PUERTO MALABRIGO, CHICAMA    

Located 94 km (58 miles) northeast of Trujillo are three well-known beaches - La Punta, El Point and  El Brujo. This surfers’ paradise is about an hour away from the KORIANKA. The “Left hander” is claimed to be the longest wave of its kind in the world.           

EL BRUJO      

This is one of the most important religious and political centers of the Moche culture (100 to 750ª.C.)   The pyramids of Cao Viejo and Huaca Cortada are important sites,while Huaca Prieta shows evidence of occupation from 3000 to 1800 B.C. A special visitor’s permit is needed as the excavations, begun in 1990, continue.

CHAN CHAN

Home of the Chimu culture, Chan Chan covers approximately 20 km2 (7.7 square miles) and is the largest “mud” city in pre-Hispanic America.  The complex is built entirely of adobe, combined with gravel, wood, reed, straw and cane, all native to the sandy coastal plain.                          

HUACAS DEL SOL Y DE LA LUNA

These are Mochica ceremonial centers in the countryside of the Moche District, south of Trujillo, a 15 minute drive from KORIANKA’s front door.  The Temple of the Sun ( La Huaca del Sol) is a stepped pyramid about 43 meters (141 feet) high. It may have had an administrative function for the Mochica elite.

500 meters away is the Temple of the Moon (La Huaca de la Luna). This is a ceremonial center, with structures built one above the other during different stages of the Mochica cultural development.                                    

HUACA LA ESMERALDA

This was built during the early years of the Chimu Kingdom (1000 to 1476 A.C.),influenced by Chan Chan. Rectangular in form, it is 65 meters long,41 meters wide. Built of adobe it has two platforms which are  re ached by two ramps.