Full Day Tour Huacas, Chan Chan & Huanchaco - Trujillo
Description
We provide the best Service as a Tour Operators with the benefit of a BACKPACKER budget. Because learning about other cultures shouldn't be expensive!!!
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Itinerary
Visit two of northern Peru’s most important ancient temples on this tour from Trujillo to the Temple of the Sun (Huaca del Sol - just overview) and Temple of the Moon (Huaca de la Luna), which together make up the Huacas de Moche, aka Temples of Moche. With a knowledgeable guide, tour the site, staring in wonder at the size of the large temples and learning about their significance to the ancient Moche people. You’ll also see Moche artifacts at the onsite museum.
We visit archeological site of Chan Chan, declared the largest ancient city in South America. As the former center of Chimu politics and commerce, the 7-square-mile (18-sq-km) site boasts shrines, cemeteries, ceremonial plazas and reservoirs. Tour all of the significant features with your guide, discovering architectural precision and delving deeper into its ancient history. After the archeological visit we will be visiting the museum where you could find all the artefacts that were found on Chan Chan.
And last but no least we have a look at one of the most colorful tows of Trujillo, Huanchaco Beach well know for its surfer lifestyle and "caballitos de totora" the ancient boat of the fisherman's that are use until today.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pick up from any Hotel or Hostal around the historical center for free. If is not in the historical center additional fees may apply. If you decide to come to the office, please be at the meeting point 10 minutes before the tour starts.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(68)
We asked for an english speaking guide and she was excellent, full of information and enthusiasm. The operators were flexible and helped us out, the remains at the two historical sites are truly amazing, and the reed boats at Huancharo are unique. All in all we enjoyed it a lot and would recommend it.
The three sites we visited are very beautiful. However, the organization of this excursion is really very shaky. I sent a message to the agency the day before to find out how the pickup would go. They confirmed a departure between 10:00 and 10:15 the next day in front of our Airbnb. No news before 11:00 on the day of. We were informed of a problem, without any further explanation. At 11:15 we had left. They didn't really apologize. Our guide was interesting, but also very fast-paced and pushy at the sites. He was wearing a t-shirt from a different agency than the one indicated on Tripadvisor. In the evening, we were dropped off in front of the agency and not in front of our Airbnb, as was indicated in the listing. In short, it was not catastrophic, but it was not incredible either.
The tour itself was very informative and exciting. But what bothered us a lot was: The tour started 20min late. The itinerary of the tour was changed without informing us, this had totally destroyed our planning of the rest of the day. But a man assured us before the start of the tour that he was organising a taxi that would bring us back. In reality, however, it looked very different. When we got back from the tour, the office was already closed. Our guide (Oskar) then tried to organize the money for the taxi and a taxi.
Interesting tour, very good Spanish speaking Guid, highly recommended if you want to block a little behind the scenes
Our guide, Maritza, was fantastic - we loved her and her energy, love for, and knowledge of the huacas and Chan Chan. The rest of the operation was sketch. The bus was not air conditioned, it seemed like there were several tours on 1 bus, and at least 1.5 hours of the tour were spent sitting out standing around waiting. Not driving from site to site, waiting … to do something.
Despite being late (because of external problems) they were kind enough to wait for me. The guides always showed good attitude and energy, and since I went alone, they helped me take pictures haha. We had a few more incidents during the trip, but it did not spoil my experience.
Our guide Maritza was 10/10. She was knowledgeable and passionate about history- definitely do this tour when in Trujillo!
Everything was amazing, from the sea trip to watch penguins and dolphins to the part we were riding desert dunes at sunset.
Very nice, the guide explained everything to us with the utmost clarity, kind and attentive. I recommend the walk.
It was a pleasant experience, better than I expected in relation to what was Chan Chan and the Huacas, places full of energy, culture and traditions.
