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Capital of the Lambayeque area, Chiclayo is a commercial city, 480 miles north of Lima, known for its fabulous weaving and ceramics. Only a short distance from the city lie the necropolis of Huaca Rajada, including the tombs of the Lord of Sipan, where important archaeological discoveries have recently been made. The Bruning Museum is home to one of Peru's most important pre-Columbian collections of pre-Inca pottery and textiles. |
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| ESSENCE OF THE AREA |
| Peru's north is much less visited than the south, even though it possesses some of the country's most outstanding archaeological sites. Trujillo, Chiclayo, and Cajamarca ( a lovely small city in the highlands) are the main colonial towns of interest. Near Trujillo and Chiclayo are Chan Chan, Túcume, and Sipán, extraordinary adobe cities, pyramids, and royal tombs and treasures that predate the Incas. |
| RECOMMENDED STAY |
| You need 3 days / 2 nights to see the highlights of Chiclayo and Trujillo. Your programs start in Chiclayo and end in Trujillo. If archeology is your passion, we recommend you stay a couple of extra days to visit more sites of Moche culture, like El brujo and the Pyramids of the Sun and Moon. From Chiclayo you can extend your stay. Continue to Cajamarca to visit the lost fortress of Kuelap.
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| RECOMMENDED SIGHTSEEING & ACTIVITIES |
| Hike the ruins and visit the museums |
| MUST SEE |
| Chiclayo: Huaca Rajada where the The Tomb of the Lord of Sipan was discovered. Today the Lord rests at the Museo Arqueologico Bruning. The museum, one of the best organized in Peru, is where you will see gold, copper and silver jewelry dating back to around 300 AD, which tell the story of power and rank. Tucume, an imposing site consisting of 26 mud-brick pyramids that served as the political and religious center of Lambayeque culture. Drive through the Atacama desert and arrive in Trujillo, where you will see colonial mansions surrounded in a pre-Inca atmosphere. Visit the Casssinelli museum, and Chan-Chan, once the capital of the Chimu Kingdom. An enormous important archaeological adobe site in the Moche Valley, El brujo and
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