Expedition Overview

“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.”

|Transfer from Lima Apt/Htl|

Welcome to Peru. Our staff will pick you up in a private SUV from the apt to the chosen htl. You are our special guest and it is an honor to be able to show you our wonders of the North of Peru.

Day 1 |Transfer to Caral & Stay in Casma

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:|Transfer to Trujillo & Sechin on the way|

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:Trujillo  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 :La Señora De Cao On The Way To Chiclayo

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 : Chiclayo-Tucume &Tumbas Reales Museum

We go to Lambayeque city to take the route to Tucume town where we will visit the Ceremonial Center of Tucume, archaeological complex composed by 26 pyramids. This site was the second Capital of the Lambayeque or Sican culture. We will visit as well the Site Museum.

 We finish our excursion in 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.

Lunch in a local restaurant.

 Day 6 : Transfer To Jaen Apt

After this amazing trip , we are ready to transfer you to the airport to take the domestic flight to Lima.

End of our services , However Norte Expedition Team suggested to take a extension tour around south of Peru.

What to Expect ?

In keeping with the nature of an expedition, we keep our schedule flexible to take advantage of the unexpected, adapting our course to the conditions and opportunities that arise. Your expedition experience can be tailored to the activity level you choose, whether it’s light or moderate or a little of both. Travelers should be in good health, comfortable walking or standing for extended periods of time, and able to get in and out of expedition landing craft. Daily activities, walking tours, and visits to cultural or historic sites, with options most days for more physical activities such as longer hikes . All departures are family friendly.

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