Peru
Sacred City of Caral-Supe
The oldest city in the Americas — 5,000-year-old pyramids rising from a desert valley on Peru's coast.
- Best time
- May – Oct
- Type
- City
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About Sacred City of Caral-Supe
In a dry valley north of Lima, Caral is astonishing: a monumental city of earthen pyramids, plazas and sunken circular courts built some 5,000 years ago, making it the oldest known urban centre in the Americas — contemporary with ancient Egypt. Peaceful and little-visited, its scale and antiquity are humbling.
Highlights
- The great earthen pyramids
- The sunken circular plaza
- The amphitheatre complex
- Evidence of the Americas' earliest urban life
- The desert valley setting
- The on-site interpretation
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When you'll go
When to visit Sacred City of Caral-Supe
May – October
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