Last week I was listening to a webinar about a 2000 mile long trail from Ecuador to Peru that was built by the Incas. Several people hiked it over a period of about 133 days, I think, in order to check it out, and now a small portion of that is being offered as a 5 day trek, starting from Huaraz in Peru.
It reminded me of part of an Inca trail that I had been on inChachapoyas, about 20 years ago.
It reminded me of part of an Inca trail that I had been on inChachapoyas, about 20 years ago.
At that time, the government was promoting Chachapoyas in it's 5 year plan to become "the Machu Picchu of the North"
partially restored Inca trail in Chachapoyas
Though tourism to Chachapoyas has been growing, it hasn't quite attained that status. But with the newly built airport a few hours away in Jaen, things should pick up, and I think it should because there is a lot of untapped potential there. Many unexcavated ruins, huge waterfalls and other ruins that are well-known.
Now, as part of a new 5 year plan, the government plans to promote "The Moche Route" in northern Peru.
All the splendor and richness of this civilization that spread along the northern coast of Peru is present in this archaeological route that selects Moche culture's principal sites - the ones which were developed from 100 b.C. to 300 a.C. On this route, we can find important places such as the Tumbas Reales de Sipán Museum, Huaca Rajada, Pampa Grande, Huacas del Sol y de la Luna, El Brujo Complex and San José de Moro. In general, these sites lie between Trujillo and Chiclayo.
In Túcume, tourists will find the remains of a great truncated Mochica pyramid and a site museum directed by the archaeologist Alfredo Narváez. Nearby, in the city of Lambayeque, the Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum, directed by the archaeologist Walter Alva, displays the original jewelry and the remains of the Señor de Sipán (Lord of Sipán).
Besides the Huaca de la Luna, tourists can visit San José de Moro, where they will find an interesting historical sequence, because the researchers led by archaeologist Luis Jaime Castillo found, remains that have supplied information about the transition period in this site: the moment when the fall of the Mochica kingdom started and the rise of Lambayeque culture began.
At El Brujo, its first inhabitants were the men of Huaca Prieta (some 5,000 years ago). Then the Mochicas built three big temples (huacas) there, outstanding for their beautiful mural paintings. After the fall of the Moche kingdom, the site was occupied successively by the people from Lambayeque and Chimú cultures and later by the mestizos from colonial times.
Those on the Moche Route will be able to enjoy the beauty of other places with cultural interest, such as the adobe city of Chan Chan, of the Chimú culture (IX and XV a.C.), historical Trujillo and northern beaches like Huanchaco.
In Túcume, tourists will find the remains of a great truncated Mochica pyramid and a site museum directed by the archaeologist Alfredo Narváez. Nearby, in the city of Lambayeque, the Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum, directed by the archaeologist Walter Alva, displays the original jewelry and the remains of the Señor de Sipán (Lord of Sipán).
Besides the Huaca de la Luna, tourists can visit San José de Moro, where they will find an interesting historical sequence, because the researchers led by archaeologist Luis Jaime Castillo found, remains that have supplied information about the transition period in this site: the moment when the fall of the Mochica kingdom started and the rise of Lambayeque culture began.
At El Brujo, its first inhabitants were the men of Huaca Prieta (some 5,000 years ago). Then the Mochicas built three big temples (huacas) there, outstanding for their beautiful mural paintings. After the fall of the Moche kingdom, the site was occupied successively by the people from Lambayeque and Chimú cultures and later by the mestizos from colonial times.
Those on the Moche Route will be able to enjoy the beauty of other places with cultural interest, such as the adobe city of Chan Chan, of the Chimú culture (IX and XV a.C.), historical Trujillo and northern beaches like Huanchaco.
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