Bosque de Pómac Historic Sanctuary

[1] This area preserves part of the Tumbes-Piura dry forests and several pyramids built by Pre-Columbian cultures.

[1][2] Bosque de Pómac is located in the district of Pitipo, Ferreñafe Province, in the northern Peruvian region of Lambayeque.

[1] This area is in a coastal plain, part of the Pacific coast tropical desert, and also in the middle valley of the La Leche river.

[1] The area is densely covered by a tropical dry forest ecosystem, dominated by trees of the genus Prosopis.

[1] There are 36 Pre-Columbian pyramids inside the area, which is an important source of archaeological discoveries, especially from the Sican culture.