Moche Pyramids Tour from Salaverry on Foot

This Moche pyramids tour from Salaverry is a shore excursion on foot, in a shared vehicle collected at the Salaverry gate or dock. It begins beside green fields near the Huaca del Sol, where local people show customs of the area, such as preparing and selling maize chicha.

You stop at the Huaca del Sol and then cross the covered Moche city to see its streets, houses and plazas. The core of the tour comes at the Huaca de la Luna: you walk around it for about an hour with an English-speaking guide, who explains Moche religion, economy and social structure. It was a religious centre of a culture that developed between 100 and 900 AD, and its complex shows two large flat-topped pyramids.

• The Huaca del Sol and the fields around it
• The streets, houses and plazas of the Moche city
• The Huaca de la Luna and a local handicraft maker

There is free time for local handicrafts and to try a Pisco Sour or a local beer. Entrance tickets are included. Meals, drinks and tips are not.