INTRODUCTION:
The program is made for persons that want to go and visit Casma
Archaeological sites with a guide that speaks English, since in
Sechin and Chanquilo, there is no guides at all.
The trip is made on local transportation making it a great
adventure. The hotels are 3*** Stars (Comfort Tour) and 2**
Stars (Backpacker Tour). The meals are on your own.
This way it makes you participate closer to the local people and
travel more secure, since you have personal assistance of a
professional guide.
Day 01.- Leaving from Lima on a Bus to Casma (aprox.7 hours).
Arrival, checking into the Hotel.
Day 02.- After breakfast, you will head to
Sechin, to see the "Max Uhle" Museum, that has exhibition rooms
with part of the archaeological materials that were found in the
digging of Sechin and the Archaeological Complex with its Mural
Art of sculptures on stone. The under relief motifs represent
the human drama of the war. The visit will take aprox. 2 hrs.
At mid-day, the visit will continue with a
hike to Chanquillo, the oldest solar observatory in America,
which is located in the top part of a hill, with three ovoid
walls with strategic entrances that lead to well elaborated
passages were the ceilings are made of thick Algarrobo wood.
Across on the east side, its located a hill that has on its top,
13 towers, that according to the archaeologist Ivan Ghezzi, the
movement of the Sun during the whole year coincides with one of
the 13 towers, been able to define the solstices and equinoxes.
Return to Casma. Overnight.
Day 03.- From here on, you can go back to
Lima or continue to Huaraz or Chimbote to head towards Trujillo
(this is on your own).
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Type of Service |
01 Person |
02 or more Persons |
Rate per Person |
Hostel 3*** Stars |
$ 450.00US |
$ 340.00US |
For further information on the program services, please contact us. |