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Lima: Caral Full-Day Private Excursion with Meals

1. Lima: Caral Full-Day Private Excursion with Meals

The tour starts with a pick up from your hotel and head on the Panamerican Highway to the citadel of Caral. During the trip, you will be served some fruits, cookies, and drinks on board for you to enjoy. Since it's a long drive and a private tour, stops are available during the tour. Before arriving in Caral, admire the beautiful landscapes of the Supe Valley, that is famous for the cultivation of products like avocados, potatoes, onions, strawberries, maracuyas, chili pepper and many more. Later, there will be a guided tour by the citadel where you will observe the great pyramids and the valley of Supe. The pyramids are believed to be built around the year 5000 B.C. You will visit the circular terraces, residential areas, pyramids, amphitheater, and main plazas. This private tour has been prepared to help you understand the history of the culture of ancient Peru. After the tour to Caral, you will visit Huacho, a populated city famous for its delicious dishes such as lomo saltado, rice with duck, seco a la huachana, milanesa de pollo, among many others. You will also visit a typical restaurant in front of the sea and enjoy lunch with dishes and drinks from the region. After lunch, you can choose to explore the beach of Huacho and see how the fishermen of the area work. You will return to Lima at approximately 5:30 PM.

From Barranca: Discover the Ancient Sites Caral & Bandurria

2. From Barranca: Discover the Ancient Sites Caral & Bandurria

Explore the ancient sites of Caral, a sacred city, and Bandurria, an ancient fishing village, and learn about each site's history while seeing their ancient buildings with an experienced guide. Begin the day with pickup from the main hotels in the city at 6:00 am, and head north until reaching the archaeological site where the ruins of the sacred city of Caral remain. Marvel at pyramids, temples, and astronomical centers more than five thousand years old, part of one of the first cities of the Americas. Learn about Caral, located in the Supe Valley, which is the cradle of the Andean civilization and is considered the third oldest place with human settlement in the world, behind Mesopotamia and Egypt. Take an hour of free time to enjoy lunch after learning about the civilization of Caral, and then head toward the area of the Wetlands of Paradise. Visit the archaeological complex of Bandurria, an old fishing village. See its pyramids, mounds, and circular areas similar to those of Caral before approaching a natural viewpoint from which there is a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean and the Albufera Paraíso. End the visit to Bandurria, begin the journey back to Lima, and be dropped off at the same location as pickup at approximately 8:00 pm.

Lima: Caral Tour - The First Civilization of America

3. Lima: Caral Tour - The First Civilization of America

The first Oldest Civilization in America is located about 200 km north of Lima. Where, we will know the beginnings of the development of Peru about 5000 years ago. Headquarters of the first Andean civilization that forged the foundations of its own unique social organization, which along with Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China and Mesoamerica are the original centers of culture in the world. It is made up of 32 monumental buildings, comprised in a complex system of settlements that show a strong religious ideology, among which are ceremonial buildings, residential sectors for people of different social rank, a set of smaller temples and workshops for production. We will also observe the place where offerings were made to the gods, as well as their ceremonies, rituals, festivities, agriculture, fishing and, most importantly, we will learn the importance of the quipus (accounting system). After finishing the visit of Caral we will have lunch and then return to Lima.

From Lima: Caral - The Oldest Civilization - Private Tour

4. From Lima: Caral - The Oldest Civilization - Private Tour

After picking you up, we will go to this interesting place discovered in 1994. It has been declared World Heritage by Unesco. It is a complex of impressive pyramids 5000 years old made by the ancient inhabitants of the area. It dates back to the same time as early Egyptian pyramids. It is considered the second oldest city in the world, since no other older site with such a diversity of monumental buildings, with different ceremonial and administrative functions has been found. Get ready to see Caral and its ancient pyramids and learn about its fascinating history! Finally, we go back to Lima City and drop you off al your hotel.

From Lima: Excursion to the sacred city of Caral - Full Day

5. From Lima: Excursion to the sacred city of Caral - Full Day

Pick up places from hotels in the districts of Miraflores, San Isidro (between 10 and 40 minutes before the start of the tour). After picking you up at the main hotels in the city at approximately 9:00 am, you will leave am approximately, you will depart to the north of the city to the archaeological site where the sacred city of Caral is located. An archaeological centre that houses pyramids, temples and astronomical centres of more than 5 thousand years old, the first city of America located in the Supe Valley, Caral is considered the cradle of the Andean civilization and the third oldest human settlement in the world, behind Mesopotamia and Egypt. After getting a close look at the Caral civilization, you will have an hour of free time for lunch before heading to the area of the Wetlands of Paradise. The next point of visit will be the archaeological complex of Bandurria, an ancient fishing village, we will approach a natural viewpoint from which we will get a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean and the Paraíso wetlands. At the end of the visit it is time to return to Lima, the tour will be finishing at 20 hours approximately.

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Caral is a very interesting place, still under development and that is why it is more attractive. The hypotheses are just being developed and there are many unknowns.