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We recommend a Trujillo beach resort as a great way to finish any tour of Peru with a few days of relaxation and pampering in one of the fine hotels offered by Peruvian Secrets

Peru's Best Beach Resorts The coastline off Trujillo is home to some of Peru's best resorts. Among the most popular are Huanchaco, Las Delicias and Puerto Chicamo who offer a good choice of hotels and water sport facilities. Huanchaco is ten kilometeres from Trujillo and here can be seen the famous 'caballitos de totora' (reed boats) in use. A wide variety of restaurants selling excellent quality seafood make this a great place to relax. Las Delicas is a beautiful, safe bathing beach. Puerto Chicama or Malabrigo(bad shelter) is a beach set between two hills which funnel the strong winds to create some of the longest, largest waves to be found in the world which makes this a paradise for surfers. The beach is lined with some of the best hotels of this coast.

Colonial Architecture Trujillo is one of Peru's prettiest cities with a fine collection of colonial buildings, painted in a variety of colours including reds blues,and oranges.An easy place for you to explore on your own is the area around the city centre. Many places of interest can be found including the museum of the National University of Trujillo.

Jose Cassinelli Museum

A short taxi ride to the western outskirts of the city will take you to the fascinating Archaeological museum 'Jose Cassinelli' which contains a wide collection of Mochica's and Chavin's ceramics and fascinating mummies.

Food

Trujillo is a great place to sample the incredible variety of seafood including the famous Peruvian dish of ceviche, a mixture of raw fish marinated in lime juice and garlic. The fish is cooked by a natural chemical reaction and tastes hot and spicy.

The Dance of The Marinera

Trujillo is also an excellent place to see a wonderful performance of the traditional dance of the Marinera. Peruvian Secrets will invite you to a night of dance and song where the local drinks and atmosphere can be sampled.

Moche Civilisation

On the outskirts of Trujillo can be seen the Temple of the moon. Here mud walls preserved under layers of desert reveal intricate geometric patterns under layers of fierce looking creatures. The Moche civilization had no alphabet so left behind a wealth of finely painted pottery in forms of animals and people. The descendants of the Moche were the Chimu people who were the largest adobe pre-Columbian city called 'Chan Chan'.

Chan Chan This immense city was home to 100,00 inhabitants. Chan Chan is made up of ten self contained areas that were constructed in succession by Chimu kings. Surrounding the entire city for a distance of 20 kilometres are highly decorated walls standing 12 metres high. From looking at their artwork and pottery it was found that fishing was their main livelihood, but the appearance of jungle animals depicted in some of their artwork is proof of trade with tribes of the Amazon region.

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