Trujillo – Cajamarca

Private Journey
Cost per person in Double Room: 650 USD
Trujillo:
Costa del Sol Centro
Cajamarca: Laguna Seca

Sites to Visit:

    • Trujillo city
    • Huacas del Sol y La Luna and Site Museum
    • Chan Chan and Site Museum
    • Huanchaco
    • El Brujo and la Dama de Cao
    • Cajamarca city
    • Cumbemayo
    • Ventanillas de Otuzco
    • Baños del Inca

Itinerary

DAY 1: TRUJILLO
-Transfer from the Airport or bus station to your Hotel.

City Tour
– Visit of Trujillo city. The tour begins in the Main Square, Cathedral, Urquiaga House, the Emancipation House, Iturregui Palace and finally we visit the Archaeological Museum of the National University of Trujillo.

– Overnight in Trujillo.

DAY 2: FULL DAY – HUACAS DEL SOL AND LA LUNA – CHAN CHAN
– Breakfast.

Huacas del Sol and La Luna – Huacas de Moche Site Museum 
– Visit of Huacas del Sol y La Luna, capital of the Moche culture. At the moment it is in excavation Huaca de La Luna. It is possible to see the beautiful murals with the representation of the God Ai-Paec, also known as the “Decapitator.” After this visit we go to the Huacas de Moche Museum.

Dragon Temple – Chan Chan – Site Museum and Huanchaco
– The tour begings in The Dragon temple. This site was built by the Chimu culture, and it was part of Chan Chan. After this tour we go to Chan Chan to visit the Site Museum where there is a scale model of Chan Chan city, and then we enter to the Tschudi Citadel that is the only one open to the tourism.
Finally, we depart to the fishing village of Huanchaco, famous for the “Caballitos de Totora”, boats made in reed.

– Overnight in Trujillo.

DAY 3: TRUJILLO – EL BRUJO COMPLEX IN THE CHICAMA VALLEY 
– Breakfast.

The Brujo Complex – The Lady of Cao Museum
– Departure to the Chicama valley to visit the Archaeological Complex “El Brujo”, administrative center of the Moche culture. The temple Cao Viejo is the visited place. On the walls of the temple there are designs of prisoners, warriors and other important ceremonial designs. In 2006 was discovered a royal tomb of a principal woman, called “The Lady of Cao”. All the objects and as well the mummy are in exhibition in the Cao Museum.

– After this visit we continue in route to Cajamarca city.( 5 hours of distance from El Brujo).

– Overnight in Cajamarca.

DAY 4:  CITY TOUR – VENTANILLAS DE OTUSCO – BAÑOS DEL INCA
– Breakfast.

City Tour
– We begin visiting the historical Main Square, the Cathedral, the San Francisco church and the chapel of the Dolores’s Virgin, patroness of the city. We walk to the Belen Complex to visit the Belen church, the old Hospital of Men and the Hospital of Women where now the Archaeological Museum is. Then we enter to the “Ransom Room”, site where was prisoner the Inca Atahualpa. We finish the City Tour with the ascension to the Santa Apolonia hill, to see “the seat of the Inca” and to have a panoramic view of the whole city of Cajamarca.

– Time for Lunch (Not included)

Ventanillas de Otusco – Baños del Inca 
– Visit to the necropolis of Otusco, well-known as “small windows”, later we go to  Baños del Inca, tourist site with thermal water, historical site because of was a place of recreation of the Inca Atahualpa. Of this time is conserved the bathtub where the Inca took a bath.

– Overnight in Cajamarca.

DAY 5: CUMBEMAYO AQUEDUCT
– Breakfast.

The Route of the Cumbe
– In the route to Cumbemayo we will stop in the Mirador of Bella Vista, to have a panoramic view of Cajamarca, and then we will observe the remains of the archaeological place of Layzon.
After 20 km. we will arrive to Cumbemayo , we will visit the small Site Museum and we will walk to the visit the Sanctuary, the  Forest in Stones, the Cumbemayo Channel, stopping to see some petroglyphs worked along the aqueduct. In the route we will know the techniques used to allow the control of the water speed.

– Free afternoon.
– Transfer to the airport or bus station.

Prices:

HOTELS: Trujillo – Cajamarca Single Double
Costa del Sol Centro / Laguna Seca $1200 $650
Costa del Sol Centro / Costa del Sol $1150 $615
Casa Andina Standard / Costa del Sol $1070 $575
Paraiso / Portal del Marqués $950 $530

 

What’s included:
– Transfers.
– 04 breakfasts
– 04 nights accommodation.
– Private Tours.
– Private transfer Trujillo – Cajamarca.
– Professional Tour Guide in English or French.
– Entrance fees.

Languages:
English or French.

What’s Not Included:
• Meals.
• Tip: It is strictly voluntary.

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