TRUJILLO – CHICLAYO

Full Day  Chan Chan w/lunch in Huanchaco and transfer to Chiclayo visit El Brujo en route (11 HRS)

First, you will visit the archeological complex of Chan Chan. This place was home to 100,000 habitants who stubbornly resisted the expansion of the Inca Empire. The archaeological remains of Chan Chan, 6 Km. (3.7 miles) northeast of Trujillo, are rather well preserved although built with mud bricks (“adobe”)

Transfer to Chiclayo city with a guide of the Company.

El Brujo pyramid rises about 98 feet above the surrounding desert and covers an area of roughly 330 by 330 feet. It was built with tens of thousands of adobe bricks. Its walls are covered with polychrome reliefs that show war motifs, its goods, animals, plants, and net-fishing. Just some years ago, a well preserved tattooed mummy of a young woman, who belongs to the Moche Royalty, has been discovered deep inside El Brujo pyramid. She has been called “Señora de Cao” and she is exhibited in the Lady of Cao Museum.

• Accommodation in selected hotel.
• Meals included: Breakfast & lunch.

CHICLAYO

Full Day  Horse Riding in Pomac Forest, visit Tucume Pyramids w/lunch (8 HRS)

Morning visit to Bosque de Pomac, located 35 km north of Chiclayo. This incredible place, a vast forest of algarrobo trees on the old grounds of the Batan Grande sugar cane hacienda, is dotted with dozens of ancient pyramids belonging to the Sican culture, descendants of the Moche.  Not to be confused with the similarly named archaeological site of Sipán

Then visit to Túcume, an imposing 26 pyramids site of the Lambayeque culture.

• Accommodation in selected hotel.
• Meals included: Breakfast & lunch.

CHICLAYO

Full Day  Huaca Rajada, Tumbas Reales, Paseo Yotuque w/lunch and transfer out (8 HRS)

In the morning excursion to the magnificent mud-brick burial platform of Huaca Rajada where the world famous Tomb of the Lord of Sipan was discovered.  Admire fabulous gold artifacts, precious stones, and the ancient Moche civilization’s history. Afterward, visit the brand new Tumbas Reales Museum and discover the historical richness there. Finally, you will have a visit to Paseo Yotuque. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to the airport.

• Meals included: Breakfast, lunch.