THE MAJESTIC CULTURES OF THE NORTH
(6 Days / 5 Nights)

DAY 01: LIMA / TRUJILLO
Transfer to the Lima airport. Flight to Trujillo. Assistance on your arrival in Trujillo, transfer to your selected hotel. Afterwards we will have a guided city tour of Trujillo and we visit the cathedral, the main square and the colonial mansions.

DAY 02: Trujillo - Huanchaco - Chan Chan.
In the morning, we visit the largest mud archaeological complex of the pre-Hispanic America, Chan Chan, ancient capital of the Chimu Empire (13th Century), visiting the Temple del Arco Iris (rainbow), the site museum and the Tshudi Palace.

Proceed to Huanchaco beach, where we will have the opportunity to appreciate, during lunch, 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.



DAY 03: Temples of the Sun and the Moon
After breakfast we start our 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. Afterwards we start our trip to Chiclayo. Upon arrival transfer to the hotel.

DAY 04: Chiclayo: Museum Lord of Sipan
City tour in Chiclayo, where we also will visit the which craft marked. Afterwards we will visit to the Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum, where we can appreciate a Lord of Sipan Tomb replica, additionally we could see several ceramic pieces. Nowadays, this museum is one of the best and modern in Southamerica.

DAY 05: Chiclayo: Tucume
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 (BC 1,000 / 1,350 AD), consisting of pyramids from which the extensive pre-columbian urban site can be surveyed. Return to Chiclayo.

DAY 06: Chiclayo
In the morning we start our excursion to the impressive necropolis of Huaca Rajada, a Mochica funeral center where a great number of tombs have been discovered and where the tombs of the Old Lord of Sipan (3rd Century) and the Lord of Sipan (5th Century), famous for its objects in gold and semi-precious stones, were unearthed in the decade of 1980' s by Peruvian archaeologists led by Dr. Walter Alva. Transfer to your selected hotel.
In the afternoon transfer to the airport and assistance on your departure. Flight to Lima.

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