Day 2 : Chiclayo / Trujillo / Lima
Breakfast at your hotel. Transfer to the bus station to take a bus to the City of Trujillo, located 209 kilometers south of Chiclayo. Upon arrival a host will meet and assist you in transferring to the hotel and help you in registering.
Morning visit one of the most important centers of the ancient Moche. This pre-Inca civilization, a warrior culture, once dominated the valleys of the northern coast of Peru. Experience the amazing adobe engineering of the Temple of the sun (sol), the tallest pyramid in the Americas at a height of 48 meters, which is estimated to have involved over 200 000 workers in its construction and over 140 million adobe bricks. Steps away is the temple of the Moon (Luna), the moche political center where recently uncovered friezes of mystical images are believed to belong to a divinity of sacrifices. Continue to Chan Chan, the former capital of Chimu Empire. This Empire reached its apogee in the 15th century, not long before falling to the Incas. The planning of this huge city, the largest in pre-Columbian America, reflects a strict political and social strategy, marked by the city's division in to nine 'citadels' or 'palaces' forming autonomous units. This pre-Columbian adobe city is famous for its archaeological site in South America!. Afternoon transfer to the airport for your flight to Lima. (B)