Sun & Moon Huacas, Chan Chan And Huanchaco Day Tour

In the early morning, a guide will collect you from your hotel to embark on an exploration of the Moche Valley, located in the northern region of Peru. This area is renowned as the birthplace of the pre-Inca Moche and Chimú cultures. Our journey begins at the Sun & Moon Huacas, featuring two significant truncated pyramids, as well as the Huaca Las Estrellas, Huaca del Cerro Blanco, the Spider geoglyph, and other edifices situated in front of Cerro Blanco and close to the Moche River. Following this, we will visit a traditional workshop of a Moche family.

Should you opt for the Sun & Moon Huacas and Museum tour, after exploring the Sun & Moon Huacas, you will proceed to the Huacas de Moche Museum to admire distinctive artifacts from the Mochica culture. Subsequently, you will be returned to your hotel.

If you select the Sun & Moon Huacas, Chan Chan, and Huanchaco tour, after visiting the pyramids, we will head to the Chan Chan archaeological zone and the Nik-An Palace, the world’s largest mud city, which was heavily populated on the northern coast between 600 and 700 AD. You will then enjoy a lunch at a local restaurant in the fishing village of Huanchaco, famous for its Totora horses. Afterward, you will be transported back to your hotel.

The Sun Huaca served as a political-administrative hub, while the Moon Huaca was dedicated as a ceremonial temple. These archaeological sites, located in the Moche Valley within the coastal desert near Trujillo, were constructed by the Moche civilization. The Huaca del Dragon was a religious, administrative, and ceremonial monument adorned with splendid murals. Chan Chan is a pre-Columbian adobe city, recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986.