DAY 01: CAJAMARCA IN – CITY PEDESTRIAN TOUR and SANTA APOLONIA VIEWPOINT
Arrival in Cajamarca. Transfer and installation at the hotel.
You will have the morning free for acclimatization and rest. In the afternoon, we will walk through the city center, where you will learn about the religious architecture of the city; visiting the San Francisco church, the Cathedral and Bethlehem. You will enjoy the Rescue Room, the only Inca vestige where the Inca Atahualpa remained prisoner for 9 months, and then move on to the Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum of Bethlehem. Finally, you will visit the Santa Apolonia hill and you will be able to appreciate the center of our city.
Return to the hotel. Accommodation in Cajamarca.
*IMPORTANT: Rescue Room, Bethlehem Complex closed to the public on Sunday afternoons and closed all day on Mondays. (Shared City Tour from Wed – Sun).
DAY 02: CUMBE MAYO | HACIENDA LA COLLPA
Breakfast.
Heading to the Cumbe Mayo Archaeological Complex, you will stop at Bellavista, a natural viewpoint from where you can see the entire city of Cajamarca. In the complex, you will see the beautiful rock forest that surrounds it and where the pre-Inca canal is located; it is considered a great work of hydraulic engineering in Pre-Columbian America. Then, you will enjoy your lunch (*at the passenger's expense). Later, you will visit the former cattle ranch La Collpa, Chapel, artificial lagoon and you will be able to appreciate the traditional calling of cows by their name. Then, we will go to Llacanora to see the two small female and male waterfalls.
Return to the hotel. Accommodation in Cajamarca.
** The visit to Llacanora is only done during the rainy season.
DAY 03: PORCÓN FARM | WINDOWS OF OTUZCO
Breakfast.
In the morning, we will go on an excursion to the Porcón Farm, where we will stop in Huambocancha, where we will be able to appreciate the stone carvings of more than 2 meters in height, as well as small sculptures made of stone and marble. Then, we will continue towards the Atahualpa Jerusalem Agrarian Cooperative, where we will appreciate the largest pine forest in Peru, and we will visit the mini zoo to appreciate animals from the coast, mountains and jungle.
On the way back to the city, we will have lunch (*at the passenger's expense). Then, we will visit the pre-Inca cemetery located on the side of the hill carved in living rock, the hydrangea garden and the Alpes farm; where we will be able to appreciate the production of dairy products in an artisanal way.
Return to the hotel. Accommodation in Cajamarca.
DAY 04: CAJAMARCA OUT
Breakfast.
At the appropriate time, transfer to the airport or bus station.
END OF SERVICES.
