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The Cajamarca Carnival

Cajamarca is a department located in the northern mountains of Peru. It is well known for its carnival and its famous songs with their unmistakable melodies and amusing lyrics. The improvised ballads contain some rude yet affectionate verses and are delivered in harmony.

From ten in the morning to well into the afternoon on the Sunday of the carnival the chorus echoes around the city as the Momo King and his band of followers dance and sing in the streets. In the evenings the masked dances, the night of the queens, with palms, cortamontes and cuyadas they provide entertainment into the early hours. The carnival is a rich cultural and traditional expression illustrated by the competition between the five districts of the city who prepare all year for the musical contest.

The villages from the region exhibit the products that have made them famous: wine from Cascas, hydrangeas from Chugar, cherimoyas from Cunish, guitars from Namora, limes and oranges from Coyna, traditional healers from Corisogorna and the superb hats from Celendin and Asuncion. The culmination of the festival is the entrance of the Lord of the carnival who descends into the city accompanied by his gang of followers who sing traditional as well as some more modern songs.

The festival is characterized by the masquerading of clowns.

	Itinerary
	Day 1
	- Saturday 25 of February - Pickup from airport and transfer to your hotel of choice - Morning free to see the entrance of the Carnival Lord 1:30 p.m. Welcome lunch 3:30 p.m. Excursion to La Collpa ranch to observe the cows being called by name to be milked. Then to Llacanora, a picturesque village in the mountains and finally to the Inca Baths where we can observe the Incas Pool (El Pozo del Inca) 9:00 p.m. The grand carnival party
	Day 2
	- Sunday 26th of February 8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast 9:00 a.m. Excursion to the Cumbe Mayo archaeological complex: beautiful views, forest park, the aqueduct, the stone forest, the sacrificial stone etc. 1:30 p.m. Great HUNSHA with a folklore show and traditional food. 3:30 p.m. Excursion to the Ventanilla de Otuzco necropolis, hanging bridge, flower gardens and Queserìa Lo Alpes.
	Day 3
	- Monday 27 7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast 8:30 a.m. City tour: Main square, San Francisco Church, Belen monument, the Incas hide, Santa Apolonia look out, and the Incas seat. 12:30 p.m. The grand carnival concourse: cars, beauty queens, clowns etc. - Night in hotel
	Day 4
	- Transfer to the airport

Includes

- 04 days 03 nights in hotel of choice
- 03 continental breakfasts
- 01 traditional lunch with HUNSHA cut and folk show
- Help to enjoy the grand concourse of the 2006 carnival.
- 04 tours, city and Santa Apolonia, Cumbemayo, Collpa – Inca Baths and Otuzco – Three mills.
- The grand carnival party
- Guide and entrances fee to the visit places.

Note: We reserve air tickets Lima – Cajamarca – Lima, Aerocondor.

Laguna Seca Hotel Laguna Seca Hotel is one of the few hotels in the world that has thermal water baths in each of the private en-suite bathrooms.

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