Peru
74 km / 46 miles northwest of Trujillo (1 hour and 30 minutes by car). Located on a wide and very windy beach, Chicama is known among the surfers because it has the longest left handed wave in the...
Arequipa
Arequipa is the second largest city in Peru, recognized by UNESCO as World Cultural Heritage in 2000. He was known in the colonial era as “The White...
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Cajamarca, capital of the region of the same name, is the largest city in the mountains north of the country. It was the site of origin of culture preinca Cajamarca-whose...
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13 km / 8 miles northwest of Trujillo (15 minutes by car) According to the legend, 800 years ago Prince Tacaynamo and his court disembarked in Huanchaco and founded the first Chimu...
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The Huascaran National Park, located in the Cordillera Blanca, has a length of 340 000 ha. It includes 296 lakes and 663 glaciers including the...
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Complejo Arqueológico El Brujo (El Brujo Archeological Complex)
Peru
60 km / 37 miles from Trujillo in the Chicama Valley (1 hour and 15 minutes by car). Visits previously arranged by phone: (01) 441-2201, Ext. 410 It is formed by the three following constructions: Huaca Prieta, Huaca Cao and Huaca Cortada. Researchers have found signs of occupation since the pre-ceramic period (5000 years ago). The most outstanding edifice is...
Huanchaco Beach Resort
Peru
13 km / 8 miles northwest of Trujillo (15 minutes by car) According to the legend, 800 years ago Prince Tacaynamo and his court disembarked in Huanchaco and founded the first Chimu dynasty. The traditional rafts called the “caballitos de totora” (little horses of totora reeds), used by the fishermen in the north coast of Peru since pre-Columbian...
The Emerald Huaca
Peru
3 km / 2 miles from the city of Trujillo, in the El Cortijo Production Co-op (8 minute by car) This archeological site is associated to the Chimu culture and was built linked to Chan Chan. The building has a rectangular base (65 meters / 213 feet long and 41 meters / 135 feet wide) and two platforms with central ramps. The adobe walls are decorated with...
The Dragon Huaca or Arco Iris (The Rainbow)
Peru
4 km / 3 miles from the city of Trujillo (10 minutes by car) This adobe pyramid is especially important since its construction was done at the beginning of the Chimu culture and at the end of the Tiahuanuco-Wari culture between the tenth and eleventh centuries A.D. Its estimated age is 1100 years. The building has a square base and walls decorated with...
