Day 01: Trujillo.
Assistance at your arrival in Trujillo,transfer to your selected hotel.
Day 02: Temples of the sun and the moon – Huanchaco – Chan Chan.
After breakfast. Excursion 15 minutes south of Trujillo to visit the enormous adobe constructions built by the Mochica culture in the 5th century, called Temple of the Sun,
considered the largest adobe pyramid in Peru, and the Temple of the Moon, housing an extensive burial ground and some fine polychrome murals in which their deity is often printed. Is believed that both were complementary, one administrative and the other religious.
Proceed to Huanchaco Beach, well frequented by beach-goers and surfers, you will have the opportunity to appreciate the local fishermen surfing the waves in their traditional “Caballitos de Totora”, little reed boats used for fishing since pre Inca times, by Northern Peruvians.
In the afternoon, visit the largest mud archaeological complex of the pre-Hispanic America, Chan Chan, ancient Capital of the Chimu Empire, visiting the Temple del Arco Iris, the site museum and the Tshudi Palace.
Day 03: Trujillo – Chiclayo – Sipan.
Early in the morning, after breakfast, transfer to Trujillo bus station to take the bus to Chiclayo (2 hours 30 minutes.). Upon arrival, transfer to your selected hotel.
In the Afternoon, visit to the Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum, where we can appreciate a Lord of Sipan Tomb replica, additionally we will see several ceramic pieces. Nowadays, this museum is one of the best and modern in South America.
Day 04: Chiclayo – Tucume – and the Lord of Sipan.
After breakfast, drive 40 minutes from Chiclayo to visit the archaeological complex of Tucume or Valley of the Pyramids, an important archaeological complex of the Lambayeque Culture, consisting of pyramids from which the extensive pre-Columbian urban site can be surveyed.
After a typical Northern dishes lunch, begin excursion to the impressive Necropolis of Huaca Rajada, a Mochica funeral centre where a great number of tombs have been discovered and where the tombs of the Old Lord of Sipan and the Lord of Sipan famous for its objects in gold and semi-precious stones, were unearthed in the decade of the 1980’s by Peruvian archaeologists led by Dr. Walter Alva. Transfer to your selected hotel.
Day 05: Chiclayo.
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