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Visit to local artisans' workshops
Make new friends!
Watch the masters at work
The largest archeological site in the Lima area
Learn about Pre-Inca and Inca history at Pachacamac

Private Local Artisans and Pachacamac Tour

By Alternative Peru
4.5 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is £261 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

After pick-up, you travel for about 45 minutes through a changing landscape until arriving to what was for more than 1500 years the main sanctuary of the Andean coast, the archaeological site of Pachacamac. First, you'll have a look at the modern Pachacamac museum with various artefacts of the different cultures that used to occupy this sanctuary. Then, you'll explore this immense archaeological site, which consists of the remains of more than 50 temples and other buildings.

Afterwards, you'll head to a local community of artisans nearby. The first thing you'll do there is have lunch at the house of a local artisan family. On the menu is a great local experience and delicious homemade typical Peruvian lunch. After entertaining you at lunch with some of his many stories, our funny host will show you his ceramics workshop. He will also take you to workshops of his talented fellow artisans, who make other types of Peruvian handicrafts, such as rugs and textile.

Activity location

  • Museo de Sitio y Santuario Arqueologico de Pachacamac
    • Antigua Carretera Panamericana Sur Km.31.5
    • Lurin, Peru, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Museo de Sitio y Santuario Arqueologico de Pachacamac
    • Antigua Carretera Panamericana Sur Km.31.5
    • Lurin, Peru, Peru

Check availability


Private car from Miraflores
  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h7h
  • English

Full-day from Miraflores: The guide will pick you up and drop you off at your hotel in the central areas (Miraflores, Barranco, San Isidro or nearby)
Pickup included

Starting time: 10:00
Price details
£261.20 x 1 Adult£261.20

Total
Price is £261.20
Until Mon, 20 May
From airport or port shuttle
  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h7h
  • English

The guide will pick you up from the airport or the port shuttle (recommended pick-up time: 9:30 am)
Pickup included

Starting time: 10:00
Price details
£277.02 x 1 Adult£277.02

Total
Price is £277.02
Until Mon, 20 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's includedWhat's includedContribution to the artisan's cooperative
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll activities
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedSouvenirs bought at the artisans' workshops

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Comfortable, closed walking shoes or trainers recommended
  • Please bring sun cream, hat and a bottle of water from October to May
  • Please dress appropriate for cooler weather and slight drizzle from June to October
  • Please confirm pick-up location at time of booking (hotel and address)
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Museo de Sitio y Santuario Arqueologico de Pachacamac
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Without a doubt, Pachacamac is one of the most important archaeological sites of coastal Peru. It contains elements dating back as far as 200 AD. Because each succeeding culture added their own temples, there are remains belonging to different ancient cultures from pre-Inca and Inca times. Today, Pachacamac shelters the remains of more than 50 temples making it the largest archaeological complex in Lima. On this Pachacamac tour, your guide will first show you around the museum with the many artefacts found during archaeological excavations. Then, the driver will take you around this huge site with stops at the different sights. At some stops, you'll need to walk around a bit to have a good look at the remains of the temples. Besides the archaeological remains, you will be amazed by the great views of the surrounding area including the Pacific Ocean. It is hard to believe this is so close to the metropolitan city of Lima.
Ichimay Wari
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
After the Pachacamac tour, you'll head to a close-by local area that houses many artisans from the area of Ayacucho. These people fled the violence of the guerrilla war of the 1980’s and 1990’s by moving to the outskirts of Lima. The guide will tell you more about this terrible period in Peru. In this area, local artisans continue to make the traditional handicrafts and art from Ayacucho. Before you'll visit some of their workshops, you'll have lunch with one of these local artisan families in their home. With a full stomach, you'll visit a few workshops where they make textiles, ceramics and other beautiful typical Peruvian handicrafts. The artisans love to show you their work and explain how they make these pieces of art. In a place where the government is mostly absent, these people have built their own community and are developing and maintaining the local economy with their traditions and art. They are working hard to keep their traditions alive. Certainly, you will leave this place very inspired and perhaps even with a few authentic and fair-trade souvenirs (completely optional of course).

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMuseo de Sitio y Santuario Arqueologico de Pachacamac
    • Antigua Carretera Panamericana Sur Km.31.5
    • Lurin, Peru, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEMuseo de Sitio y Santuario Arqueologico de Pachacamac
    • Antigua Carretera Panamericana Sur Km.31.5
    • Lurin, Peru, Peru

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