Peru Master Travel: Your personal and customized adventure trip in South America.
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TRAVEL MODUL CARAL
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temples and pyramids, 5000 years old
- visiting the oldest town in the Americas
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1 or 2 days
Imagine you would be just 3.5 hours away from the oldest town of all America and one of the oldest settlements in human history ... without visiting it! It is like being in Egypt and not visiting the pyramids!
A Must FOR HISTORY AND CULTURE FANS
We will show you that Peru is so much more than just Machu Picchu which unfortunately for other parts of the country is still covering other important sightseeing places with its long shadow. Caral, built about 5000 years ago, is a precious jewel in the history of discovery and without a doubt one of the most important sites worldwide.
So, how can it be that travellers spend about 2 to 3 days visiting a 500 year old town (Machu Picchu) but not even a day to learn more about America's mother culture? You have no excuse to pass by - take your chance and come with us to Caral!
Perfect as pre-program.
Tours guaranteed with a minimum of 2 Persons only!
One day or two days - chose between two options, depending on your time and interest. One-day-trip: starts 99 Dollars per Person
Option 1:
CARAL, Full-Day
This Full Day excursion takes you North to Lima, to an arqueological site close to the river Supe. See one of the oldest towns in human history and the Mother Culture of all America!
B= Breakfast......................L= Lunch
FULLDAY Lima - Caral - Lima......................................................................................................B-L
- Transfer in the early morning from Lima to Caral, 3.5 hrs
- Hiking from the parking lot to the entrance, passing the first view points which give you an excellent overview of the site and the first opportunity to take pictures, 20 to 30 minutes
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Guided Tour in Caral, ca. 1. - 1.5 hrs
- Lunch
- Return to Lima
Facts about Caral: America's Mother Cutlure, named after the site where the arqueologist Ruth Shady has excavated the pyramids and temples since the mid 1990ies. Until today many secrets and mysteries are connected with Caral: nobody knows why no cementary can be found there. Was the town even bigger than what we can see today and how many people were constantly living there? And how could they manage those incredible 1000 years of peace? No walls surrounded the town, instead of weapons only music instruments have been found - unique in human history.
At the beginning of the year 2016 a sensational finding was made in the nearby site of Aspero, also belonging to the Caral Culture: the "Lady of the four Tupus" was found, the artefacts show clearly that she belonged to her culture's high society.
Option 2:
CARAL and VICHAMA, 2-Day-Trip
To discover the oldest town of America as well as two other sites of the same culture with plenty of time you may chose the second option which includes an overnight in a very nice beach hotel.
Also, you will learn more about the architecture of another pre-inca culture by visiting the pyramid of Paramonga, built by the Chimus, a high culture itself by the time the Incas occupied almost the whole South Pacific coastline. After the fall of the Chimu empire in 1463 all of their best goldsmiths were taken by the Incas to Cusco in order to realize the Korikancha's Golden Garden.
B= Breakfast......................L= Lunch
DAY 1 Lima - Caral - Paramonga - Huaura...................................B-L
- Transfer in the early morning from Lima to Caral, 3.5 hrs
- Hiking from the parking lot to the entrance, passing the first view points which give you an excellent overview of the site and the first opportunity to take pictures, 20 to 30 minutes
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Guided Tour in Caral, ca. 1. - 1.5 hrs
- Lunch
- Transfer to Paramonga, Chimu-Pyramid from the 12th century.
- Transfer to your hotel at the Pacific coast and close to the river Huaura.
- - Overnight in Las Aldas
DAY 2 Huaura - Vichama - Bandurria - Lima........................................B-L
- Excursion to Vichama, a very important settlement of the Caral Culture, see the building of the "hunger fresco" and the "frog"
- Drive to Bandurria with two pyramids from the Caral Culture
- Lunch
- Return to Lima
-- Overnight in Lima
Facts about Vichama: the arqueological site has an extension of about 18 ha and is located close to the coast. The relation to Caral can soon be seen since it also has "sunken" circular places and buildings with platforms. But Vichama tells us about a dramatic event which happened to its inhabitants. By a look at the temple walls we can observe the "hunger fresco" referring to the catastrophic event of a long dry season when the inhabitants of the town suffered from terrible hunger.
Included services
- 1 x overnight (in case of a 2-day-tour)
- all entrances
- English speaking guide
- all transfers in private car with private driver
- breakfast and lunchNot included
- health insurance, travel insurance
- any extra expenses like tips, souvenirs, drinks, etc.