Salaverry Coast

The Salaverry coast lies beside the Moche valley on Peru’s northern Pacific shore. Cold coastal waters support abundant fish, while rivers bring water from the Andes to the otherwise dry plain. Nearby, the great adobe city of Chan Chan was the capital of the Chimú kingdom before its conquest by the Incas in the fifteenth century. Its inhabitants drew on the resources of irrigated fields and the sea, joining coastal and inland life.