Chan Cahn tour in Peru

[thirstyman1]

Has anyone done this tour on their own. The ships tour is $100.00 but entrance tickets are about $3.00and appears fairly close to Trujillo. Hints or recommendations??

[mcmarya]

Some cabs do show up at the port and you may be able to arrange something from there.  If not, if your cruise line provides a shuttle to Trujillo you may be able to cab from there.  Chan Chan is a ways from the port and traffic can be bad around Trujillo.

[thirstyman1]

Thanks for the heads up!!

 

[mcmarya]

We did a tour to Chan Chan, Trujillo, and the Huacas (sun and moon) a few years ago in a van filled with passengers from our ship, arranged at the pier, not in advance.  The transportation was really cheap ($15 each 5 years ago) and we paid admission to the various places we stopped.  With tip it was a little over $30/pp.  It's hard to tell what would be available now.  Our van took us to Chan Chan first, beating the crowds.  It was possible to drive there without going through town, avoiding some of the traffic.  That meant we only had to go through town once.

 

In April we were in Trujillo again but just took the shuttle to town since we had already seen the best things.  The one thing I would have liked to have seen that was not included in our tour is the reed boats at Huacachina. 

[thirstyman1]

Cool Cruiser, thanks for the info. This is the method we are considering also

 

[Wayfairers]

We had a great tour with Trujillo Del Peru seeing Huacas Del Sol, Huacas de Luna, Chan Chan, Hunachaco for the reed boats and lunch.  We paid more because we wanted a tour for the 2 of us, but another group from the ship had great prices for the same tour with the same company. 

[thirstyman1]

Thanks for the info!!