ABOUT NORTHERN PERU:
description & map compliments of InkaNatura Travel:The spectacular North of Peru is rich in archaeology, history and
scenic contrasts. Bounded by the cold waters of the world's most plentiful fishing grounds
and the Amazon rainforest, lie the stark deserts, fertile valleys, mountains and cloud
forests that gave birth to several great pre-Inca civilizations.
From the 1st to the 15th Century AD the most prominent of these cultures - Moche,
Lambayeque, Chimu and Chachapoyas - achieved great sophistication and skill in ceramics,
agriculture, architecture, metallurgy and warfare. Their vast and mysterious citadels,
tombs and temples grace the outskirts of some of the principal cities of the north -
Chiclayo, Trujillo and Chachapoyas. |
