Explore the amazing North visiting archaeological sites and
nature areas where the Moches and Incas lived centuries ago.
With two nights in Cajamarca and one in Chiclayo, this itinerary
includes visits in Cajamarca City: the Ransom room, Ventanillas
de Otuzco, countryside, and Chiclayo : Tucume, the Sipan archaeological
site, and the Museum of the Royal Tombs.
Itinerary
Day 01: Flight to Cajamarca & City Tour
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Cajamarca.
Upon arrival at the airport a host will meet and assist you
in transferring to the hotel and help you in registering.
Rest of the morning for relaxation. After lunch we will explore
the main points of the city: the Main Square, the Cathedral
and the 17th century San Francisco Church, which houses the
Museum of Religious Art, a fine collection of colonial oil
paintings and the catacombs. Continue on to the Ransom Room
which the last Inca emperor, Atahualpa, filled once with gold
and twice with silver so as to obtain his freedom in 1532,
to the Belen Complex which includes the Belen Church, constructed
entirely of sculptured volcanic rock and the Medical, Ethnological
and Archaeological Museums and finally on to the Santa Apolonia
hill, for a scenic view of the valley of Cajamarca and where
one may also see the ceremonial Inca Seat. Then we will take
a delicious coffee at local coffee shop. Return to the hotel.
Free time for meals
Day 02: Cajamarca Otuzco Small Windows Callacpoma
Inca's Baths
After breakfast we will drive to a special area where we
will do a light trek around the Cajamarca countryside to
learn more about the local customs then we will continue
to the famous Ventanillas de Otuzco, a pre-Inca burial site
where hundreds of crypts in the shape of small windows are
carved into volcanic rock slopes. We will continue our excursion
to the Callacpoma caves, where we will observe cave art.
Before returning to the city, we will visit the Inca’s
Baths, thermal and medicinal waters. Then we will continue
to Fundo Los Alpes for a taste of fine cheese and a sweetened
milk delight (manjar blanco).
Free time for meals
Day 03: Cajamarca to Chiclayo (by bus)
Early morning departure to Chiclayo. We will cross through
different local towns starting from the Andes at 2700 m.a.s.l
and finish in Chiclayo City at 30 m.a.s.l. After lunch at
the hotel we will visit the local community of fishermen
in Pimentel where we will see how they use the totora reed
boats as Moche used in ancient times. Then continue to Monsefu
to visit a local family who prepares for decades fine handicrafts
including the famous hats, centre pieces in woven straw
and embroidery. Transfer to the Hotel
Free time for meals
Day 04: Trujillo City Tour
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Trujillo. Upon
arrival at the airport a host will meet and assist you in
transferring to the hotel and help you in registering. In
the afternoon 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. Return to the Hotel
Free time for meals
Day 05: Sol y Luna Huanchaco - Chan Chan
Breakfast at your hotel. Visit 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. Then 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 are 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. Return to the Hotel.
Free time for meals
Day 06: Trujillo – Chiclayo Royal Tombs of
Sipan Museum
Early in the morning, after breakfast, transfer to Trujillo
bus station to take the bus to Chiclayo (2 hours 30 minutes
approx.). 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.
Free time for meals
Day 07: Chiclayo: Tucume and 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
(BC 1,000 / 1,350 AD), 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 (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 the 1980's by Peruvian archaeologists led by Dr.
Walter Alva. Transfer to your selected hotel.
Free time for meals
Day 08: Flight to Lima
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Lima. Upon arrival
at the airport a host will meet and assist you in transferring
to the hotel and help you in registering.
Prices per person: On
request
Included:
Mentioned transport, double or single room in the selected
hotel with breakfast, entrance to parks and cultural sights,
guided visits and mentioned excursions, English speaking
guide to accompany visits and excursions, all transfers,
meals as indicated in the itinerary.
Not included in the fee:
International airfares, domestic flights, airport departure
(US$30 per person for international flights and US$6.5 for
national flights) taxes or visa fees, excess baggage charges,
additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations,
alcoholic beverages or bottled water, snacks, insurance
of any kind, laundry, phone calls, radio calls or messages,
reconfirmation of flights and items of personal nature,
personal equipment, obligatory personal insurance and meals
which are not mentioned.
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