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Easy Chachapoyas Tours

Please note: We have designed these tours with arrival and departure by public overnight buses, since there are currently no flights to Chachapoyas. We can also quote with private transfers from and to Chiclayo

"It went very well. Alicia was a very knowledgeable and personable guide, and Wilder was an excellent driver. We enjoyed their company. And all
went according to schedule, except that John and I cancelled the hike to La Petaca and Diablo Huasi on the last day due to fatigue. The a
ccomodations were good, particularly at Gocta Lodge and at the Leimebamba Museum. The latter was actually excellent and it was an
unexpected surprise to have a room within the museum complex. Thanks for your help with the reservations." David

Gocta, Karajia, Kuelap, Revash, Leymebamba museum
(this tour starts in Chiclayo and ends in Cajamarca)

Day 1 Gocta – Chachapoyas
Bus pick up service in Chachapoyas and private transportation to the town of Cocachimba. Three hours hike or horseback (one way) to Gocta waterfall. The measured height of 771 meters. As a result of an expedition lead by Stefan Ziemendorff and Telesforo Santillan (local guide) in March 2006, Gocta waterfall made the international news testifying the remoteness and unfolding discoveries of America’s newly accessible and most pristine ecological and archeological destination. During the hike you will be able to observe variety of hummingbirds, birds, flowers, maybe toucans, monkeys and
other species from the region. Overnight in Gocta Lodge with relaxing views of Gocta waterfall. (L).

Day 2 Gocta - Karajia – Choctamal
Transfer to Cruz Pata (2.5 hours approx). We will go to the 8-feet high funeral sarcophagus of Karajia (also called Purunmachus, a quechua word that means: purun= wild and machu=old) located on a mountain cliff at about 2,600m (20 minutes downhill hike) and continue with the route of the condors where you can observe from the road more than 20 newly discovered sarcophagi. Afternoon transfer to Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge where you can observe hummingbirds, the lodge is located on the road to Kuelap at only 35 minutes from the fortress, excellent panoramic views of Kuelap and
the Abra Yumal Pass. (B, L, D)

Day 3 Choctamal – Kuelap – Choctamal
After breakfast we will travel by car for 35 minutes from Choctamal MS Lodge to Kuelap. The fortress of Kuelap was re-discovery in 1843 by Juan Crisostomo Nieto, and is precariously perched on a mountain ridge (about 3000m) overlooking the Utcubamba Valley. Kuelap has over four hundred buildings inside 3 levels of walls, it is roughly 20m hight, 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width and is known as the largest stone structure in the Americas. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. Inside there are remains of many small round houses, some of them with a zigzag or diamond pattern in their terraces. Archaeological evidence shows that the structure was started before 800 AD. Night in Choctamal MS Lodge with excellent panoramic views of fortress Kuelap and variety of hummingbirds that visit the lodge. (B, L, D)

Day 4 Choctamal – Revash – Leymebamba
We will continue traveling south from Tingo intersection to Leymebamba (two hours from Choctamal), on the way to Leymebamba we will visit Revash Mausoleums (two hours hike). Revash Mausoleums are small rectangular miniature houses located under the shelter of the rock. (also called Chullpas). After visiting Revash we will have lunch at the KentiKafe and observe a variety of hummingbirds. and continue with our visit to the museum of Leymebamba that houses the 219 mummies that were discovered in 1997 by a group of local farmers. These mummies were located 10 hours horseback on a cliff under a waterfall by the Lake of the Condors. Research is being conducted in this museum under the supervision of Dra. Sonia Guillen. Overnight at Casa Mallqui in Leymebamba. (B, L, D)

Day 5 Leymebamba – Cajamarca
Public bus to Cajamarca. (B, BL)

2011 Rates per person in US$: 1 pax = $1246, 2 pax = $815, 3 pax = $853, 4 pax or more = $736. Single Supplement: $189

THE TOUR INCLUDES:
All entrance fees, Meals where noted in the program, All transportation specified in the program, Transfer between cities (public bus), Hotels specified in the program, Bilingual guide, Bus Tickets
NOT INCLUDED:
Alcoholic beverages, Horses, Airport taxes, Internal flights (we can provide upon request), Gratuities

Chiclayo, Karajia, Kuelap, Revash, Leymebamba museum, Gocta waterfall
(this tour starts and ends in Chiclayo)

Day 1 Chachapoyas – Karajia - Choctamal
Bus station pick up service in Chachapoyas and transfer to hotel to rest. We will pick you up at 8:30 a.m. and transfer to Lamud (2.5 hours approx). We will go to the 8-feet high funeral sarcophagus of Karajia (also called Purunmachus, quechua word that means: purun= wild and machu=old) located on a mountain cliff at about 2,600m (20 minutes downhill hike) and continue with the route of the condors where you can observe from the road more than 20 newly discovered sarcophagi. Afternoon transfer to Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge where you can observe hummingbirds, the lodge is located
on the road to Kuelap at only 35 minutes from the fortress, excellent panoramic views of Kuelap and the Abra Yumal Pass. (L, D)

Day 2 Choctamal – Kuelap – Leymebamba museum
After breakfast we will travel by car for 35 minutes from Choctamal MS Lodge to Kuelap. The fortress of Kuelap was re-discovery in 1843 by Juan Crisostomo Nieto, and is precariously perched on a mountain ridge (about 3000m) overlooking the Utcubamba Valley. Kuelap has over four hundred buildings inside 3 levels of walls, it is roughly 20m hight, 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width and is known as the largest stone structure in the Americas. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. Inside there are remains of many small round houses, some of them with a zigzag or diamond pattern in their terraces. Archaeological evidence shows that the structure was started before 800 AD. Overnight in Casa Mallqui in Leymebamba. (B, BL, D)

Day 3 Leymebamba museum – Revash – Cocachimba
Visit the museum of Leymebamba that houses the 219 mummies that were discovered in 1997 by a group of local farmers. These mummies were located 10 hours horseback on a cliff under a waterfall by the Lake of the Condors. Research is being conducted in this museum under the supervision of Dra. Sonia Guillen. After visiting the KentiKafe and observe a variety of hummingbirds we continue with our trip to Revash Mausoleums (two hours hike each way). Revash Mausoleums are small rectangular miniature houses located under the shelter of the rock. (also called Chullpas). Night in Gocta Lodge overlooking Gocta waterfall. (B, L).

Day 4 Gocta Waterfall
Three hours hike or horseback (one way) to Gocta waterfall. The measured height of 771 meters. As a result of an expedition lead by Stefan Ziemendorff and Telesforo Santillan (local guide) in March 2006, Gocta waterfall made the international news testifying the remoteness and unfolding discoveries of America’s newly accessible and most pristine ecological and archeological destination. During the hike you will be able to observe variety of hummingbirds, birds, flowers, maybe toucans, monkeys and other species from the region. Transfer to Chachapoyas for you’re your night bus to Chiclayo. (B, L).

2011 Rates per person in US$: 1 pax = $1189, 2 pax = $775, 3 pax = $797, 4 pax or more = $687. Single Supplement: $204

THE TOUR INCLUDES:
All entrance fees, Meals where noted in the program, All transportation specified in the program, Transfer between cities (public bus), Hotels specified in the program, Bilingual guide, Bus Tickets
NOT INCLUDED:
Alcoholic beverages, Horses, Airport taxes, Internal flights (we can provide upon request), Gratuities

TOUR TO GOCTA WATERFALL AND KUELAP
This tour starts in Tarapoto and ends in Chiclayo 3d/2n All year

On March 22, 2006 German explorer Stefan Ziemendorff reports he has found the third highest waterfall in the world located in the isolated northern jungle near Chachapoyas. In a two hours trek you can see a pristine cloud forest jungle. Passion fruit vines in the canopy have year around fruit that sustains a colony of monkeys and varieties of birds feeding on this fruit. You can see a variety of medical plants, hummingbirds, toucans, monkeys, and butterflies. The height of 771 meters is thought to be relatively accurate, though Ziemendorff suspects the true figure could be within 13 meters in either direction. The falls has a regular to high volume of flow becoming an immensely powerful waterfall during the rainy season. However unlike other world class waterfalls, it doesn’t dry up in the dry season.

Day 1 Tarapoto-Cocachimba
Public bus transfer from Tarapoto to Pedro Ruiz bus station (approx. 6 hours), private transfer to the town of Cocachimba at 1,736 mts. over sea level approximately. Transfer to Cocachimba town. We will spend the night in Gocta Lodge with relaxing views of Gocta waterfall.

Day 2 Cocachimba – Gocta – Choctamal.
Three hours hike or horseback (one way) to Gocta waterfall. The measured height of 771 meters. As a result of an expedition lead by Stefan Ziemendorff and Telesforo Santillan (local guide) in March 2006, Gocta waterfall made the international news testifying the remoteness and unfolding discoveries of America’s newly accessible and most pristine ecological and archeological destination. During the hike you will be able to observe variety of hummingbirds, birds, flowers, maybe toucans, monkeys and other species from the region. Night in Choctamal MS Lodge where you can observe hummingbirds including the famous Marvelous Spatuletail hummingbird. (B, L, D)

Day 3 Choctamal – Kuelap – Chachapoyas
After breakfast we will travel by car for 35 minutes from Choctamal MS Lodge to Kuelap. The fortress of Kuelap was re-discovery in 1843 by Juan Crisostomo Nieto, and is precariously perched on a mountain ridge (about 3000m) overlooking the Utcubamba Valley. Kuelap has over four hundred buildings inside 3 levels of walls, it is roughly 20m hight, 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width and is known as the largest stone structure in the Americas. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. Inside there are remains of many small round houses, some of them with a zigzag or diamond pattern in their terraces. Archaeological evidence shows that the structure was started before 800 AD. Transfer to Chachapoyas bus station for your night bus to Chiclayo. (B, L)

2011 Rates per person in US$: 1 pax = $681, 2 pax = $444, 3 pax = $482, 4 pax or more = $412. Single Supplement: $136

THE TOUR INCLUDES:
All entrance fees, Meals where noted in the program, All transportation specified in the program, Transfer between cities (public bus), Hotels specified in the program, Bilingual guide, Bus Tickets
NOT INCLUDED:
Alcoholic beverages, Horses, Airport taxes, Internal flights (we can provide upon request), Gratuities

TOUR TO GOCTA WATERFALL AND KUELAP
This tour starts and ends in Chiclayo 2d/1n All year

Day 1 Chiclayo – Gocta – Choctamal
Public bus to Chachapoyas. Private transfer to Cocachimba. Three hours hike or horseback (one way) to Gocta waterfall. The measured height of 771 meters. As a result of an expedition lead by Stefan Ziemendorff and Telesforo Santillan (local guide) in March 2006, Gocta waterfall made the international news testifying the remoteness and unfolding discoveries of America’s newly accessible and most pristine ecological and archeological destination. During the hike you will be able to observe variety of hummingbirds, birds, flowers, maybe toucans, monkeys and other species from the region. Night in Choctamal MS Lodge where you can observe hummingbirds including the famous endemic Marvelous Spatuletail hummingbird. (L, D)

Day 2 Choctamal – Kuelap – Chachapoyas
After breakfast we will travel by car for 35 minutes from Choctamal MS Lodge to Kuelap. The fortress of Kuelap was re-discovery in 1843 by Juan Crisostomo Nieto, and is precariously perched on a mountain ridge (about 3000m) overlooking the Utcubamba Valley. Kuelap has over four hundred buildings inside 3 levels of walls, it is roughly 20m hight, 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width and is known as the largest stone structure in the Americas. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. Inside there are remains of many small round houses, some of them with a zigzag or diamond pattern in their terraces. Archaeological evidence shows that the structure was started before 800 AD. Transfer to Chachapoyas for your night bus to Chiclayo. (B,L)

2011 Rates per person in US$: 1 pax = $549, 2 pax = $360, 3 pax = $371, 4 pax or more = $320. Single Supplement: $96

THE TOUR INCLUDES:
All entrance fees, Meals where noted in the program, All transportation specified in the program, Transfer between cities (public bus), Hotels specified in the program, Bilingual guide, Bus Tickets
NOT INCLUDED:
Alcoholic beverages, Horses, Airport taxes, Internal flights (we can provide upon request), Gratuities

TOUR TO GOCTA WATERFALL AND KUELAP
This tour starts in Tarapoto and ends in Chiclayo 4d/3n All year

Day 1 Tarapoto-Cocachimba
Public bus transfer from Tarapoto to Pedro Ruiz bus station (approx. 6 hours), private transfer to the town of Cocachimba at 1,736 mts. over sea level approximately. Transfer to Cocachimba town. We will spend the night in Gocta Lodge with relaxing views of Gocta waterfall.

Day 2 Cocachimba – Gocta – Choctamal.
Three hours hike or horseback (one way) to Gocta waterfall. The measured height of 771 meters. As a result of an expedition lead by Stefan Ziemendorff and Telesforo Santillan (local guide) in March 2006, Gocta waterfall made the international news testifying the remoteness and unfolding discoveries of America’s newly accessible and most pristine ecological and archeological destination. During the hike you will be able to observe variety of hummingbirds, birds, flowers, maybe toucans, monkeys and other species from the region. Night in Choctamal MS Lodge where you can observe hummingbirds including the famous Marvelous Spatuletail hummingbird. (B, L, D)

Day 3 Choctamal – Kuelap – Choctamal
After breakfast we will travel by car for 35 minutes from Choctamal MS Lodge to Kuelap. The fortress of Kuelap was re-discovery in 1843 by Juan Crisostomo Nieto, and is precariously perched on a mountain ridge (about 3000m) overlooking the Utcubamba Valley. Kuelap has over four hundred buildings inside 3 levels of walls, it is roughly 20m hight, 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width and is known as the largest stone structure in the Americas. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. Inside there are remains of many small round houses, some of them with a zigzag or diamond pattern in their terraces. Archaeological evidence shows that the structure was started before 800 AD. Night in Choctamal MS Lodge with excellent panoramic views of fortress Kuelap and variety of hummingbirds that visit the lodge. (B, L, D)

Day 4 Choctamal – Huiquilla Private Reserve - Chachapoyas
After breakfast we will start a hike of 1.5 miles to the largest private reserve in our zone with 1,142 hectares. Huiquilla Reserve contains primary and secondary cloud forest where andean night monkeys (A. miconax), and a variety of hummingbirds can be seen in this reserve. Transfer to Chachapoyas bus station for your night bus ride to Chiclayo. (B, L)

2011 Rates per person in US$: 1 pax = $939, 2 pax = $611, 3 pax = $661, 4 pax or more = $566. Single Supplement: $156

THE TOUR INCLUDES:
All entrance fees, Meals where noted in the program, All transportation specified in the program, Transfer between cities (public bus), Hotels specified in the program, Bilingual guide, Bus Tickets
NOT INCLUDED:
Alcoholic beverages, Horses, Airport taxes, Internal flights (we can provide upon request), Gratuities

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CHACHAPOYAN CULTURE
This tour starts and ends in Chiclayo 2d/1n All year

Everyone doing both this and the Cusco zone much prefers the Chachapoyas segment for its pristine cloud forest & ruins, perfect year around temperatures and lack of mosquitoes & snakes. This (tour) segment offers “The Machu Picchu of Northern Peru” (KUELAP) located where the main trunk Amazon River leaves the Andes to enter the basin. This pristine unspoiled zone was only recently accessible and has no tourist crowds. It has the best combination Ecological AND Archaeological zone of the Americas.

Day 1 Chachapoyas - Karajia–Choctamal
Bus station pick up service in Chachapoyas and transfer to hotel to rest. We will pick you up at 8:30 a.m. and transfer to Lamud (2.5 hours approx). We will go to the 8-feet high funeral sarcophagus of Karajia (also called Purunmachus, quechua word that means: purun= wild and machu=old) located on a mountain cliff at about 2,600m (20 minutes downhill hike) and continue with the route of the condors where you can observe from the road more than 20 newly discovered sarcophagi. Afternoon transfer to Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge where you can observe hummingbirds, the lodge is located
on the road to Kuelap at only 35 minutes from the fortress, excellent panoramic views of Kuelap and the Abra Yumal Pass. (L, D)

Day 2 Choctamal - Kuelap - Chachapoyas
After breakfast we will travel by car for 35 minutes from Choctamal MS Lodge to Kuelap. The fortress of Kuelap was re-discovery in 1843 by Juan Crisostomo Nieto, and is precariously perched on a mountain ridge (about 3000m) overlooking the Utcubamba Valley. Kuelap has over four hundred buildings inside 3 levels of walls, it is roughly 20m hight, 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width and is known as the largest stone structure in the Americas. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. Inside there are remains of many small round houses, some of them with a zigzag or diamond pattern in their terraces. Archaeological evidence shows that the structure was started before 800 AD. Transfer to Chachapoyas bus station for your night bus ride to Chiclayo. (B, L)

2011 Rates per person in US$: 1 pax = $549, 2 pax = $360, 3 pax = $371, 4 pax or more = $320. Single Supplement: $40

THE TOUR INCLUDES:
All entrance fees, Meals where noted in the program, All transportation specified in the program, Transfer between cities (public bus), Hotels specified in the program, Bilingual guide, Bus Tickets
NOT INCLUDED:
Alcoholic beverages, Horses, Airport taxes, Internal flights (we can provide upon request), Gratuities

CHACHAPOYAS ADVENTURE 3d/2n
This tour starts and ends in Chiclayo All year

Legends say the Chachapoyans were tall fair skin warriors, and they built their fortified cities on top mountains all over the mysterious Dept. of Amazonas. This trip (segment) offers Americas’ largest & most mysterious fortress, with soaring stonewalls inside of walls, built to stop the advance of an empire. You will also see the 2nd largest fortress and the Inca Military Garrison guarding the empire’s major crossroads. Walk downhill on perhaps the Inca’s best un-restored highway. This trip offers the world’s driest desert and thousands of mini-ecological zones with natives, plants and animals adapted to each extreme. No other zone offers Americas’ greatest varieties and most advanced ancient Indian culture. --- Optional extra day, leave by Tarapoto with trekking and boating in the Amazon rainforest.

Day 1 Chachapoyas – Huancas-Levanto
Bus station pick up service in Chachapoyas and transfer to hotel to rest. We will pick you up at 8:30 a.m. and start with the visit to Huancas and Sonche Canon, Huancas was an Inca Mitima village, (the residents were transplants from Huanuco in the Inca heartland to pacify the rebellious Cloud People.) Huancas main business is making pottery since ancient times, providing for the entire zone. After lunch we will visit Levanto (one hour from Chachapoyas). Levanto was the most significant city of the zone at the time of the Inca invasion and also in the Spanish colonial era. We will see a colonial church as old as Lima with its high-carved altar. We will go to the fortified ruins of Yalape overlooking the city. Nearby is Colla Cruz, this was a major crossroads of the empire's roads with over 2000 miles of major roads going north to Ecuador & Colombia, south to Huanuco and Cuzco, and west to Cajamarca (where the Inca was captured), and east to the Amazon. We will see the Inca Military Garrison guarding this intersection. This is the
zone's first restoration, which revealed a major defeat of the Incas by the Cloud people in the revolution against the Spanish. Night in Levanto MS Lodge high in the mountains. (L, D)

Day 2 Inca Trail Levanto – Choctamal
Inca Trail to Chachapoyas (3 hours downhill), lunch in Chachapoyas and night in Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge located in the road to Kuelap, where you can observe hummingbirds, specially the Marvelous Spatuletail hummingbird and variety of orchids. (B, L, D)

Day 3 Fortress Kuelap
After breakfast we will travel by car for 35 minutes from Choctamal MS Lodge to Kuelap. The fortress of Kuelap was re-discovery in 1843 by Juan Crisostomo Nieto, and is precariously perched on a mountain ridge (about 3000m) overlooking the Utcubamba Valley. Kuelap has over four hundred buildings inside 3 levels of walls, it is roughly 20m hight, 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width and is known as the largest stone structure in the Americas. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. Inside there are remains of many small round houses, some of them with a zigzag or diamond pattern in their terraces. Archaeological evidence shows that the structure was started before 800 AD. Transfer to Chachapoyas bus station for your night bus to Chiclayo. (B, L)

2011 Rates per person in US$: 1 pax = $804, 2 pax = $519, 3 pax = $530, 4 pax or more = $455. Single Supplement: $66

THE TOUR INCLUDES:
All entrance fees, Meals where noted in the program, All transportation specified in the program, Transfer between cities (public bus), Hotels specified in the program, Bilingual guide, Bus Tickets
NOT INCLUDED:
Alcoholic beverages, Horses, Airport taxes, Internal flights (we can provide upon request), Gratuities

NORTHERN PERU'S EXTREME CROSS
SECTION - 6 DAYS/5 NIGHTS
Tarapoto – Moyobamba – Chachapoyas - Chiclayo
(Includes the JUNGLE, ANDES AND DESERT COAST)

(Easy) suitable for retirees, families, using hotels,
restaurants, private vehicle, and only light day walks

Northern Peru offers the world's most extreme geography: its greatest rainforest, driest desert, and 2nd highest mountains. These offer thousands of mini-ecological zones with natives, plants and animals adapted to each zone. Tarapoto and Moyobamba transitions from the Basin to mountain jungles & huge waterfalls. Kuelap is the "Machu Picchu of Northern Peru" with Peru's most mysterious and largest variety of ruins in the Andes. We have many of the world's most exotic and almost extinct hummingbirds.

Day 1 Tarapoto-Cocachimba
Public bus transfer from Tarapoto to Pedro Ruiz bus station (approx. 6 hours), private transfer to the town of Cocachimba at 1,736 mts. over sea level approximately. Transfer to Cocachimba town. We will spend the night in Gocta Lodge with relaxing views of Gocta waterfall.

Day 2 Cocachimba – Gocta - Chachapoyas
Three hours hike or horseback (one way) to Gocta waterfall. The measured height of 771 meters. As a result of an expedition lead by Stefan Ziemendorff and Telesforo Santillan (local guide) in March 2006, Gocta waterfall made the international news testifying the remoteness and unfolding discoveries of America’s newly accessible and most pristine ecological and archeological destination. During the hike you will be able to observe variety of hummingbirds, birds, flowers, maybe toucans, monkeys and other species from the region. Overnight in Chachapoyas. (B, L)

Day 3 Chachapoyas – Karajia - Choctamal
Transfer to Cruz Pata (2.5 hours approx). We will go to the 8-foot high funeral sarcophagus of Karajia (also known by the local as Purunmachus, quechua word that means: purun= wild and machu=old) located on a mountain cliff at about 2,600m (20 minutes downhill hike) and continue with the route of the condors where you can observe from the road more than 20 newly discovered sarcophagi. Afternoon transfer to Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge where you can observe hummingbirds, the lodge is located on the road to Kuelap at only 35 minutes from the fortress, excellent panoramic views of Kuelap and the Abra Yumal Pass. (B, L, D)

Day 4 Choctamal–Kuelap-Choctamal
After breakfast we will travel by car for 35 minutes from Choctamal MS Lodge to Kuelap. The fortress of Kuelap was re-discovery in 1843 by Juan Crisostomo Nieto, and is precariously perched on a mountain ridge (about 3000m) overlooking the Utcubamba Valley. Kuelap has over four hundred buildings inside 3 levels of walls, it is roughly 20m hight, 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width and is known as the largest stone structure in the Americas. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. Inside there are remains of many small round houses, some of them with a zigzag or diamond pattern in their terraces. Archaeological evidence shows that the structure was started before 800 AD. Night in Choctamal MS Lodge with excellent panoramic views of fortress Kuelap and variety of hummingbirds that visit the lodge. (B, L, D)

Day 5 Choctamal – Revash – Leymebamba
We will continue traveling south from Tingo intersection to Leymebamba (two hours from Choctamal), on the way to Leymebamba we will visit Revash Mausoleums (two hours hike). Revash Mausoleums are small rectangular miniature houses located under the shelter of the rock. (also called Chullpas). After visint Revash we continue with our trip to the museum of Leymebamba that houses the 219 mummies that were discovered in 1997 by a group of local farmers. These mummies were located 10 hours horseback on a cliff under a waterfall by the Lake of the Condors. Research is being conducted in this museum under the supervision of Dra. Sonia Guillen. After visiting the KentiKafe and observe a variety of hummingbirds. Night in Casa Mallqui. (B, L, D)

Day 6 Leymebamba - Cajamarca
Early departure to Cajamarca. (B, BL)

2011 Price per person: 1 person = US$1315, 2 people = US$ 867, , 3 people = $919 or more = US$ 794, Single supplement: US$280

THE TOUR INCLUDES:
All entrance fees , Transfers to airport or bus station , Meals where noted in the program , Accommodations and taxes , All transportation specified in the program , Bilingual Guide

NOT INCLUDED:
Airport taxes , Gratuities , Alcoholic beverages, Snacks, water bottles, Internal flights (we can provide upon request)

Archeological Tour of Northern Peru
Cajamarca, Chachapoyas, Chiclayo

Pizarro's tiny band of conquistadores and horses marched to Cajamarca, the city of destiny. Here they captured the world's largest empire, and in the Inca's cell, they filled it 3 times with gold and silver. We cross the main trunk Amazon where it leaves the world's 2nd highest mountains to enter the domain of the Chachapoyan Cloud People. This newly accessible zone was the Andes most fortified and mysterious with the highest density of ruins. On a high mountain, Fortress Kuelap is the largest building of the Americas. We end our tour in Chiclayo where America's most advanced civilization lived on the world's driest desert with 26 pyramids. The Lord of Sipan was recently discovered in a pyramid that was America's richest gold-filled tomb.

Day 1 Cajamarca – Leymebamba
Public bus to Leymebamba. Our bus climbs the sweeping cold cordillera and descends into an oven dry valley to cross the main trunk Marañon River. Here a coastal Chimu Colony uses their irrigation skills to grow exotic tropical fruits in a micro ecological system. Transfer to Casa Mallqui in Leymebamba to spend the night. ( D)

Day 2 Leymebamba - Centro Mallqui Museum - Revash -Choctamal
Now we get to see Peru's brand new Centro Mallqui Museum that the Austrians donated for this unique 1998 discovery at Lake of the Condors (you have seen on the Discovery Channel). The 219 mummies are here along with many artifacts. On the way to Choctamal we will see the Revash Ruins. Night in Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge, gateway to Kuelap and Gran Vilaya). (B, BL, D)

Day 3 Choctamal- Kuelap – Chachapoyas
We will spend the day at Fortress Kuelap known as "the Machu Picchu of the North". Kuelap has over 400 buildings inside 3 levels of walls, and is the largest stone structure of the Americas. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. On the way to Chachapoyas we will observe the platforms of Macro located on a cliff overlooking the Utcubamba River. Overnight in Chachapoyas, 3 star hostel. (B, L)

Day 4 Chachapoyas – Karajia, Pinchourco
Transfer to Cruz Pata (2.5 hours approx). We will go to the 8-feet high funeral sarcophagus of Karajia (also known by the local as Purunmachus, quechua word that means: purun= wild and machu=old) located on a mountain cliff at about 2,600m (20 minutes downhill hike) and continue with the route of the condors where you can observe from the road more than 20 newly discovered sarcophagi. Transfer to Chachapoyas bus station for your night bus to Chiclayo. (B, L)

2011 Price: 1 person = , US$917, 2 people = US$626 per person, 3 people = US$633 per person, 4 people = US$ 557 per person. Single supplement: US$171

THE TOUR INCLUDES: All entrance fees, transfers to airport or bus station, meals where noted in the program,accommodations and taxes , all transportation specified in the program, snacks,
water bottles, bilingual guide

NOT INCLUDED: Airport taxes , Gratuities , Alcoholic beverages, Internal flights

SACRED PLACES OF THE LOST KINGDOM
6days/5 nights

Day 1 Chachapoyas – Karajia - Pinchourco - Levanto
Bus station pick up service in Chachapoyas and transfer to hotel to rest. We will pick you up at 8:30 a.m. and transfer to Cruz Pata (2.5 hours approx). We will go to the 8-feet high funeral sarcophagus of Karajia (also called Purunmachus, quechua word that means: purun= wild and machu=old) located on a mountain cliff at about 2,600m (20 minutes downhill hike) and continue with the route of the condors where you can observe from the road more than 20 newly discovered sarcophagi. Transfer to Levanto to spend the night. (L,D)

Day 2 Chachapoyas-Inca Trail Levanto – Choctamal
Inca Trail to Chachapoyas (3 hours downhill), lunch in Chachapoyas and night in Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge located in the road to Kuelap, where you can observe hummingbirds and variety of orchids. (B, L, D)

Day 3 Fortress Kuelap
After breakfast we will travel by car for 35 minutes from Choctamal MS Lodge to Kuelap. The fortress of Kuelap was re-discovery in 1843 by Juan Crisostomo Nieto, and is precariously perched on a mountain ridge (about 3000m) overlooking the Utcubamba Valley. Kuelap has over four hundred buildings inside 3 levels of walls, it is roughly 20m hight, 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width and is known as the largest stone structure in the Americas. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. Inside there are remains of many small round houses, some of them with a zigzag or diamond pattern in their terraces. Archaeological evidence shows that the structure was started before 800 AD. Night in Choctamal MS Lodge with excellent panoramic views of fortress Kuelap and variety of hummingbirds that visit the lodge. (B, L, D)

Day 4 Choctamal-Revash-Leymebamba
On the way to Leymebamba we will see the Revash Ruins. The mausoleums resemble small housing and conglomerates of the same ones, forming miniature "villages". For this circumstance and for their emplacement in stacks, Revash's funeral houses show a curious similarity with the cliff-houses of Colorado. Night in Leymebamba, Casa Mallqui. (B, BL, D)

Day 5 Leymebamba - Tajopampa – La Petaca – Diablo Huasi - Chachapoyas
Private transportation to Tajopampa (1 hour) where our horses will be waiting for us for a two hour exploration to the Petaca Tombs, (some of them still contain mummified human remains) and he famous Diablo Huasi (devil house) located on a steep cliff with its variety of mausoleums with skeletons, mummies and burial cloth hanging from the tombs. Horseback to Leymebamba, night in Chachapoyas. (B, L)

Day 6 Chachapoyas – Gocta – Cocachimba
Three hours hike or horseback (one way) to Gocta waterfall. The measured height of 771 meters. As a result of an expedition lead by Stefan Ziemendorff and Telesforo Santillan (local guide) in March 2006, Gocta waterfall made the international news testifying the remoteness and unfolding discoveries of America’s newly accessible and most pristine ecological and archeological destination. During the hike you will be able to observe variety of hummingbirds, birds, flowers, maybe toucans, monkeys and other species from the region. Tranfer to Chachapoyas for your night bus to Chiclayo. (B,L)

2011 Rates per person in US$: 1 pax = $1823, 2 pax = $1179, 3 pax = $1192, 4 pax or more = $1020. Single Supplement: $258

THE TOUR INCLUDES: All entrance fees , Transfers to airport or bus station, Meals where noted in the program, All transportation specified in the program, Transfer between cities, Hotels specified in the program, Bilingual guide

NOT INCLUDED: Gratuities , Alcoholic beverages, Airport taxes, Internal flights (we can provide upon request)