Chavín de Huántar (Chavín de Huantar, Áncash) — located 110 km southeast of the town of Huaraz, this site is even older than the Inca Empire. Its main temple was built in 1,400 BC. Revered by locals for the oracle-like powers that its priests were said to have, they would seek their counsel and make […]
Chan Chan (Huanchaco, Trujillo) – located just 10 minutes from the regional Peruvian city of Trujillo, this is one of the country’s significant archeological sites. This site was once the capital of the Chimú kingdom (which existed along Peru’s north coast from appx. 1100 AD, before being conquered by the Incas around 1470 AD). Upon […]
Caral (km 184, Panamericana Norte highway, Barranca Province) – this is the Sacred City of Caral, the reputed origin of pre-Columbian Andean culture. As the most ancient of civilizations that thrived in the Americas, this area’s historic roots go back over 5,000 years. The Caral complex contains a variety of structures, in particular the six […]
Tourists visiting Peru think firstly of the country’s ancient indigenous civilization – the Inca Empire that goes back to the 13th century. That pre-Columbian empire, during its height, covered not only Peru, but parts of Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia (centered on the Andean Mountain regions of these countries). Inca rule over these lands came […]