Starting
from Chiclayo
Day 1
- Chiclayo / Chachapoyas
In the morning
you will depart from Chiclayo by private car/bus with air conditioning.
You will arrive in the late afternoon in Chachapoyas. Box lunch and
dinner included. Overnight at Hostal El Chillo. (L,D).
Day
2 - Chachapoyas
After breakfast
you will enjoy an excursion by horse to visit the colorful funeral
buildings of Revash perched on a ledge up high on a cliff. Box Lunch.
Then you will continue to Leimebamba to visit an amazing collection
of pre-inca mummies discovered in the Laguna de los Condores. (B,L,D).
Day
3 - Chachapoyas
After breakfast
you will visit Kuelap, 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. Box Lunch. Following your visit to Kuelap,
you will return to Chillo for the night. Dinner and overnight at Hostal
El Chillo. (B,L,D).
Day
4 - Chachapoyas
Morning
trek to Chachapoyas burial towers of Macro, an outpost of the Chachapoyas
culture built into cliffs overlooking the Utcubamba river. Itīs 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.
Free afternoon for relaxation. or take a tour (at extra cost) to Karajia
and the mysterious Sarcophagi carved into the hillside. (B,L,D)
Day
5 - Chachapoyas / Chiclayo
After an early breakfast you will return to Chiclayo by road. Box
Lunch included. Late afternoon arrival and transfer to selected hotel.
