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Arica Highlights

November 29, 2017 10:00am

Duration: 4.00 Hrs.

Enjoy a comprehensive overview of Arica and the attractions just
outside the city limits, which range from a Gustave Eiffel-designed
church to ancient geoglyphs.

After departing from the pier, you will soon arrive at El Morro, a high
bluff that overlooks the seaside city. Arica was founded in 1570 and was

part of Peru until Chile claimed the city and surrounding land following
the War of the Pacific in 1883. El Morro was the site of a crucial Chilean
victory in that war and a memorial now stands there.

You will delve even deeper into the local history at the San Miguel de
Azapa Archaeological Museum. Exhibits reveal the intricacies of several
ancient cultures and include some of the world’s oldest mummies,
which predate the ones in Egypt by more than 3,000 years. Other

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