CLASSIC CHACHAPOYAS PROGRAMMES
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| KUELAP DISCOVERER (5 DAYS / 4 NIGHTS) |
Fixed departure itinerary 5 days/ 4 nights
starting from Chiclayo
Day 01: Chiclayo/Chachapoyas
In the morning you will depart from Chiclayo by private car, van
or minibus with air conditioning. You will cross 4 different Peruvian
departments: Lambayeque, South Piura, the North of Cajamarca and
end in Amazonas, Starting at the coast and arriving in the late
afternoon in the cloud forest of Chachapoyas. Packed lunch and dinner
included. Overnight at Hostal El Chillo. (lunch/ dinner)
Day 02: Chachapoyas
After breakfast you will enjoy an excursion by horse to visit the
colourful funerary buildings of Revash perched on a ledge up high
on a cliff. They overlook a valley and tributary of the Utcubamba,
near the town of Santo Tomas. The cliff walls at Revash are decorated
with geometric designs and figures of camelids. Some of the tombs
are decorated with T and cross-shaped niches. Packed lunch. Then
you will continue to town of Leymebamba to visit an amazing collection
of well-preserved pre-Inca mummies discovered in the Laguna de los
Condores. (breakfast/ lunch/ dinner)
Day 03: Chachapoyas
After breakfast you will visit Kuélap, a spectacular pre-Inca
walled city, hidden atop a precipitous mountain. Although Kuelap
was discovered 60 years before Machu Picchu, it is not as well-known
to the outside world. Nevertheless recent amazing discoveries in
nearby areas that relate to Kuelap and to its history have captured
the attention of archaeologists, international magazines and film
companies. Packed lunch. Following your visit to Kuelap, you will
return to Chillo for the night. Dinner and overnight stay at Hostal
El Chillo. (breakfast/ lunch/ dinner)
Day 04: Chachapoyas
Morning trek to Chachapoyas burial towers of Macro, an outpost of
the Chachapoyas culture built into cliffs overlooking the Utcubamba
river. It's unique location allowed for contact via signal fires
with the fortress high above in the mountains and visible through
a cleft in the valley hills. Then we continue to Chachapoyas city
where we will spend a night at a local hotel . (breakfast/ lunch/
dinner)
Optional tour at extra cost: Karajía and the mysterious
Sarcophagi carved into the hillside.
Day 05: Chachapoyas/Chiclayo
After an early breakfast you will return to Chiclayo by road. Packed
lunch included.
Late afternoon arrival and transfer to selected hotel. (breakfast/
dinner)
Fixed departures operates every Monday and Thursday from May to
October.
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