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Start travelling 6 days from Caral city aloud you to know about one of the oldest civilizations in the World.
BEHIND THE PAST, BIGINNING OF THE CIVILIZATATION
Itineraries
Day 1
TRANSFER TO CASMA & CARAL ON THE WAY
Our tour to Caral city aloud you to know about one of the oldest civilizations in the World.
“Caral is a spectacular archaeological center composed of Huge pyramids built over 4500 years ago. We invite you to explore this magnificent city, whose antiquity is only comparable with Egypt, China and Mesoamérica.”
Our tour start with the pick up of our clients from their respective hotel and drive up north around 3 hours (184km) in a private vehicle towards the Supe Valley.
Caral have already defined as a city for its organization, extension and diversity of buildings. Also it composed for a set of monumental buildings, with different ceremonial and administrative functions, and where important architectural and technological innovations were developed.
Day 2
SECHIN & TRANFER TO TRUJILLO
The characters represented in the monoliths on the facades are of two kinds. The warrior-priests (dressed with a weapon or scepter) and the dismembered victims or their remains (mainly heads, limbs, skewered eyes, intestines, vertebrae and viscera), creating a macabre scene. All these figures represent humans, without the presence of demigods or animals
Another theory is that the site was a laboratory for high anatomical studies, which would explain the explicit exposure of various parts of the human body, such as viscera and bones. Another position holds that it is the representation of a popular rebellion bloodily crushed by the ruling elite.
For Federico Kauffman Doig it would be a staging of human sacrifices, within the framework of a cult that sought to ensure the livelihood of the population and counteract famines caused by droughts or other onslaught of nature
Day 3
A.D CULTURES FULL DAY
The temples of the Sun and the Moon, a religious center for the Moche culture, which developed between 100 and 900 AD. The archaeological complex shows the two large pyramids with flat tops, known as huacas.
Then we drive north of Trujillo to visit the Huaca Dragon, also known as Huaca Arco Iris (Rainbow Pyramid), which belonged to the Chimu culture.
We continue up, to the ancient fishing village of Huanchaco for a good lunch based in see food. Huanchaco is of the most famous beaches of Peru, where you can see the traditional fishing boats (caballitos de totora) which are still in use Today.
After lunch we continue to Chan Chan, the largest adobe city in America, built by the Chimu and covering an area of about 20 square kilometres.
Day 4
TRANSFER TO CHICLAYO & EL BRUJO COMPLEX
We drive to Chicama Valley, about 60 km north of Trujillo, to visit El Brujo, another complex of the Moche civilization. Archaeological excavations started here in 1990, where they found the Woman of Cao, a 1,500 year old, tattooed female mummy.
• Village of Magdalena de Cao (to taste a traditional drink fermented underground for 1 to 2 years called "Añejo de Cao.")
• Huaca cao viejo
• Cao Museum
After the tour, we drive through up north to the comercial Chiclayo city. On way we pass around the sugar and rice fields and we stop for having Lunch.
Day 5
BETWEN HUACAS & TEMPLES
Explore pre incas sites
We begin the excursion, visiting the National Museum of Sican, located in the city of Ferreñafe, there we will be able to appreciate the pieces found in the tomb of the Lord of Sican, in the Huaca loro, in the Archaeological Complex of Batan Grande. The legend says that it was the god Naylamp who created the Sican, and it is represented in many of the ceramics. The Sican or Lambayeque are known for their metallurgical art such as gold funeral masks and their “tumi” or ceremonial knives
Explore huacas in nature
Then we go to the Bosque de Pomac Historic Sanctuary, which is mostly home to carob and sapote trees, as well as a large number of fauna. The ancient tree, a carob tree over 500 years old, and the viewpoint from where we will have a spectacular view of the archaeological and natural environment of the Dry Forest.
Day 6
ROYAL TOMBS & MUSEUMS
We go to Sipan or Huaca Rajada, place where was made the most important archaeological discovery of Peru. In the place there is a Site Museum where you can find the ornaments of the other tombs discovered from moche elite. You will.
After walking in tombs, we go to the Royal Tombs Museum of Sipan, the most modern in Peru. The journey allows to know all the objects found in 1987 in the place of Huaca Rajada, well-known as Sipan. Here we will find the ornaments of the Lord of Sipan, the Priest and the Old Lord of Sipan.
End of our services, However Norte Expedition Team suggested to take a extension tour around south of Peru.
- A nice speaking inglish Tour guide
- Private vehicle for all tours in each city.
- Transfers from Chachapoyas to jaen apt in private vehicle
- Entrances fees
- Cable car to Kuelap cabin tickets
- Food,snacks( just in chachapoyas city)
- Hotel
- Food,snacks
- Tips around your journey
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