Ports
of Call Excursions
Chiclayo - Trujillo
Chan
Chan, Dragon & Huanchaco Beach (Trujillo)
Duration: 3 hours
Price: $42 per person, minimum 2 persons.
Chan Chan, the former capital of Chimu Empire. This Empire reached its
apogee in the 15th century, not long before falling to the Incas. The
planning of this huge city, the largest in pre-Columbian America, reflects
a strict political and social strategy, marked by the city's division
into nine 'citadels' or 'palaces' forming autonomous units. This pre-Columbian
adobe city is famous for its archaeological site in South America! A stop
is made at Huaca Dragon to visit this restored, pyramidal, adobe temple
consecrated to the rainbow, with beautiful bas-reliefs and a small archaeological
museum. From Chan Chan you will visit the seashore village of Huanchaco,
known for its totora seahorses - a typical small reed boat used for fishing.
Sun
& Moon Temples, City Tour and National University of Trujillo Museum (Trujillo)
Duration: 5 hours
Price: $70 per person, minimum 2 persons.
Visit one of the most important centers of the ancient Moche. This pre-Inca
civilization, a warrior culture, once dominated the valleys of the northern
coast of Peru. Experience the amazing adobe engineering of the Temple
of the Sun (sol), the tallest pyramid in the Americas at a height of 48
meters, which is estimated to have involved over 200,000 workers in its
construction and over 140 million adobe bricks. Steps away is the temple
of the Moon (Luna), the Moche political center where recently uncovered
friezes of mystical images are believed to belong to a divinity of sacrifices.
Continue to visit the city of Trujillo, known as "the City of the Eternal
Spring", where you will visit the Main Square, the Cathedral and the beautiful
residential and commercial areas which contain grandiose colonial houses
and well preserved porches, balconies and churches such as the Colonial
Mansions of "Casa Iturregui" and "Casa Bracamonte". Transfer to the National
University of Trujillo Museum, that contains cultural expressions of Peru´s
diverse Pre-hispanic epochs such as : ceramics, weavings, metal, etc.
Sun
& Moon Temples, Chan Chan & Huanchaco Beach, City tour and Museum including
lunch (Trujillo)
Duration: 6 hours
Price: $144 per person, minimum 2 persons.
Visit one of the most important centers of the ancient Moche. This pre-Inca
civilization, a warrior culture, once dominated the valleys of the northern
coast of Peru. Experience the amazing adobe engineering of the Temple
of the Sun (sol), the tallest pyramid in the Americas at a height of 48
meters, which is estimated to have involved over 200,000 workers in its
construction and over 140 million adobe bricks. Steps away is the temple
of the Moon (Luna), the Moche political center where recently uncovered
friezes of mystical images are believed to belong to a divinity of sacrifices.
Continue to Chan Chan, the former capital of Chimu Empire. This Empire
reached its apogee in the 15th century, not long before falling to the
Incas.
The planning of this huge city, the largest in pre-Columbian America,
reflects a strict political and social strategy, marked by the city's
division into nine 'citadels' or 'palaces' forming autonomous units. This
pre-Columbian adobe city is famous for its archaeological site in South
America! From Chan Chan you will visit the seashore village of Huanchaco,
known for its totora seahorses - a typical small reed boat used for fishing.
Lunch in a local restaurant where you can enjoy a variety of seafood.
Continue with a visit to the city of Trujillo, known as "the City of the
Eternal Spring", where you will visit the Main Square, the Cathedral and
the beautiful residential and commercial areas which contain grandiose
colonial houses and well preserved porches, balconies and churches such
as the Colonial Mansions of "Casa Iturregui" and "Casa Bracamonte". Transfer
to the National University of Trujillo Museum, that contains cultural
expressions of Peru´s diverse Pre-hispanic epochs such as: ceramics, weavings,
metal, etc.
Sipan
: Huaca Rajada & Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum including lunch (Chiclayo)
Duration: 10 hours
Price: $84 per person, minimum 2 persons.
Visit the complex of Huaja Rajada which comprises two huge pyramids mad
of adobe mud in front of which there is a platform which is thought to
have contained the royal mausoleum. The intact remains of an important
Mochica ruler known as the Lord of Sipan were discovered here in 1987.
Then continue to the Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum, a new museum inaugurated
in November 2002. Rated as one of the most outstanding archaeological
museums in South America, the building is modeled after an ancient pyramid
of the region. Here you can find a reconstruction of the tomb of Sipan,
dubbed the "Tutankhamen of the Americas" because of the golden splendor
of his tomb : hundreds of pieces of pottery and exquisite gold jewelry.
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