PAT 1420 - NORTHERN JEWELS

Upon arrival, our staff will be waiting at the airport and transfer you to your hotel. The rest of the day is free to rest or engage in any activity (upon request) if you have enough time available.

Breakfast at the hotel. At the indicated time, transfer to the bus station to board the bus to Huaraz (bus departure at 8:00hs aprox.). Upon arrival, our staff will be waiting at the bus station and will transfer you to the hotel. Free afternoon to rest. Overnight in Huaraz.

Breakfast at the hotel. Today we will go to the archaeological site of Chavin de Huantar, one of the oldest civilizations in the Americas (2,000 BC) that still holds the mysteries of its origin.

Inside, we will appreciate the impressive Chavín Lanzón Monolithic (stone sculpture), the galleries in the form of mazes, Heads, ceremonial squares, The Home of the Falcons and different systems of stairs. On the way we will see mining towns, visit the Querococha Lagoon and pass through the Cahuish tunnel, located 4.178 m.a.s.l., crossing the Cordillera Blanca joining the Callejon de Huaylas with Conchucos. Lunch and return to Huaraz.

Breakfast at the hotel. This tour will start to the north of the city and visit villages of singular beauty such as Carhuaz, Mancos, Ranrahirca and Yungay. Then, we will turn 27 km, rising to the Cordillera Blanca to reach the beautiful Llanganuco lagoon, located 3,850 m.a.s.l. and surrounded by beautiful Quenuales. In this place will have direct contact with nature and the purity of its waters. A typical lunch is included.

Then, return to Yungay where we will visit the “campo santo”. From there we will continue to the city of Caraz. After a brief visit, return to Huaraz.

In the evening, transfer to the bus station to board the bus to Trujillo. The bus leaves approximately at 21:00hs and arrives at 5:00hs. Upon arrival, reception and transfer to the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Free morning to rest.

In the afternoon, we will visit the Pyramids of the sun and the moon. These stunning monuments where built by the Moche culture, ancestors of the Chimu culture, and their friezes show the rich mythology in which the Moche culture believed.

These pyramids or “huacas” are great adobe constructions built in the V century, which have countless graves with overlapping and polychrome murals in which their deity, Ai Apaec, is represented.

It is believed that both pyramids were complementary, one for administrative purposes and the other one for religious purposes. Overnight in Trujillo.

Chan Chan, the largest adobe city in the world and former capital of the Chimu kingdom, a culture that descended from the Mochica (Lord of Sipan).

During our tour, we will visit the monumental area and the entrance to Tschudi Palace which, at 11.5 hectares of extension, shows all the height and splendor of one of the most advanced civilizations of its time through the management of space, the exquisite beauty of friezes and solidity of the buildings.

Free afternoon.Overnight in Trujillo.

Breakfast at the hotel. Hotel pick-up at the indicated time. We will travel along the Panamericana Norte highway, along plantations of sugar cane, to get to the Huaca Cao Viejo at El Brujo archaeological complex. This is an important ceremonial center where the past speaks of the rituals practiced by the Moche culture through an iconographic language expressed in polychrome murals.

El Brujo owes its name to the constant influx of northern witches or healers (shamans) to this place, who performed and carried out, even until today, healing ceremonies in the mountains or pre-Hispanic ruins and the Huaca Cao Viejo  in the belief that there are significant sources of energy in this place.

Thus, being an important ceremonial center, the main buildings of the “Wizard” were made to worship the gods and its ornamentation shows representations of ritual scenes and dedication to their principal deities.

The reliefs on the walls of the Temple (Huaca Cao Viejo) show a variety of themes from everyday images to representations of holy figures such as the ever-present image of the “Headless” supernatural image: and anthropomorphic feline found in the main facade which would represent the main Moche god, Ai Apaec.

After the excursion, we will visit the Museum of the Lord of Sipan Royal Tombs, located 11Km from Chiclayo. The exhibition showcases the Lord together with his valuable jewels, some tombs of the Moche Warrios that accompanied him and important pieces made of gold with which he was buried. This is the result of the hard work of the Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva.

The architecture of the museum is inspired in the late Mochica Sanctuaries with platforms and ramps combined. It is nowadays considered one of the best museums of South America. Return to Chiclayo. Overnight in Chiclayo.

Breakfast at the hotel. At the indicated time, transfer to the airport at the indicated time to continue your itinerary.