Top Trujillo Car Tours

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After working for over two years with different Cruise Ship Lines providing tours, we decided to offer a customize experience that will fit from your arrival time to your departure time (specially made for Cruise Ship travelers) We are able to customize a group or private tour experience including all the main archeological sites accordingly to your available time in our Home town. Because learning about other cultures shouldn't be expensive!!!

When your cruise ship reaches port in Salaverry, delve into Peruvian history at the major archaeological sites around Trujillo on this sightseeing shore excursion. Learn of ancient civilizations including the Chimu and Moche people from your guide, and explore the UNESCO–listed archaeological complex of Chan Chan. Along the way, discover temple relics and palace ruins, and follow clues to gain insight into civilizations lost in time.

Set out from Trujillo on a few-hour tour combining incredible archaeological sites with a trip to a popular beachside village. Your adventure begins with a visit to the Temple of the Dragon, known for its amazingly detailed friezes. Then spend some time exploring Chan Chan, the one-time capital of Peru's Chimú civilization. An expert guide provides details on the history and significance of this intriguing site along the way. Your final stop is Huanchaco, a coastal town known for its caballitos de totora, or fishing boats.

This private Trujillo shore excursion is a great way to see top Trujillo sites while you're at port. Visit the pre-Incan Sun and Moon Temples, UNESCO-listed Chan Chan Archaeological Zone, and colonial-era historic center of Trujillo, all without having to worry about timing—your guide picks you up from the dock when you arrive, and takes you back whenever you need to go.

Explore Trujillo and its nearby archeological sites on a day-long tour. First, set out on a private sightseeing tour of Trujillo—stopping at attractions like the beloved Central Market. Then set out for a guided tour the National University of Archeology, Anthropology and History and a visit to the Temples of Moche (which includes the Temples of the Sun and Moon) and Huanchaco, a picturesque beachside town. Cap off your day wandering among the ancient ruins of Chan Chan, the former capital of Peru's Chimú people.

Tour Peru's Huacas de Moche or Temples of Moche: two towering ancient temples once belonging to the country's Moche civilization. Your 2.5-hour guided visit from Trujillo begins with an exploration of the archaeological site's Temple of the Sun, a stepped pyramid likely used for business and military, and continues on to the Temple of the Moon, the Moche's spiritual center. Moche artifacts are also on display. Both private and group tours are available.

Trujillo has been home for centuries to a Spanish elite that has created a very elegant and special gastronomy. The famous Trujillo cuisine. To discover it, you will first visit the local market. Then, stroll around the famous street where sweet makers offer wide variety of cakes and other products. A cooking lesson to learn how to prepare a typical dish will follow, you will savor its taste as we as other typical dishes from the region.

It gives you an insight on the History of the Lady of Cao "EL BRUJO" one of the most interesting archeological sites on the North of Peru

Excursion to the south of Trujillo to visit a religious center of the Mochica culture, built in the fifth century. Admire the temples of the Sun and the Moon that constituted the center of the ancient Moche culture, which developed between 100 AD and 900 AD. Both huacas are separated by 500meters, where the urban center that housed the Moche elite is still preserved underground. The archeological complex includes two large pyramids, the Huaca Las Estrellas, Huaca del Cerro Blanco, the Spider geoglyph and other buildings. Also visit the workshop of a traditional artisans Moche family and the Huacas de Moche Museum, which complements the visit of the huacas with its representation of aspects of life, city and environment of the Moche culture.Its collection of ceramics of great beauty and symbolism clearly stand out.

Transportation will pick you up to take a tour of the main tourist points in the city. First, you will make a panoramic visit to the churches of Santa Clara and El Carmen. Then you will walk through the Main Square, previously passing through the church of San Francisco. From the square, you can see the Cathedral. Follow your route through the House of Emancipation, where the first independence of Peru was declared on December 29, 1820, now a museum. Next, you will know the Casa Calonge or Casona Urqueaga, a residence that served as lodging for Simon Bolivar during his stay in Peru and that today keeps a collection of archaeological and colonial pieces, including the desk used by Bolivar. Finally, you will go to the Museum of Archeology and History of the National University of Trujillo. The museum has more than 10,000 pieces, organized in six permanent rooms to show the development of the pre-Hispanic cultures of the north coast of Peru.

Visit to the Huaca Dragón (Dragon Temple), also known as the Rainbow Temple, located in Trujillo. The building was erected by the Chimú culture, a lordship contemporary of the Incas. It is an impressive religious monument and ceremonial center which was also used for administrative purposes. You will then visit the Chan Chan archaeological complex, the largest mud city of the Americas and the most important city of the Chimú culture, which has an area of approximately 20 kilometers square. Its central area is formed by a group of ten walled premises (called 'citadels') and other independent pyramids. The rest of the complex is composed of several small structures, sidewalks, canals, walls and cemeteries. You will then visit Huanchaco, an ancestralfishermens cove, where it is possible to watch old reed boats known asCaballitos de totora, with which the local population maintains itsthousand-year-old tradition of artisan fishing.

A transportation service will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to the Huaca del Sol, previous stop in a craft workshop of a traditional Moche family. Then, you will head to the ´huacas´ archaeological complex, which includes two large truncated pyramids: the Huaca Las Estrellas, Huaca del Cerro Blanco, the Spider geoglyph and other buildings located in front of Cerro Blanco and near the Moche River. Then you will visit the Rainbow or Dragon ´Huaca´, pyramid of alleged religious, ceremonial and administrative use built with adobe and located near Chan Chan. Then, lunch at a local restaurant and transfer to Chan Chan, the worlds largest and most populous mud city in the north coast, dating between 600 and 700 AD. After visiting the Nik An Palace, you will be driven to Huanchaco, a traditional beach of Trujillo. Then you will be transferred back to your hotel.

Transportation will pick you up to take a tour of the main tourist points in the city. First, you will make a panoramic visit to the churches of Santa Clara and El Carmen. Then you will walk through the Main Square, previously passing through the church of San Francisco. From the square, you can see the Cathedral. Follow your route through the House of Emancipation, where the first independence of Peru was declared on December 29, 1820, now a museum. Next, you will know the Casa Calonge or Casona Urqueaga, a residence that served as lodging for Simon Bolivar during his stay in Peru and that today keeps a collection of archaeological and colonial pieces, including the desk used by Bolivar. Finally, you will go to the Museum of Archeology and History of the National University of Trujillo. The museum has more than 10,000 pieces, organized in six permanent rooms to show the development of the pre-Hispanic cultures of the north coast of Peru.

You will visit Huaca de La Luna center of the Moche culture and Chan Chan capital city of the Chimu Kingdom.

Start your visit at the 'Huaca Dragon' or 'Huaca Arco Iris', from the Chimu culture. It is a prominent religious monument and ceremonial and administrative centre, built with adobe and whose murals are decorated with friezes showing anthropomorphic figures and representing the rainbow. Its pyramidal structure served to perform ceremonies related to rain and fertility. Continue your walk at Chan Chan; the impressive mud city declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. Considered the capital of the Chimu culture, it is composed of nine citadels that cover an area of more than 20 square kilometres and make it the largest in America. The details on its walls reflect the great work done in its construction and that has remained more than a thousand years until today. The last point of the tour is Huanchaco, one of Trujillo's most traditional beaches and famous for totora horses: boats made of vegetable fibres that artisanal fishers use to navigate between the waves of the Pacific.

Private service with a guide interpreter of the archaeological heritage, your guide will transfer you to the past for your better imagination about the culture.  Private tour where you are the owner of your time to explore  and investigate We visited the old cao huaca, where the lady of cao was found and we will have a view of the cut huaca and spend 1 hour in the museum of cao where it houses the entire collection of the lady of cao and even more a fine collection of ceramics and 10000 year old textiles.

You will meet a Moche artisan family, whose work maintains the traditions inherited from their ancestors. Then you get panoramic visit to the Huaca del Sol, you will explore the Huaca de la Luna, the one that most impresses with its conservation and study level. Follow your visit to the 'Huaca Dragon' or 'Huaca Arco Iris', belonging to the Chimu culture. It is a prominent religious monument and ceremonial and administrative centre, built with adobe and whose murals are decorated with friezes showing anthropomorphic figures and representing the rainbow. Continue your walk or through Huanchaco, one of Trujillo's most traditional beaches and famous for totora horses. There you will enjoy a delicious lunch with local flavour. Finally, you will arrive at Chan Chan; the impressive mud city declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco. Considered the capital of the Chimu culture.

You will be picked up from your hotel and will go visit the El Brujo (The Sorcerer) archaeological complex. This is considered one of the most important religious and political centers of the Moche culture, which is believed to have developed between 100 and 750 AD. Among its main attractions stands out the mural relief art that decorates the walls of the different pyramids and the Lady of Caos burial, a dignitary of about 25 years of age whose skin was tattooed with snake and spider designs. You will be transferred back to your hotel at the end of your visit.

circuit that mixes history before the Incas and the colony and above all teaches us to value local culture and learn from their way of life and their religious concept. the precision of knowing architecture, astronomy and astrology. also know what happened to these cultures and know the arrival of the Spaniards to Peru.

We offer this tour with an English or French speaking tour guide for minimum 2 people. We offer the best of Trujillo: Huaca del Sol y La Luna, Dragon temple, Chan Chan and Huanchaco.

Excursion to the south of Trujillo to visit a religious center of the Mochica culture, built in the fifth century. Admire the temples of the Sun and the Moon that constituted the center of the ancient Moche culture, which developed between 100 AD and 900 AD. Both huacas are separated by 500meters, where the urban center that housed the Moche elite is still preserved underground. The archeological complex includes two large pyramids, the Huaca Las Estrellas, Huaca del Cerro Blanco, the Spider geoglyph and other buildings. Also visit the workshop of a traditional artisans Moche family and the Huacas de Moche Museum, which complements the visit of the huacas with its representation of aspects of life, city and environment of the Moche culture.Its collection of ceramics of great beauty and symbolism clearly stand out.

Delve into the history of Peru's ancient Moche people during a private tour of the El Brujo Archaeological Complex. Set out from Trujillo to this incredible site, where you'll get to see ancient ruins from the 1st to 8th centuries—the time with the Moche civilization thrived . Marvel at the site's three intricately decorated temples and explore its museum, where the recently excavated mummy 'Lady of Cao' is on display.