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Tour to Huaca Pucllana and Huaca Mateo Salado
Tour to Huaca Pucllana and Huaca Mateo Salado
Tour to Huaca Pucllana and Huaca Mateo Salado
Tour to Huaca Pucllana and Huaca Mateo Salado
Tour to Huaca Pucllana and Huaca Mateo Salado

Tour to Huaca Pucllana and Huaca Mateo Salado

By Tangol
Free cancellation available
Price is €188 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Tour to Huaca Pucllana and Huaca Mateo Salado in Lima
  • Learn about the history with a professional guide
  • Get to know amazing archaeological sites in the city
  • Explore Huaca Pucllana in the district of Miraflores
  • Discover Huaca Mateo Salado in the district of Pueblo Libre

Activity location

  • Multiple Places Visited
    • Huaca Pucllana Miraflores
    • Lima, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hotel Pickup
    • Provincia de Lima
    • Miraflores, Provincia de Lima, Peru

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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Tour to Huaca Pucllana and Huaca Mateo Salado
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

Private tour.

Starting time: 09:00
Price details
€188.31 x 1 Traveller€188.31

Total
Price is €188.31
Until Tue, 26 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedGuided tour of Huaca Pucllana and Huaca Mateo Salado
  • What's includedWhat's includedAdmission fees
  • What's includedWhat's includedReturn transport to and from your hotel in Miraflores, San Isidro and Barranco
  • What's includedWhat's includedLive tour commentary provided in Spanish, English and Portuguese
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMeals

Know before you book

  • Return transport is available from most centrally located Miraflores, San Isidro, and Barranco hotels. Please arrange pickup from your hotel or a nearby location when you call to confirm your reservation.
  • You must be able to walk on unpaved or uneven terrain.
  • This activity is not wheelchair accessible.
  • This activity is suitable for all ages.
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

After picking you up from your hotel in the city of Lima, we will start an incredible experience visiting archaeological sites located within the city.

Our first destination is the iconic Huaca Pucllana, located in the heart of Miraflores. There, you will be amazed by the imposing truncated adobe pyramid, which rises majestically to a height of 25 metres. Explore the enigmatic courtyards and squares of this archaeological complex while awakening your imagination with each step you take. Additionally, let yourself be captivated by the intriguing exhibition hall that will reveal well-guarded secrets.

The Huaca Pucllana archaeological site has its roots in the Lima culture, an ancient civilisation that flourished on the central coast of Peru between 200 and 700 A.D. This archaeological structure was built as a ceremonial and administrative centre, and its importance lies in being a tangible legacy of the pre-Columbian history of the region.

It was discovered in the 1980s during urbanisation works in the city of Lima. Since then, excavation and restoration efforts have been carried out to preserve this important archaeological site.

After this cultural immersion, we will move to the Mateo Salado archaeological complex, located in the picturesque district of Pueblo Libre. This archaeological gem occupies a prominent place in the history of Lima, thanks to its connection with the legendary Qhapaq Ñan, also known as the Inca Trail that connected the entire Empire.

This ancient structure, approximately 1,400 years old, was built by the ancient Lima people during the Middle Horizon period, between 600 and 900 A.D.

Discover the origins of Mateo Salado as an administrative-ceremonial centre of the Ychsma culture, and be amazed to learn that the Incas, with their ingenuity, reused it to connect this huaca with the iconic Pachacamac, south of Lima.

The Mateo Salado complex consists of a truncated pyramid and a ceremonial plaza, surrounded by various auxiliary structures. Archaeologists have discovered that the main pyramid was covered in adobe and adorned with reliefs and mural paintings depicting human figures, animals, and deities related to Lima mythology.

To conclude this journey through time, we will transport you back to your hotel, ensuring that your experience is unforgettable from beginning to end.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMultiple Places Visited
    • Huaca Pucllana Miraflores
    • Lima, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHotel Pickup
    • Provincia de Lima
    • Miraflores, Provincia de Lima, Peru
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHotel Pickup
    • Lima Province
    • Barranco, Lima Province, Peru
  • PEOPLEPEOPLESan Isidro
    • Provincia de Lima
    • San Isidro, Provincia de Lima, Peru