Baños termales, La Calera

Baños Termales La Calera is located in La Calera, in Pasco Department, in the central Peruvian highlands. Pasco, one of Peru's highest regions, sits where the Andean altiplano begins its descent toward the Amazon basin, and its geology includes the carbonate-rich formations that produce bicarbonate and calcium-laden springs. La Calera — 'the lime kiln' — is a place name that speaks directly to the calcium-rich character of the local rock.

The spring water is bicarbonate and calcium-rich, emerging at 38 °C with an alkaline pH of 8.0 — a soft, gently alkaline composition that gives the water a smooth, almost silky feel. At high altitude in the Peruvian Andes, where the air is cool and the landscape of grassy puna stretches to distant ridgelines, a 38 °C bath with alkaline mineral water offers a particularly grounded experience. These baños have served local Andean communities for generations as a practical and restorative resource amid the high plateau.