Swamps of Huanchaco, also known as ''Wetlands of Huanchaco'' is an

ecological Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...

Chimu Chimor (also Kingdom of Chimor or Chimú Empire) was the political grouping of the Chimú culture. The culture arose about 900 AD, succeeding the Moche culture, and was later conquered by the Inca emperor Topa Inca Yupanqui around 1470, fifty y ...

reserve Reserve or reserves may refer to: Places * Reserve, Kansas, a US city * Reserve, Louisiana, a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish * Reserve, Montana, a census-designated place in Sheridan County * Reserve, New Mexico, a US vi ...

located in

Huanchaco Huanchaco is a popular seaside resort city in province of Trujillo, Peru. Huanchaco is known for its surf breaks, its caballitos de totora and its ceviche, and is near the ancient ruins of Chan Chan. Huanchaco was approved as a World Surfing Res ...

Beach, about 14 km northwest of Trujillo city,

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

. From this ecological reserve the ancient mochica extracted the raw material for the manufacture of the ancient

Caballitos de totora Caballitos de totora are reed watercraft used by fishermen in Peru for the past 3000 years, archaeologically evidenced from pottery shards. Named for the way they are ridden, straddled ('little reed horses' in English), fishermen use them to tran ...

used since the time of the Moche for fishing. Currently Huanchaco fishermen still use their materials from this swamps to make their ships of work.

Tourist and ecological park

Peru Huanchaco Typical Fisherman reed boats

Huanchaco Totorales

The ancient ''mochicas'' developed formidable cultivation techniques in the arid coastline of northern

. One is planting ('dug wells') to find the water near the sea. The brackish waters were able to adapt the totora (Scirpus californicus). The reeds allowed the to be considered lords of the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

since ancient times. The Huanchaco fishermen were shown as eminent navigators, making long trips overseas in their reed boats.

External links

Location of the wetlands of Huanchaco (Wikimapia)

References

{{coord, 8.0606, S, 79.1284, W, source:wikidata, display=title Protected areas of Peru Geography of Trujillo, Peru

Tourist and ecological park

Huanchaco Totorales

See also

External links

References