Capital: City of Cajamarca
Altitude: 2.730 m.a.s.l.
Distance: not available

The province of Cajamarca is located in the North Andean zone of Peru. Located at the feet of the mountain Santa Apolonia. Its origin goes back to the pre-Inca times.

Cajamarca is an historical province with diverse geography. Its nice climate and famous thermal waters make this city a tourist place.

A city of colonial architecture with strong Spanish influence. There are religious edifications from the mid 17th., century and beginning of the 18th., century.

It is interesting to visit the archeological remains of the place, aqueducts, petroglyphs and sanctuaries of pre-Inca times.

Among the churches, convents and chapels: The Cathedral. Church and Convent La Recoleta. San Francisco Church. The Chapel Virgen de los Dolores. Santa Catalina Convent.

It is interesting to visit:

- View-point of the Mountain Santa Apolonia
- Forest Park Aylambo
- Stone Forest Los Frailones (Cumbemayo)
- Thermal Baths of the Inca and Yumagual
- Tres Molinos Ranch

Tourist Site Attractions:

Cajamarca Verde, area of the oldest National Park of Peru - Cutervo. Located at 260 kilometers from Cajamarca with an extension surface of 2.500 hectares. It bears hundreds of species of flora and fauna, being the most famous: the guacharo, a bird that builds its nests in the caves and caverns of Cutervo.

In the town of San Pablo, is the ceremonial center of Horizonte Temprano, called Kuntur Wasi. It is located at 93 kilometers from Cajamarca.

This pre-Hispanic ceremonial center is one of the oldest of its kind. It dates back from 1.100 b.C. Among the most important finding are the tumbs of Montealegra and the Ventanillas de Tumbaden (pre-Inca necropolis).

Archeological site of Cumbemayo, located at 20 kilometers from Cajamarca. It is surrounded by a forest of stones with shapes of mercyful monks. It is also interesting to visit: The Aqueduct, unique work of enginnering. The Sanctuary. And the Caves of Cumbemayo.

Archeological site of Layzon, located from 12 kilometers from Cajamarca. It is characterized for having walls of more than 6 meters height. And monoliths decorated with high reliefs.

The Baths of the Inca, located at 6 kilometers from Cajamarca. Thermal waters with therapeutical properties. According to the tradition it was the resting place of Inca Atahualpa short before the confrontation with Pizarro.

In the San Andres district there are:
The National Park of Cutervo. The Caves of San Andres, inhabited by colonies of guacharos (endangered bird). The Towers of Llapa, in Socota (chulpas or pre-Inca tumbs). And the Forest of Stones of Cerro Pilco.

National Park of Cutervo, located at 260 kilometers from Cajamarca. A park devoted to the preservation and protection of flora and fauna from the mountain range of Los Tarros.

National Sanctuary Tabaconas Namballe, located at 110 kilometers from Jaen, in the county of Cutervo. A Sanctuary devoted to preserving and protecting a foggy forest with flora and fauna of that region.