Day
1 Arrive in Lima
On arrival in Lima you will be met by your Peruvian Secrets
Tour Controller, who will transfer you to your hotel, the comfortable
Hotel Faraona. Your guide will be happy to answer any questions
you may have at this point and recommend a good restaurant;
the remainder of the evening is free to rest and take a gentle
stroll around the surrounding area should you wish.
Day
2 Fly Lima – Trujillo
Today you will be met and transferred to the airport for your
afternoon flight to the Northern, coastal city of Trujillo.
Upon arrival in Trujillo you will be met by Snr Herbert who
will be your guide and driver for the duration of your visit
to the lesser known North of Peru. You will be transferred to
your hotel where you will be free to relax.
Day
3 Trujillo city tour,
including Chan Chan
Today you will be taken on your full day tour of Trujillo, which
will take in the incredible ruined adobe city of Chan Chan.
Made from adobe (building blocks made using earth), this immense
city was home to an estimated 100,000 inhabitants.
Day
4 Transfer by road Trujillo
– Chiclayo, overnight Northern farmstead
Today we will transfer from Trujillo to our private farmstead,
60 kilometres northeast of the city of Chiclayo, near to the
village of Salas. Situated on the savannah where the desert
meets the foothills of the Andes, this truly is a wonderful
and dramatic setting. Salas is also well known as being the
centre of healers or ‘Shamans’ in Peru. On arrival
at the farm you will enjoy a relaxing, candlelit evening of
fine food, good wine and excellent company in a most charming
and appealing home.
Day
5 Free day at farmstead,
optional excursions
This is a free day to enjoy your pleasant surroundings at your
leisure. It is also an excellent opportunity to take a drive
up into the small Andean villages with Herbert to learn about
the way of life for people in this region. This is also a fantastic
photo opportunity and a chance to see a less-visited, authentic
side of Peru. This can be arranged if requested and would be
a local payment to guide.
Day
6 Visit Pyramids of Tucume
and Museo Tumbas Reales del Senor Sipan
After breakfast we drive to the town of Lambayeque to visit
the museum ‘Tumbas Reales del Senor Sipan’. This
museum houses the extensive collection of extraordinary gold,
silver, copper and ceramic artefacts and offerings from the
excavations undertaken at the site of the tomb of Lord Sipan.
This visit can take two to three hours, after which, you will
take lunch in the town of Lambayeque. On our return we will
stop in Tucume to visit the site of twenty-six pyramids built
of adobe, which also has a small museum. You will then return
to our private farmstead and enjoy an evening BBQ offering a
chance to sample the many unusual types of fruits to be found
in this region.
Day
7 Transfer by road to
Cajamarca
We rejoin our bus and take the incredible journey to Cajamarca.
The road will take us from the coast into the heart of the Andes
on a journey taking approximately 5 – 6 hours. On the
way you have the opportunity of stopping and photographing some
of the breathtaking scenery. Arriving at Cajamarca late afternoon
you will check into the Hotel El Portal Del Marques, a beautifully
renovated hacienda where we will have a short talk and you will
be given a map of the city. Your evening will be free to relax
in the hotel or sample one of the city’s fine restaurants.
Day
8 Cajamarca city tour
Today you will enjoy a more relaxed day by taking a tour of
the many places of interest this fine, traditional city has
to offer. For the start of this tour you will travel a short
distance outside of the city to the Ventanillas of Otuzco, a
site of strange burial chambers, before continuing on to the
beautiful Hortensia Gardens, where you will see a fantastic
display of traditional flowers. The next stop is a visit to
Tres Moulinos, a cheese workshop. Cajamarca is famous throughout
Peru for its wide variety of truly excellent cheeses. We will
then return to the city for lunch, after which we will take
the road out of Cajamarca, up out of the valley to visit Cumbe
Mayo. This is a place of strange rock formations with an incredible
water channel and petroglyphs. You will then return back to
Cajamarca for the evening and staying once again in the Hotel
El Portal Del Marques.
Day
9 Free day in Cajamarca
with guide
Today is a chance to relax and enjoy this beautiful city. Your
guide will give you a walkabout tour to the places of your choice,
perhaps to post some postcards, visit the market or simply stroll
around the main plaza. In the evening your guide will return
to escort you for an evening of good food and traditional music.
Day
10 Travel Cajamarca –
Celendin by road
After breakfast we make an early start to Celendin. The road
will take us over the mountains through the cloud passing through
spectacular scenery. Upon arrival at Celendin we will check
into our hotel on the Plaza de Armas, this hotel is an old colonial
style building and although it is very basic, the rooms are
clean and this experience will give you your first true insight
into the Peruvian way of life. Your evening will be free to
enjoy local cuisine in a restaurant.
Day
11 Travel Celendin –
Tingo by road
After breakfast we rejoin our vehicle for the steady climb out
of the valley to the head of the pass and you will now be entering
one of the deepest gorges in the world, the Maranon valley.
This incredible descent takes us from 4,000 metres to 950 metres
and takes approximately three hours. When you arrive at the
Maranon River we will cross the Road Bridge into the small village
of Balsas. Here you will have the opportunity of buying tropical
fruits from the subtropical pocket. We will then start our long
ascent towards Tingo, this incredible road will take us winding
up and up through the mountains and offers some of the most
spectacular views to be seen anywhere in the world. On the way
we will have the opportunity of stopping in the town of Leymebamba
in the upper Utcubamba valley, which has a small museum containing
artefacts and mummies of the cloud people of the surrounding
area. When we arrive at the small village of Tingo, we will
check into the Hacienda El Chillo where we will be served a
hot meal and have the evening free to relax and reflect upon
the journey we have just undertaken.
Day
12 Full day at the Ruined
Fortress of Kuelap
After breakfast we will take the road to the fortress of Kuelap
and have the opportunity of spending as much time as necessary
to take in these ruins. A hot meal will be provided along with
hot drinks at the ruins. We will then transfer back to our hacienda
for another night.
Day
13 Return to farmstead
We return back to the beautiful farm near Chiclayo via the northern
route, which is a much lower direct pass on tarmac roads; in
the evening we arrive back at the farm for a well-earned rest
and some good home-cooking.
Day
14 Free day at farmstead
This is a free day to really relax following the previous few
days hard travelling; your host will look after you with some
more fine food, so simply sit back and relax in this cosy and
peaceful environment.
Day
15 Fly Chiclayo –
Lima
After an early breakfast you will be collected and transferred
to the airport for your exciting flight across the Andes to
Lima. Upon arrival we will check in to the Hotel Faraona once
again for your final night’s stay in Peru.
Day
16 Depart Lima
This morning you will need to prepare for your departure before
your international return flight. You may like to do some last
minute shopping for gifts or mementoes of your time in Peru,
or alternatively you could to take our optional Lima city tour;
your options can be discussed with your guide at the time and
would be a local payment to guide. At the appropriate time your
Peruvian Secrets Tour Controller will meet you and transfer
you to the airport for your international departure.
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