Northern Peru - 03 days/02 nights

Day 01                                                                                                                   Lima – Trujillo

• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Flight Lima - Trujillo (not included)
• Transfer airport Trujillo - hotel
• Full day walking city tour, Dragon, Huanchaco incl. Lunch and Chan Chan

Flight to Trujillo. After arrival transfer to your hotel, where breakfast will be served.

Afterwards walking tour of this colonial city; the Main Square, the Cathedral, and its different churches and temples. Proceed to Dragon or Arco Iris Huaca. This is a Chimu pyramidal temple located 5 km to the north of Trujillo. It still has its has its original walls (11 m. high) where one can find friezes showing two-headed snakes and dancing warriors. All of which are very well preserved. Continue to Huanchaco where the lunch will be served. Finally visit the great citadel of Chan Chan. The world's largest mud city of pre-Columbian America, ancient capital of the pre-Inca Chimu empire. It covered an area of more than 18 sq. The Tschudi Palace which has very well-preserved friezes and decorations is frequently visited by tourist.

Overnight at Hotel Libertador Trujillo (4*) or similar (standard room)

Day 02                                                                                                              Trujillo - Chiclayo

• Meals: Breakfast, Boxlunch
• Sun & Moon Huaca
• Transfer Trujillo - Chiclayo including El Brujo Complex and Royal tombs of Sipan museum

Visit the temples of the Sun and the Moon. Pyramidal temples dating from 1-VIII BC having superimposed platforms and an overall height of more than 45 m.  Temple of the Sun was built with more than 140 million adobe bricks.  Across from this temple is the Temple 

of the Moon where archaeologists have recently made important discoveries consisting in polychrome  mud wall decorations in high relief.

This is significant as it is the first time this type of decoration has been seen in Mochica architecture. The variety and plastic quality of these iconographies show fish, birds and the face of a deity in the ceremonial court of 60 by 30 m.

The trip continues to the archaeological complex of El Brujo. This complex includes approximately 6 ha and within this area we can find evidence of human  settlements in Huaca Prieta which date from 6,000 years ago as well as architectonic mounds of the Cupisnique, Salinar, Gallinazo, Mochica, Lambayeque and Chimu cultures. Visit the Museum of the only known female ruler, the so called “Señora de Cao”. She died during child birth, and besides an interesting insight in the culture, in the museum you can also see her surprisingly well preserved mommy, with tattoos on her arms and legs. Finally, visit Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum. This museum has a large collection of gold artifacts belonging to the Lambayeque and Mochica cultures. Enjoy also the fascinating collection as well as the remains of the Lord of Sipan.

Box-lunch included.

Overnight at Casa Andina Select Chiclayo (4*) or similar (traditional room)

Day 03                                                                                                                 Chiclayo – Lima

• Meals: Breakfast
• Visit to Huaca Rajada (Sipán archaeological site) & Tucume
• Transfer to the airport
• Flight Chiclayo - Lima (not included)

Early morning visit Huaca Rajada (Sipán archaeological site) where a complete tomb of an elite member, El Señor de Sipan was found. The elaborated ornaments and the technological development of gold and silver smiting make it the most important discovery of last century. We will visit the small on-site museum and some exploration excavations. Continue to the valley of the pyramids, Tucume. Composed of numerous pyramids dating from 1,000 - 1,530 BC it is pointed out as being the second capital of the Lambayeque, Chimu and Inca regional center

At the end of the tour, transfer to the airport for flight to Lima.

**Remark: We urgently recommend you to book a post-night in Lima, this way the program can be operated as published even in case of flight schedule changes.

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