Early
in the morning, a guide will pick you up from your hotel, and take you to
explore the Moche Valley, located in the northern of Peru, and
is the place where the pre-Inca Moche and Chimú cultures
emerged. We will start at the Sun & Moon Huacas, which includes
two large truncated pyramids, the Huaca Las Estrellas, Huaca del Cerro
Blanco, the geoglyph of the Spider, and others buildings located in front
of Cerro Blanco and near the Moche River. Then, you will stop in a
traditional workshop of a traditional Moche family.
If
you choose only the Sun & Moon Huacas and Museum tour,
after visiting the Sun & Moon huacas, you will go to the Huacas de Moche
Museum to appreciate unique pieces of the Mochica
culture. Then, you will be transferred to your hotel.
If
you choose the tour Sun & Moon Huacas, Chan Chan and Huanchaco,
after visiting the pyramids, you will visit Chan Chan archaeological
zone and the Nik-An Palace, the largest mud city in the world and most
populated on the north coast among the 600 and 700 AD. Then, you will
have lunch at a local restaurant in the fishermen`s spa
of Huanchaco, and its famous Totora horses. Then,
you will be taken back to your hotel.
The Sun
Huaca was used as a political-administrative center, and the Moon
Huaca as a ceremonial temple. Located in the Moche Valley in the
coastal desert near Trujillo, these archaeological complexes were built by
the Moche civilizations. The Huaca del Dragon was a religious
monument, administrative and ceremonial center, and it has amazing
murals. Chan Chan is a pre-Columbian adobe city, and it was
declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986.