Province of Lambayeque

Capital: City of Chiclayo
Altitude: 29 m.a.s.l.
Distance: 670 kilometers from Lima

The province of Lambayeque is located on the Northern coast of Peru. Forests, valleys and desert zones combine.

Chiclayo, located in a rich, agricultural region, is a city with a warm climate. The city turned into an important economical and commercial center in the North of Peru.

An active city in the full process of modernization, Chiclayo is the center of different communication ways. Thus, an intense commercial traffic is carried out, between the towns of the North coast and Amazonia and Sierra.

How to arrive

You can get to Lambayeque from Lima by an tarmaced highway (Panamericana Norte) the route is of  799 kilometers approximately.

Festivities

KING KONG Festivity

The festivity has the main objective of highlight one of the typical products made in the city that has special characteristics the  “KING KONG alfajor”, homemade at XX Century beginnings and later industrialized by Barreto family initiative.

Lamnayeque Aniversary

Is the celebration of the first Cry for liberty, in the North of Peru on December 27, 1820?

CRUZ DEL SIGLO XX

The saint “Cruz del Siglo XX” is situated in a  place called  “La Caramuca “, the festivity has a 103 years tradition in the city, the central day is January first.

San Sebastian Festivity

It takes place on January 19, 20 and 21, the central celebration day is the 20, the same date of the Carnival festivities of the city.

San Pedro Festivity

San Pedro, Patron Saint of the city festivity, takes place on June, the central celebration day is the 29, fathers day.

Tourist Site Attractions:

It is interesting to visit:

- The Cathedral
- Square of Arms
- Municipal Palace
- Square Elias Aguirre
- San Pedro Church
- Santa Maria Convent
- La Veronica Chapel
- Bruning Museum
- Eten and Pimentel Beaches
- The Señor de Sipan Grave

Lambayeque City

It is located at 12 kilometers from Chiclayo. It is characterized by its vice-royal houses; among which Casa Cuneo and Casa Descalzi stand out.

In the town of Lambayeque, it is interesting to visit: The colonial houses with wide patios that surround the Cathedral and the churches San Francisco, Santa Catalina, San Roque and Santa Lucia.

Pimentel Spa

It is located at 11 kilometers from Chiclayo. It’s the ideal place to practice surfing and also observing the fishermen navigating in their ancient "caballitos de totora" (totora horses), traditional rafts used since pre-columbian times.

Archeological site Huaca Rajada (Señor de Sipan)

It is located at 35 kilometers away from Chiclayo. Place where in 1987 the intact remains of a dignitary of the mochica hierarchy - warrior priest - was found. The important discovery can only be compared to the finding of the tumb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankamon in 1922.

The construction is formed by a low platform and two pyramids of adobe. In the finding, the tumb of the dignitary turned out to be accompanied by the remains of a warrior, a priest, two women, a child, a llama and a guardian with the feet cut out and also numerous jewels of gold and silvers.

The tomb of Señor de Sipan

Restored in 1988, can be seen in the Bruning Museum where there are exhibits of more than 500 pieces from different cultures; an armored chamber keeps hundreds of objects and in the basement a well lit urn of glass with the remains of Señor de Sipan.

Tucume or Valley of the Pyramids

Archeological site characterized by its 26 pyramids; among which La Huaca del Pueblo, La Raya, El Sol and Las Estacas stand out. It located at only one kilometer from the town of Tucume, a community committed with the conservation of its natural and cultural patrimony. This site dates back from 700 A.D.

Historical Sanctuary Bosque de Pomac

It is located at 40 kilometers from Chiclayo. In this forest with varied flora, the archeological remains of the Sican culture were found. 20 pre-incaic structures were found, like: Huaca Las Ventanas, Huaca Lucia, Huaca la Merced or Huaca Rodillona, among others.

Archeological site of Huaca Chotuna

It is located at 12 kilometers from Chiclayo. You will find there a group of pyramids and enclosures in an area of approximately 20 hectares. This site is related to the legend of Naylamp.