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55 reviews 17 travel blogs 71 photos Attraction Type:
Ancient ruins, Historic site
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Adonde esta azul cielo?
... hanging of witches who were "found" by catholic priest. Before Limas dark bloody past, lived a prosperous civilisation of the Caral. Today you can see their pyramids made of adobe, surrounded in urbanisation. A strange yet alluring contrast of the very ...
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Arrived at base camp
... , rich small houses, along the seafront cliffs. Later in the evening we met up with Manu, Pepe (friends that accompagnied us to Caral last year, among other things) and others. Going away party, we got back to our beds well before dawn nonetheless. Today ...
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The Pre Columbian Art and the erotic gallery
... Picchu or the Inca. But there were many civilizations emerged in Peru before the Incas. The first one is Norte Chico or Caral (1800 BCE ~ Mesopotamia), then comes Valdivia 3500-1800 BCE with its very sophisticated ceramic work and stone works (it is ...
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4* Backpackers in the Radisson?
... impressed enough to see more of central Lima, we decide to try go for a day trip to a local archaeological site. We choose "Caral" initially which had some pre-Inca pyramids but we couldn´t find a taxi that would take us there. Ridiculous as you´re ...
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Yikes! March Already?
... of the desert scenery. after working our way through one rocky pass after another we finally come to the parking lot/ entrance to Caral. the heat hits you like a brick wall and we all prepare for our 3 hour tour of the ruins ie... lots of water, ...
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Ten days in Peru
... are still finding ancient civilizations so now is a great time to go. Archeology buffs should check out the ancient city of Caral, three hours from Peru, and dating from 2000 B.C. It was found in 1994 so it's barely on the map but sure to delight. We ...
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Lima
... que en el distrito de San Isidro la huaca de Huallamarca. Sin duda alguna lo que mas disfrute fue mi viaje a Caral una antigua civilizacion contemporanea a la de los Egipcios fue muy interesante la visita a ese lugar que aun no ha ...
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Pachamac
Aunque planeamos ir a Caral el tour fue cancelado. Nos fuimos entonces para Pachamac cerca de ...
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Back to Lima
... make it quick. This museum has the typical overview in chronological order of the different cultures, but what I'm really interested in is the Caral exhibit- an opportunity to get the Caral book that I missed out at the site So, I hunt for the book- book ...
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Fast Food Pleasures and Pyramids
... was able to get a ticket to Belize, which I had been worrying a little bit about. Me and Emma also decided to go see Caral, “the oldest city in the Americas.” It's supposed to become a huge tourist attraction similar to Macchu Picchu in a few ...
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