Top Attractions in Peru’s Northern Cloud Forest Kuelap With its 65-foot-high (20 m) walls, Kuelap is a hilltop fortress that, according to Canadian historian John Hemming, contains 40 million cubic feet of building material, three times as much as the…

This small provincial capital high in Peru’s northeastern cloud forest was founded on September 5, 1538 by conquistador Alonso De Alvarado. Vestiges of that history are evident in sprawling Spanish colonial homes that surround the main plaze with ornate wooden…