Chan Chan in Huamachuco

Nice place. No explanations though, you can hire a guide (60solor just use your imagination.

An amazing experience. Definitely well worth getting a tour guide! Found another couple to split the costs and got an English speaking guide.

Nice arheology place if you finish in Trujillo worth to visit

Definitely worth seeing!!

Loved the experience

nice historic place to visit. Costs S/10 to enter. Not much information is posted during the walk, so you’d have to rely on a guide to explain. But breathtaking walk through the ruins.

An iteresting museum has English translation on most of the items on displayThe mud city itself is beautiful and an easy way to spend half a day

Really interesting ruins, make sure you get a guide . Try visiting early in the morning when its cooler ..

The place itself is not bad. I dont like that there are no information at all because they want you to pay for a guide and only when you step inside by yourself they sell you a tiny book with a lot of good information for 5 soles (overpriced, its few pages and should be free). The place is big but you cant enter probably more than half of the area for apparently no reason. In the ticket is included the museum and other 2 sites in Trujillo, I went to visit one of them (huaca la esmeraldaand it was closed with no explanation in the middle of the day.

Really cool archeological site. Well worth visiting

Wasn’t sure if I was going to enjoy this, especially after visiting Huacas del Sol and El Brujo, but it was very enjoyable and informative. Would recommend getting a guide, even better if you can get it in a group, because the price goes down per person.

Extremely underwhelming. You cannot actually visit the city. You walk for half an hour on a road and can visit only one enclosure which is just empty, boring and only a small part of the walls are original. After visiting the amazing Huaca de Luna, this is a dissapointment. They put no information there at all. All interesting areas are closed off.

Peru is more than just Machu Picchu and Chan Chan is a great example for it! It’s just outside of the city Trujillo and the site is breathtaking! It’s is definitely worth to travel there and how see Chimu civilization built this incredible city around year 860.

Very impressive view of ancient Chimu royalty. We were lucky to have a superb guide as well. Learned a lot about ancient Peru on this visit.

An interesting place but without sufficient information. We walked there from the site museum, but a taxi can take you all the way to this site (even though our driver refused claiming its not possible). Along the path from the main road there are information boards, all in Spanish but fairly interesting. Once at the site, there are guides that offer to give you a tour for 50 soles in English. You can also buy a pamphlet for 3 soles only in Spanish. We purchased neither, looked up an article online and walked reading this. There are no signs or info boards inside the complex. The tour took us 20 minutes. There is no shade and nowhere to buy water, so be prepared, but there are toilets right in front of the complex. Overall, its a nice experience but the majority of the complex is still closed to visitors and the accessible parts are restored, making it look like a complete replica and not the actual site. Getting there from the city and walking through the museum, too, this took approximately 3 hours all together.Note also that the other two temples which are included in the ticket (10 solesare currently closed due to the pandemic (February 2022).

Very interesting, we did a tour with a guide to get the most information as possible. You can easily get here by bus from the city centre.

The biggest little gray city of the Chimu culture in America. Excellent site to visit

Extremely fun and well preserved. If you go ask for Kenny Torres. The best guide I have ever had in all my years visiting Peruvian ruins.

Amazing archeological site, steeped in history, a definite must visit!

Amazing, huge, very well developed site. Chan Chan was the largest city of the pre-Columbian era in South America. It is now an archaeological site in La Libertad Region 3 mi west of Trujillo, Peru. Its located in the mouth of the Moche Valley and was the capital of the historical empire of the Chimor from 900 to 1470 when they were defeated and incorporated into the Inca Empire. Chimor, a conquest state, developed from the Chimú culture which established itself along the Peruvian coast around 1400 AD. Chan Chan is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Majestuosa y maravillosa ciudad hecha de adobe, cultura Moche, en Trujillo, PerúChan Chan is a pre-Colombian city and archaeological site near Trujillo on northern Perus desert coast. It was the seat of the ancient Chimú civilization before it fell to the Incas. The vast adobe complex has citadels, including the partially restored Tschudi Palace.

Stunning place and a must see for every history lover. Although the main citadel was closed to public due to restrictions, the whole area is worth visiting for its unique archeological importance. There are ruins everywhere of an ancient civilisation and you can imagine how great this city complex was. Too bad there is garbage everywhere... This area is hot and dry, so go prepared.

Dump. The entire area surrounding the site is filled with garbage and plastic waste. The materials used in construction have not withstood the test of time and there is not much to see. More depressing than interesting

Loved Chan Chan and the beautiful carvings of this pre-Columbian adobe city of the Chimu civilization. Reportedly this UNESCO World Heritage site was once the largest city in the Americas and the largest adobe city on the earth. There has been restoration work to protect structures and revive carvings at this endangered site.

Incredible Adobe chimu culture ruins located near the ocean. Very recomended

This site is quite impressive with all of the carvings and the amount of wall that has been left. Love their use of animals in their carvings, especially the squirrels and pelicans.

This is one of the most amazing places I’ve been in my life. The whole city is made of mud, I still can’t believe how they manage to build something that can last for so many years without any modern structure.It was like walking into a huge sandcastle. The only thing I regret is not having my camera with me.

Do not waste your time. Not only is this place over priced, it is not at all friendly to those trying to explore the site. We were told to walk along the highway to get from the museum to the park. That was over an hour of walking. After walking through the park (where there is very little information about anythingwe found a short trail that led from the park back to the museum. We were told we couldnt walk on the trail because it was for bikes. I didnt see a single bike all day.

Fascinating ruins, much larger then I expected and well taken care of. Highly recommend it.

Entrance 10 soles, guide is 50 but if youre with a group you pay a part each. Nice place to visit, although theres not a lot left of the original site.

The place is definitely worth seeing. City is well preserved and has an interesting story behind. Because lack of the information is a good idea hire a guide. But be careful - some of them are not speaking good English. Be prepared for a sun unless you wanna get burned.

Chan Chan is a few kilometers outside of Trujillo and was once the biggest city built by adobe in South America in its time and probably in the world. When coming there, it is overwhelming to understand the sheer size, knowing that only about 10-15% of the entire site have been recovered.The buildings and structures uncovered, are in good condition still and allow a good impression on how the Chimu civilization had been living at their times.

Incredibly beautiful place with impressive carvings in adobe walls. Unfortunately, the site is largely covered by ugly roofs in order to protect the site, but it is necessary for its preservation

Very interesting. Better with a guide, as there are no informations or explanations in the ruins. You ca hire guides at the door.

Everything it’s mud and you have to walk around 15 minutes to get in the ticket area. You can get by bus or by car(it’s easy). It’s not necessary to pay for a guide only if you want to listen the history or you can buy a mini book like a brochure (it’s costs s/.3 = $0.90where it’s explained all the places you’ll find there. There is free parking and the restrooms are for free too. There are “fishes” sign, they guide you where you keep going. The cost you pay to visit Chan Chan also let’s you visit other 4 more touristic places (the price is included to visit the 5 museums).

An awesome place, well preserved temples.

Okay if you have nothing to do, but the museum. Was closed when we went, and make sure you get the free shuttle from the entrance to the other sites included in the ticket. Much better sites further down Peru

The Chimu Indians built this huge complex 20 square kilometers. It is impressive but, without a guide, you will not understand as there are no signs explaining what is there. You are not given any pamphlets either. There is no museum. DO wear a hat.

Incredible place. Rich in history. The tour is better enjoyed with a guide, who explains about the site and answer any questions you ask. The museum worth the visit also.

Very recommended.....excellent display and bilingual guides.

Heavily eroded ruins. Definitely interesting but not that visually impressive... if you are keen on ruins youll be in your happy place. Try to visit them in the morning or afternoon so you miss the midday sun.

Very interesting time in history. The construction and institution that thisPlace was is worth the visit.

Great place to visit. Its a must go to

If you pass by Trujillo city, go to the Chan Chan ruins, there is the Temple of Sun and The Temple of the Moon.Its part of the peruvian culture.Walk around Trujillo city and see the colonial style of the buildings.Good guides are available a very reasonable prices.

There are cool artistic imprints in the mud bricks and stunningly large walls here. If you have a large interest in ruins youll enjoy this place. If you dont and have seen ruins throughout Peru or Ecuador you may be bored fairly quickly.

Great place except is on the middle of nowhere, the town near by is a dump

Super cool place. Go to the museum as well- we went first and that was helpful. Pet the hairless dogs even though they look different (thats my favorite type of dog). Highly recommend getting a guide- it honestly wasnt that much money and was so informative and fun! If you are a student remember to bring your ID for a discount.

Pre-Inca historic ruins. Very interesting and a guide would let you know more about the history of this place.

Pretty interesting ruins. Didnt get to see the Museum because it was closed on Monday, but walked the main ruins after paying the 10 sole entrance fee and it was really cool to see what essentially are remnants from giant sand castles built years ago. Inside there are amazing carvings left, as you see in many pictures. We then wandered the grounds (not sure if youre actually supposed toand saw what was left of the bigger structures around the main ruins.Definitely worth the visit.

Chan Chan was very interesting. The tour took about an hour. Some parts have been reconstructed to show what it used to look like and other parts have been left as-is. Look around as you enter and exit and youll see just how massive the site really is compared to what you see during the tour.