Day 2:
City Tour in Lima and Pachacamac Ruins
Túcume, and The royal tombs of Sipán. You will travel early from Lima to the Northern City of Chiclayo (plane ticket is not included), upon arrival in Chiclayo you will be transferred to the hotel. After resting, you will go to see the Adobe Pyramid that was World News in 1987 is one of the Most Sensational Finds of Recent Archeology. Known as the Huaca Rajada, where an Adobe Platform was found where Fabulous Ancient Treasures were discovered from a series of Deeply Buried Tombs of the Pre-Inca Moche Culture, which lived in the Valleys of the North Coast of Peru 1,500 years ago. To access the Huaca coming from the East you go through the Campos and the Valley of Reque where there are Sugar Cane Plantations and The Mountains of the Andes Mountains that are Adorned by Beautiful Colors, to be able to reach the Modern Village of Sipan . There you will be able to see the Tombs themselves, with the Excellent Reconstructions of the Burials of the Priests and Chiefs, along with their Guards and Sacrificed Companions.A Very Informative Site Museum Tells the History of this Extraordinary Civilization, which has Created some of the Best Ceramics, Jewelery and Goldsmiths of the Americas - at the same time as Bloody Ritual and Fighting Scenes are detailed; the Sacrifice and the Atonement, since it was a question of Mediating in an Endless Fight between the Forces of Order and Chaos. They will return to Chiclayo for a Rich Northern Style Lunch and then continue to Lambayeque, where they will visit the Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum. This Modern Building, Representing the Style of a Moche Pyramid, was built to House the Priceless and Surprising Objects Unearthed in Sipan. (A single item stolen from the Graves was intercepted at auction in the US - with a reserve price of $ 1.6 million).Here we can see the Incredible Variety of Symbols and Precious Images, Stones, Shell Necklaces, Earmuffs and Headdresses that were used and displayed in the Ceremonies of the Moche Culture, and also learn what is known of their Meaning. The Visit Ends in a Surprising Show of "Animated Wax Figures" Exhibition of the Lords and their Entourage of the Court of Moche, which allows us to glimpse and imagine the world of an Unknown but Dazzling Civilization that Thrived here at a time when Europe that was going through the Stage of the Middle Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD) After these Sensational Experiences you will go to an Oasis of calm in Túcume, today's final destination. Here you will see the Chronological Sequence that Followed the Fall of the Moche, in a place where their Descendants, the Sicán culture, continued to Accumulate Millions of Adobe Bricks for the Construction of the Pyramids including the Longest of its Kind in the World, ( which measures more than 700 meters / 2,300 feet) but they were Influenced by the Tribes that were beyond their Dominions, it was in that period that they began to Abandon their Old Ways. The History of this Site Investigated by the Famous Explorer Thor Heyerdahl (Norwegian) takes us through the Route that Huayna Capac took that Conquered Regions that were Visited by other Civilizations Centuries after the Incas did. We can go up to a Viewpoint with Magnificent Views of the Pyramids of the Surroundings and the Habitat of the Dry Forest of Valle de la Leche. You can also visit the Small Museum, of Small Proportions, an Intimate and Rustic place, to enjoy the Excellent Collection of Excavated Objects, Dioramas of Daily Life, and the Models of the Pyramids. They will return to Chiclayo to spend the night.
Includes Lunch