Trujillo & Chan Chan · boutique
An adobe house in Trujillo
A colonial mansion in Trujillo's centre with painted courtyards and an easy run out to Chan Chan.
The North
Trujillo & Chan Chan
The largest adobe city in the Americas, and the coast where surfing began
- Altitude
- ~35 m (115 ft)verify
- Altitude band
- Low
- Time needed
- 2 nights
- Zone
- The North
Chan Chan was the Chimú capital: a city of mud-brick walls carved with fish and birds, spread across the desert by the sea. Nearby, the Moche temples of the Sun and the Moon still show their painted friezes. Finish with a ride on a caballito de totora, a reed boat fishermen at Huanchaco still use.
No altitude effects expected. Altitude, explained
Highlights
- Chan Chan
- Huacas del Sol y de la Luna
- Huanchaco and the reed boats
- El Brujo and the Lady of Cao
What to eat here
Ceviche
Raw white fish 'cooked' in lime juice with red onion, chilli and salt, served with sweet potato and corn. Lunch food: Peruvians rarely eat it at night.
Conchas negras
Black clams from the mangroves of the far north, eaten raw in an inky, punchy ceviche.
Causa limeña
Layers of yellow potato mashed with lime and ají amarillo, filled with chicken, tuna or crab. Cold, bright and very Lima.
Accommodation
Where to stay in Trujillo & Chan Chan
Journeys
Journeys that go here
12 daysThe Wild North
Glacier lakes above Huaraz, adobe cities near Trujillo and the cloud-forest fortress of Kuélap.
From US$4,900 pp
The North
Nearby too
Huaraz & the Cordillera Blanca
~3,050 mThe highest tropical mountain range on Earth, and turquoise lakes below it
Chachapoyas & Kuélap
~2,335 mA cloud-forest fortress, cliff tombs and one of the world's tallest waterfalls
Máncora
~5 mWarm water, long waves and a hammock after the Andes
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