La Huaca de la Luna — Attraction in Moche

We visited Huaca de la Luna in late August 2025. In my opinion, this is a truly underrated archeological site. The walls and paintings are so well preserved as I have not seen it in other Moche sites in northern Peru. It is absolutely worth a visit if you pass by Trujillo and have a (half) day to spare. I would even go so far as to say, I would prefer it over Chan Chan (if you have to choose one).

Here is some information that might be helpful for your visit:

1. Transport: you can get here with a collectivo, bit since we had limited time we opted for a taxi. Using the InDrive-App we paid only 12 Soles from the city center.
2. Entry fee: currently the regular fee is 10 Soles for the Huaca itself and 5 Soles on top if you want to visit the museum. Note that the ticket office is at the entrance to the museum (5 min walk away from the entry to the Huaca).
3. Guide: it is mandatory to have a guide to visit the Huaca. However, it's on a "pay what you want" basis. From what we saw, people give 5-10 Soles per person. They even had an englisch speaking guide. And having a guide here was absolutely worth it as he provided many insights in the history of the site and the Moche...

Fantastic site, but really poor information for foreign tourists. You must enter the site as part of a tour and be ready to go at the prescribed time. This was communicated to me in rapid Spanish when purchasing a ticket, which I misunderstood as my slot time for entrance. The result was that I missed the start of the tour, had to chase the group through the site and totally miss the highlight (the exterior friezes) as the guards were hurrying me along, all so I could listen to a guide in a language I have fragmented understanding of. I certainly wouldn't expect people to speak English in this part of the world, but a simple sign in English at the ticket office explaining the requirement to be on a tour is a very...

We had to wait because they only have entrance with the guide at specific times and I didn't know! Bring a hat and suncream for the sun, it's really hot! Sunglasses good for the sand flying with the wind.

The entrance is 10soles for 1h guided tour and it's a really nice interesting place. They are lot restoring the building nor the drawing and be able to see clearly still colored drawings, sculptures for me was impressive. Easy to reach with s colectivo that leaves in front of it for 2$ one way!

Just outside the museum and where you get the tickets, along the street from where you arrive from Trujillo, you will have s nice place where to eat a whole menù for 10 soles and the lady the is amazing and give big...