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From Huaraz: Chavín de Huantar fullday tour
Chavin de Huantar
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This all-day tour brings you to the Chavín Archeological Monument, which is one of the oldest sites in the Americas — construction began around 1500 BC. People came to this center to consult the oracle and to make offerings to the gods. The exterior walls are decorated with a series of zoomorphic (part animal) faces. Other highlights of the complex include the Tello Pyramid, the Circular Plaza, the Rectangular Plaza, the New Temple, and the Old Temple. In the village of Chavín de Huantar, just a few minutes from the complex, the museum exhibits archaeological artifacts found in the complex.
Highlights
10 hours
Offered in Spanish
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
10 hours
Offered in Spanish
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Entrance ticket National Museum of Chavín
Pick-up and drop off from your hotel in Huaraz
Transport
Professional guide in Spanish
Entrance ticket Chavín de Huántar
Meals not specified on the itinerary
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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This all-day tour brings you to the Chavín Archeological Monument, which is one of the oldest sites in the Americas — construction began around 1500 BC. People came to this center to consult the oracle and to make offerings to the gods. The exterior walls are decorated with a series of zoomorphic (part animal) faces. Other highlights of the complex include the Tello Pyramid, the Circular Plaza, the Rectangular Plaza, the New Temple, and the Old Temple. In the village of Chavín de Huantar, just a few minutes from the complex, the museum exhibits archaeological artifacts found in the complex.
Highlights
10 hours
Offered in Spanish
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
10 hours
Offered in Spanish
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Entrance ticket National Museum of Chavín
Pick-up and drop off from your hotel in Huaraz
Transport
Professional guide in Spanish
Entrance ticket Chavín de Huántar
Meals not specified on the itinerary
Need Help?
Itinerary
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Chavin de Huantar
Pick up from accommodation in Huaraz around 9:00 am to start the tours of south of Huaraz, the Conchucos Valley and the millennial temple of Chavín de Huantar. We will pass through the Cahuish tunnel (4,516 m), we will cross the tunnel to enter the Conchucos Valley and the Christ of the Andes will welcome us.
After a delicious lunch we will visit the modern National Museum of Chavín, in its galleries technological innovation and planning are exposed from Chavín. The carved heads, tombstones and carved cornices that decorated the temple are exhibited, a ceremonial model, floors with graphics with high traffic, visual scene with the help of videos and photos, more than 200 ceramic pieces, diversity of shells and pututos, Obelisco Tello the emblematic piece of the museum, Estela Raimondy and the Monolithic Lanzón in replica, Cabezas Clavas and last archaeological finds in Chavín. Return to Huaraz in tourist transport. 7:00 pm: Arrival in Huaraz.
