Trujillo – Chiclayo – Chachapoyas – Cajamarca – 11-Days Tour

Reception by a representative of our Travel Agency at the airport of Trujillo, and transfer from the airport to your chosen Hotel.

City Tour: We will visit all the main tourist attraction sites that the city of Trujillo has to offer us. You will quickly recognize its colonial wealth underlined by its houses of baroque style, as well as the republican art with its mansions of neo-classic style.

Our tour starts at the Main Square, Cathedral, Urquiaga House, La Merced Church, Emancipation House, Iturregui Palace, and finally the visit of the Archaeological Museum of the National University of Trujillo, which will give you a broad overview of the pre-Hispanic history of the region.

Overnight in the city of Trujillo.

Breakfast at the hotel.

At the agreed-upon time, our guide will pick you up to start the tour.

Huacas of the Sun and the Moon – Huacas of the Moche Museum; – We will visit the Huacas of the Sun and the Moon, which once were the capital of the Moche culture. The Huaca of the Moon is currently under excavation. We can observe the beautiful mural paintings representing the god Ai – Paec, also known as the “Decapitator”.

Then we will visit the Huacas of the Moche Museum where the different ornaments and ceramic pieces found during the whole process of excavation in the archaeological complex are exhibited. Among its best expressions are the Huacos Portraits and the Huacos Erotics where the importance of fertility is shown.

Huaca of the dragon – Chan Chan – Site Museum and Huanchaco; Departure to the Huaca of the dragon, located north of Trujillo. This temple was built by the Chimu culture and was an integral part of Chan Chan.

After the visit, we will go to the Great Citadel of mud “Chan Chan” to visit the Site Museum where we will see the model of the whole city, and then the Tschudi or Nik An citadel, which is the only one of the nine citadels that can be visited.

Finally, we will finish the tour in the fishermen’s town of Huanchaco, famous for the “caballitos de totora” which are canoes made out of water reeds, which are still used by the fishermen today.

Overnight in the city of Trujillo.

Breakfast at the hotel.

At the agreed-upon time, our guide will pick you up from the hotel and drive you toward the Chicama Valley. There we will visit the Archaeological Complex called “El Brujo”, which was once the administrative center of the Moche culture, located very close to the sea.

The “Cao Viejo Temple” is the place we will visit first. On its walls, there are polychrome designs of prisoners, warriors, and other important ceremonial designs.

We will also visit the Cao Museum, where the ornaments and the mummy of the Lady of Cao are stored. The Lady of Cao was a powerful woman who lived in the north of Peru about 1,700 years ago and was mummified which leaves enough traces to reconstruct her appearance.

Afterward, we continue our route to the city of Chiclayo.

Overnight in the city of Chiclayo. 

Breakfast at the hotel.

At the agreed-upon time, our guide will pick you up from the hotel to start our tour.

Tucume Pyramids; We start the tour visiting the Site Museum, and then we will have a tour of the Ceremonial Center of Tucume which is an archaeological complex of 26 pyramids that was the second capital of the Lambayeque or Sican culture.

Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum; Visit and tour of the Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum, the visit exhibits all the objects found since 1987 in the site of Huaca Rajada, known as Sipan. Inside its rooms are exhibited the Jewels of the Lord of Sipan, the Old Lord and the Priest.

Sipan – Huaca Rajada; In the afternoon we will visit Sipan or Huaca Rajada, the site of the most important archaeological discovery in Peru. At the site, we will be able to find replicas of the main tombs. We also visit the Site Museum to appreciate the most recent tombs found in Sipan.

Overnight in the city of Chiclayo.

Breakfast at the hotel.

At the agreed-upon time, a representative of our travel agency will pick you up to start our tour.

Visit the “Witches Market” where we can find the different objects, plants, and ornaments used in the rituals by shamans, healers, or witches.

We leave for Ferreñafe to visit the National Museum of Sicán where the gold objects found in Batán Grande, the ancient capital of the Lambayeque or Sicán culture, are exhibited.

You will have the afternoon free to explore the city of Chiclayo on your own.

6:30 p.m. Transfer to the bus station to take the bus to Chachapoyas (10 hours trip).

Sleepover on the bus to Chachapoyas.

Reception at the bus station by a representative of our travel agency at approximately 05:00 a.m., transfer in our tourist transport to the selected hotel.

Breakfast at the Hotel, then we will start with this new adventure.

Sarcophaguses of Karajia, Transfer in our tourist transportation towards the province of Luya – Lamud, continuing with our tour visiting the villages of Cohechan and Cruz Pata from this point we will walk for 20 minutes to the burial site of the Sarcophagus of Karajia. These sarcophaguses belong to the pre-Inca culture of Chachapoyas. Their form of burial is considered unique in the world.

Lunch in the town of Lamud.

In the afternoon we will visit the Quiocta Caverns of 550 meters deep where we will observe stalagmites and stalactites.

Overnight in the city of Chachapoyas.

Breakfast at the hotel.

At the agreed-upon time, a representative of our travel agency will pick you up to start our tour.

Departure to the Citadel of Kuelap, capital of the Chachapoyas culture. Passing the village of Nuevo Tingo we will be able to observe in the distance, at the highest peak of Kuelap, located at 3000 m / 9842.5 ft above sea level.

The tour of the interior is fascinating, we will walk on dry grass, finding vestiges of stone constructions at every step. There are almost four hundred circular houses, some with enigmatic reliefs.

Lunch and dinner are included in a local restaurant.

Overnight in the village of El Tingo.

Breakfast at the hotel.

At the agreed-upon time, a representative of our travel agency will pick you up to start our tour.

Departure to Revash, mausoleums located on the top of a mountain. From far away, they look like little houses painted in red and cream, but they were used as burial places in their time.

After lunch, we continue our journey to the town of Leymebamba to visit its famous museum where more than 200 mummies are preserved, which were found in the Laguna de los Cóndores, located eight hours away on horseback.

The museum also exhibits textiles and quipus from Inca times found in the lagoon.

Dinner included.

Overnight in the village of Leymebamba.

Breakfast at the hotel. At the agreed-upon time, a representative of our travel agency will pick you up to start our tour.

Transfer from Chachapoyas to Cajamarca in our tourist transport.

We will have lunch in Celendín.

Overnight in the city of Cajamarca.

Breakfast at the hotel.

At the agreed-upon time, a representative of our Travel Agency will pick you up to start our tour.

The City Tour begins with a visit to the city built of volcanic stone, starting with a visit to the historic Plaza de Armas, then the Cathedral, the San Francisco church and the chapel of the Virgen de los Dolores, patron saint of the city.

We walk to the Belen Complex, to visit the Belen Church, the old Men’s Hospital and the Women’s Hospital where nowadays an Archaeological Museum is located.

Then we visit the “Rescue Room”, the place where the Inca Atahualpa was imprisoned. We finish the City Tour with the ascent to the hill Santa Apolonia, to see the “Silla del Inca” and to have a panoramic view of the whole city of Cajamarca.  Free time for lunch.

In the afternoon we will visit the necropolis of Otuzco, known as “Ventanillas”, then we will go to the Baños del Inca, a tourist site of thermal waters, historical for being the recreation site of Atahualpa. The pool where the Inca bathed is preserved from this period.

Overnight in the city of Cajamarca.

Breakfast at the hotel.

At the agreed-upon time, a representative of our travel agency will pick you up to start our tour.

On the way to Cumbemayo, we stop at the viewpoint of Bella Vista, to have a panoramic view of the city of Cajamarca, then we can observe the remains of the archaeological site of Layzon.

After 20 km we arrive at Cumbemayo from where we can see Los Frailones, and then walk to the Sanctuary, Bosque de Piedras, and the Cumbemayo Canal Intake, stopping to observe some petroglyphs worked along the route of the aqueduct, as well as the techniques used to control the speed of the water.

We will have the afternoon free for rest and recreation for the passengers.

 Transfer to the airport or bus station.