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Caral Tours - Caral City Tour - Lima to Caral Tour

TOUR: CARAL TOURS
FULL DAY EXCURSION

Caral is a large settlement in the Supe valley, province of Barranca, Peru, about 200 km north of Lima. It is a spectacular archaeological site consisting of huge pyramids whichwere built more than 5000 years ago. Its age is comparable only to the earliest civilizations originated on our planet, such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China and Mesoamerica.

ITINERARY:

Very early in the morning at 7.00am we will leave Lima, taking the highway Pan-American north road until arriving the Km. 182 (2 ˝ hours), in Supe Valley. We will arrive approximately at 10.30 to Huacho city. We will walk on a trail road where we will see irrigation canals in the desert areas, seeing also beans, sugar cane, corn and yuca cultivation fields.

Visit to “The Oldest City of America: Caral".
We will be able to appreciate the macroscopic images of the place and then we will visit the different constructions. 6 monumental pyramids, two of which show the architectural distribution of the first Peruvian civilization.These constructions have an amphitheater, offering vents with circular form, central squares, residential areas and religious centers. This city has an age of 5000 years and is chronologically parallel with the Egyptian pyramids.

We will return at 13.00 to Huacho city to have lunch and make the city tour at 15.00, visiting the balcony of Huaura, the place where there is a little site museum in honor of Jose de San Martin, who proclaimed the Peruvian independence. Ending the tour at 16.30, we will return to the hotel in Lima.

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THE PROGRAM INCLUDES:
Private transportation Lima / Caral / Lima
Guided visit to Caral.
Visit to the Huaura Balcony.
Bilingual guide, Spanish-English
All entrances
Taxes

MINIMUN CONDITION:
02 persons minimum.
Tour in private service.