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).
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).
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).
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).
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. Free afternoon for relaxation. or take a tour (at extra cost) to Karajia and the mysterious Sarcophagi carved into the hillside. (B,L,D)
After an early breakfast you will return to Chiclayo by road. Box Lunch included. Late afternoon arrival and transfer to selected hotel.
