Shore Excursion From Salaverry Port

Shore Excursion From Salaverry Port

Shore excursion for a Small Group of maximum 16 people. We use a mini-bus with 29 seats. The shore excursion begins before the regular tours of the cruise travel company.

Itinerary
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Stop At: La Huaca del Sol, Carretera Campina de Moche, Moche 13600 Peru

Huaca de La Luna has very impressive murals in color with the depiction of the Moche god called AIA PAEC. Its façade preserves reliefs in mud with designs of different people such us: fishermen, prisoners, warriors and dancers and as well magical animals like: spiders, reptiles and snikes.

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Stop At: Trujillo, Trujillo, La Libertad Region

We will visit the Main Square, Urquiaga mansion and the Cathedral.

The Urquiaga mansion is property of Banco Central de Reserva del Perú. There is a good collection of pottery, rococo furniture, the desk that was used by Simon Bolivar and an important dinner set offered by the Liberator to Juan Antonio Ochaita y Urquiaga in 1824.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Chan Chan, Trujillo Peru

Our next point is Chan Chan, political and administrative capital of the Chimu Kingdom. Its original extension covered about 24 km2 that is why is considered “The World’s largest Mud Brick City ”. On November 28, 1986 , Chan Chan was declared “World Heritage” by the UNESCO.

We will visit the only one area open to the tourists that it is called Tschudi or Nik An Palace. The walls preserve reliefs with the depiction of seaotters, pelicans, cormorants, fishing nets and other sea symbols. During the tour You will find ceremonial plazas, small altars, patios, storerooms, a ceremonial well and finally the funerary platform where the Chimu king was buried.

Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes

Stop At: Huanchaco, Huanchaco, La Libertad Region

Huanchaco is an ancient fishing village where the fishermen have preserved the ancestral use of the “small horse reed boats” that were used by the Moche and the Chimu people. During the colonial times, Huanchaco was a port that lost its importance during the 1870's, when Salaverry port was founded.

You will have free time for lunch at beachfront restaurant.

Duration: 1 hour