Half a Day Tours
Tour to Pachacamac Ruins
Lima
Main place of worship to the God Pachacamac
1) Ruins of Pachacamac
Guided visit to the splendid and extensive archaeological citadel of Pachacamac. Sanctuary of God Pachacamac, the creator of the universe, divinity adored by the ancient Andean peoples. Sacred and ceremonial place from the beginning of the Christian era where thousands of pilgrims arrived to present their offerings and consult the oracle of Pachacamac, who looked at the past, the future and destiny.
It includes pyramidal temples and enclosures built by several pre-Columbian cultures and by the Incas. The temple of Pachacamac, the shrine of the Sun god and the Palace of the Chosen Women, the Virgins of the Sun, stand out. It exhibits a site museum that keeps the idol of the god Pachacamac, which could not be seen by the profane, his vision was reserved only for the high priests, who guarded him, adored him and were interpreters of the divine oracle. The whole place is considered sacred and part of the mystical axis of the world.
2) Tour to the Huaca Pucllana
We begin our excursion with a panoramic view of the Huaca Pucllana shrine, built in the 4th century AD, an ancestral and ceremonial place dedicated to local divinities.
3) Barranco and Villa Swamps
After a visit to Barranco, a neighborhood both traditional and bohemian, and its well-known Bridge of Sighs, we will tour the beaches along the Green Coast and the Friar’s Leap ledge over the ocean, the Ecological Reserve at the Villa Swamps, with spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean along the South Pan-American Highway. Then we arrive to Pachacamac.
This fascinating temple is placed 30.00 km far from Miraflores. This is a sacred and ceremonial center of the beginning of the Christian era, to which thousands of pilgrims came to present offerings, and consults, the oracle of Pachacamac was able to see into the past and into the future to predict destiny.
Our guided tour to Pachacamac includes a visit to the pyramidal temples: the temples of the sun, and of the virgins of the sun which are parts of the archaeological complex. It also includes a museum on site where the idol of the god Pachacamac is kept.
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Departure: from Tuesday to Sunday.
Time: 09:15 am or 14:15 pm
Duration: 03 ½ hrs.
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