Casma, the City of the Eternal Sun

3 DAYS - 2 NIGHTS PROGRAM

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 hotel can be a 2** Stars Hostel or a 3*** Stars Hostel, according to your requirement. 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 trip leader guide.

Description of the Program:

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).

 

Type of Service 01 Person  02-04 Persons 

Rate per Person

Hostel 2** Stars

$ 380.00US

$ 270.00US

Rate per Person

Hostel 3*** Stars

$ 420.00US

$ 300.00US

For further information on the program, please contact us.