NORTH PERU PRE INCA CULTURES PROGRAM
3 DAYS / 2 NIGHTS
Season Visit: All year round.
INTRODUCTION:
The program is made for persons that want to go and visit these 3 places with a guide that speaks English, since in Caral, Sechin and Chanquillo, there is no service in other languages. The trip is made on local transportation making it a great adventure. The hotel is a 3*** Stars. The meals are on your own. This way it makes you participate closer to the local people and travel more secure, since you have personal assistance of a trip leader and professional guide.
Program:
Day 01.- Bus towards the North Coast from Lima to Caral, the Oldest Civilization of America. Constructed 5,000 years ago, which is the symbol of the political power and religious of the first Peruvian state.The discovery of this sacred city, was made in 1994. During the digs it was found left-overs of fibers in several zones of the site, which they were taken to be tested in radio-carbon data and the results came out that it was approximately 2,627 to 2,100 years B.C. Continuing to Casma. Arrival, checking into the Hotel.
Day 02.- Visit to Sechin, to see the "Max Uhle" Museum, that has exhibition rooms with part of the archaeological materials that were found in the digging of Sechin and the Archaeological Complex with its Mural Art of sculptures on stone. The under relief motifs represent the human drama of the war.
At midday, the visit will continue with a hike in Chanquillo, the oldest solar observatory in America, which is located in the top part of a hill, with three ovoid walls with strategic entrances that lead to well elaborated passages were the ceilings are made of thick Algarrobo wood. Across on the east side, its located a hill that has on its top, 13 towers, that according to the archaeologist Ivan Ghezzi, the movement of the Sun during the whole year coincides with one of the 13 towers, been able to define the solstices and equinoxes. Return to Casma. Overnight.
Day 03.- From here on, you can go back to Lima or continue to Huaraz or Chimbote to head towards Trujillo (this is on your own).
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CHANQUILLO PROGRAM
2 DAYS / 1 NIGHT
Season Visit: All year round.
Program:
Day 01.- Bus to Casma (aprox.8 hours). Arrival, checking into the Hotel. Overnight.
Day 02.- After breakfast, transfer to the site entry by the San Rafael Valley. From there on
it continues to Chanquillo, the oldest solar observatory in America, which is located in the top part of a hill, with three ovoid walls with strategic entrances that lead to well elaborated passages were the ceilings are made of thick Algarrobo wood. Across on the east side, its located a hill that has on its top, 13 towers, that according to the archaeologist Ivan Ghezzi, the movement of the Sun during the whole year coincides with one of the 13 towers, been able to define the solstices and equinoxes. Return to Casma at mid-day. From there on, you can go back to Lima or continue to Huaraz or Chimbote to head towards Trujillo (this is on your own).
For further information on rates of the program, CONTACT US.
