COLONIAL TRUJILLO - 03 Days/02 Nights
DAY 01: ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPLEX EL BRUJO + CAO MUSEUM
Complejo Arqueológico El Brujo. Pilar Remy
In the afternoon we will drive towards the Chicama valley where you will see the extensive sugar cane fields. A detour west to will take us to "El Brujo" where the Archaeological Complex constituted by 3 huacas is found: Cao, Partida and Prieta. Polychrome paintings have been discovered in the different levels of Huaca Cao. They represent prisoners, dancers, fishing scenes, battles and Moche mythological beings. We will also visit the new and recently opened museum in honor of the Lady of Cao, the mummy of a female ruler of the Mochica culture. Found by a team of archaeologists, her discovery is compared to the finding of the Lord of Sipan. Before it, it was believed that only men held high-ranking positions in ancient Peru.
Return to Trujillo.
DAY 02: TEMPLE OF THE SUN AND THE MOON - CHAN CHAN + HUANCHACO
Breakfast at the hotel
In the morning we will drive into the Moche countryside. Between this and the desert we will find the temples of the Sun, built with more than 100 million adobe bricks and with a current height of 45 m. and the Moon, a beautiful temple consisting of six superimposed buildings. Between them lies the Moche city, probably buried as a result of a large El Niño event. The Temple of the Moon has murals and pictures in high relief and finely decorated ceremonial plazas.
Lunch (not included in the price)
In the afternoon we will visit the Temple of the Rainbow or Huaca El Dragon of the Chimu culture, a quadrangle surrounded by a 6m. high trapezoidal wall. We will go into the Chan Chan Site Museum, with its displays of models of the Moche and Chimu architectural styles and a light and sound presentation, before visiting the impressive archaeological complex of Chan Chan, which extends over approximately 18 km2. The Tschudi Palace, located in the south-western side of Chan Chan, is one of the nine best preserved. Its walls are decorated with stylized friezes in high relief with zoomorphic and geometrical figures. We will tour its ceremonial squares, places of worship, reservoirs, granaries, the Elders Council Chamber, its cemeteries, etc. This will be followed by a visit to Huanchaco, which used to be a fishermen’s cove where the old reed boats called “caballitos de totora” are still in use. Return to the hotel.
DAY 03: TRUJILLO - CITY TOUR
Breakfast at the hotel
In the morning we will visit civil and religious colonial monuments. We will begin at the City Wall, also called Herrera Bastion, and will continue towards the small square known as El Recreo where the old water reservoir for the city used to be. The next stop will be the Iturregui palace, one of the finest in the north, followed by the Emancipation House, La Merced Church, the House of Mariscal Orbegoso and the House of the Estate of Facalá, a mansion with a remarkable historical tradition as it was there that the first National Flag was made, used in Trujillo in the first proclamation of independence from Spanish rule on December 29th, 1820. Return to hotel.
You will be transferred for the return to Lima at the appropriate time.
PRICE PER PERSON:
| Hotels | Prices |
|---|---|
| Libertador Plaza Mayor | US$ 362.00 |
| El Gran Márquez Hotel & Spa | US$ 334.00 |
| Costa del Sol, Trujillo | US$ 318.00 |
+ AIR TKT LIMA / TRUJILLO / LIMA from USD 195
