Fantastic Chiclayo
(3 days / 2 nights)

Day 1: Chiclayo – Tucume – Royal Tombs Museum of Sipan

Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel. We depart to visit the archaeological complex of Tucume, famous for its pyramids and terraces surrounding the mountains in a radial shape, and traditionally known as Purgatory or the Raya. We can watch 24 to 26 Pyramids. Then we go to Lambayeque, to visit the Royal Tombs Museum of Sipan (*), with 10 exhibit rooms, where we will see the treasures of the Lord of Sipan and a large collection of gold, silver and copper objects. We will pass by the Church of St. Peter, the longest balcony of Peru (La Casa de La Logia), the Main Square.

(*) The Royal Tombs Museum of Sipan is closed on Mondays.

Day 2: Chiclayo – Sipan (Huaca Rajada)

In the afternoon, we leave towards Huaca Rajada (*) 33kms Southeast of Chiclayo and 2kms from Sipan; the site where the intact tomb of an elite figure was found (Moche 200 to 700 DC) called the Lord of Sipan. The sumptuousness of their ornaments and the high degree of its cultural technological development is considered the most important archaeological discovery of the century. We visit the site Museum.

(*) Huaca Rajada is closed on Mondays.

Meals: Breakfast

Day 3: Chiclayo – Departure

At agreed time, transfer to the airport.

Meals: Breakfast

Optional tours:

Batan Grande and Sican
We depart towards Batan Grande, to the East of Chiclayo, called ‘the Gold Pantry’, a funerary religious enclosure of the Sican culture in the Pomac Forest Historical Sanctuary; with about 30 scattered Huacas. Crossing the river La Leche, the Japanese archaeologist Izumi Shimada discovered two important tombs in Huaca El Loro, which belonged to a high dignitary, together with countless pieces of gold. We continue to Sican, located in the town of Ferreñafe. We will visit the Museum, where we can see pieces of the Lambayeque culture such as gold funeral masks and its tumi or ceremonial knives.

Beach Circuit + Monsefu
We visit Pimentel, where surf, caballitos de totora (reed horse boats) and string fishing competitions take place. It preserves the architecture of the turn of the century (20th) and its contemporary buildings with a spacious and old pier. We then visit Santa Rosa cove, a place full of local color because of the use of the caballitos de totora; the port of Eten and the town of Monsefu, famous for its straw and cotton thread weavings, where we can watch a great number of craftsmen and its handicraft market.