Cerro Sechín
Peru · Americas
About Cerro Sechín
Sechin is 5km SE of Casma, a city on the Panamerican Highway in Peru's Northern Coast.
Cerro Sechín travel guide
Getting there
There are frequent buses along the Panamerican Highway. Colectivos are usually large old American cars, which when full go from Casma by Las Tortugas Beach Cove & on to Chimbote.
Getting around
Colectivos & motor-cycle taxis can be hired to take you to the Sechin site & museum.
See
Cerro Sechin archaeological site & Museo Max Uhle are 5km SE of Casma. Hundreds of Monoliths depict victorious warriors & their mutilated enemies at a site that dates from 1600BC, & lies below Cerro Sechin, which gives a commanding view over the Casma Valley.
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.