overlooked range, just west of the Cordillera Blanca, offers challenging mountain-bike routes with panoramas of glaciers and snow peaks.
Links:
[1] http://www.moon.com/destinations/peru/huaraz-and-the-cordillera-blanca/huaraz/sights/chavin-de-huantar
[2] http://www.moon.com/destinations/peru/huaraz-and-the-cordillera-blanca/callejon-de-huaylas/yungay/lagunas-llanganuco
[3] http://www.moon.com/destinations/peru/huaraz-and-the-cordillera-blanca/trekking-the-andes/cordillera-blanca
[4] http://www.moon.com/destinations/peru/huaraz-and-the-cordillera-blanca/trekking-the-andes/cordillera-huayhuash
[5] http://www.moon.com/destinations/peru/huaraz-and-the-cordillera-blanca/trekking-the-andes/cordillera-negra