WHERE TO GO IN TRUJILLO

Chan Chan:

It is a pre-Columbian city built by the Chimu culture. It is the largest adobe city in Latin America and the world's second largest. Its name means shining sun. It is considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

It is located 5 kilometers from the modern city of Trujillo and has streets and avenues to tour the areas, such as palaces, neighborhoods, water wells, talleros, among others.

It has is 20 square kilometers and a walled complex of buildings called NIk An, known for its reliefs depicting figures such as marine fish, waves, fishing nets and birds and aquatic animals.

Huacas del Sol y de la Luna:

This archaeological site corresponds to a shrine of the Moche culture. It is believed that the Huaca del Sol was an administrative building that was 43 meters high and had 5 terraces.

On the other hand the Huaca de la Luna had a religious purpose. It has 21 floors and was built in temples one on top of the other. Its ceremonial altar was used to make sacrifices. It was decorated with murals with the Mochica mythology characters like crabs with ceremonial knives, priests, fishermen, foxes and snakes, all related to the worship of water and fertility.

International Festival of the Marinera:

This Peruvian traditional cultural event is held every year in January. It is a marinera contest, which is the national dance of the country, where in addition to dance performances; a horse step competition is performed.

For this event, Trujillo was elected the National Capital of the Marinera, a national heritage of Peru. Within this festival the Queen of Marinera is elected and other artistic and cultural presentations are performed.

Huanchaco Health Resort:

It is the most visited place in Trujillo and recognized for its ceviche dish created by the Moche culture that inhabited the area.

Besides this, Huanchaco is famous for its international surfing competitions and traditional "caballitos de totora", hand-woven reed rafts to sail and fish, which were used by the Moche and Chimu.

Here the Longboard competiton is performed, a surfing competition that takes place on the beach of Elio, with the participation of surfers from around the world.

Huanchaco offers a vibrant nightlife with restaurants and bars, and a colorful celebration in the Carnival.

El Brujo Archeological site:

It is one of the most important archaeological sites in northern Peru. It corresponds to an ancient ceremonial center where various cultures inhabited the area.

It features a large pyramid of mud, 30 meters high, which was used for ceremonial purposes and sacrifices, plus 3 huacas: Huaca Prieta, Huaca Cao and Huaca Cortada. It is famous for being the place of the discovery of the mummy of an important leader of the Moche culture, the Lady of Cao, demonstrating the importance of women in a theocratic culture like that civilization.

Huanchaco Wetlands:

The Swamps of Huanchaco are a Chimu ecological reserve located 14 kilometers from Trujillo. From here the reed is removed, the material from which they fabricate the famos caballitos, which were used by the Moche culture for artisanal fishing.