La Libertad · Peru
In the destination Trujillo and Chan Chan.
In the photo: Huanchaco beach
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The city
Huanchaco is Trujillo’s seaside resort, 14 km from the center, and was Chan Chan’s port in chimú times. Fishermen still go out to sea in caballitos de totora, made from reed cultivated in the lagoons by the shore, and the beach is a World Surfing Reserve. There is a boardwalk, a wooden pier, ceviche restaurants and sunsets over the Pacific.
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The local experience
Huanchaco beach, with the wooden pier, the boardwalk and the caballitos de totora standing on the sand, where fishermen still go out to sea in reed boats used since the Moche. It is a World Surf Reserve.
The lagoons and reedbeds north of Huanchaco beach, where fishermen cultivate in pools called wachaques the reed used to make the caballitos de totora, a technique that comes from the Moche.
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