Regionaltravel in Peru
Chachapoyas and Kuelap
The city of Chachapoyas is located in the Northern Andes in the Department
of Amazonas. Its name is based on the Chachpoya people, which refused to
be conquered by the Incas. The main archeological treasure of this culture
is the spectacular fortress of Kuelap. They had a unique architecture
style with rounded constructions using plane stones and carved decorations
on the walls of the buildings. This fortress was protected by huge walls
with difficult entrances that made an enemy invasion almost impossible.
A special feature of the Chachapoya culture is the mummification of the
dead, their placement within sarcophaguses and the construction of burial
sites in the midst of high, inaccessible cliffs (Revash, Karajía). In
Leimebamba you can see many mummies that were found in a rock face at the
lake «Laguna de los Condores».
Much further south there is another Chachapoya city, still hidden in the
dense vegetation of the mountain jungle: Gran Pajaten.
Travel programs:
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PTW-CHK007
Chachapoyas –
history and nature
6 days / 5 nights
From Chiclayo on the coast to the mountains
where the Chachapoyas people once lived, to get to know witnesses of
their culture and architecture and to marvel at the third largest
waterfall in the world. Drive through the mountain jungle to Tarapoto.
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PTW-CHK001
Adventures of Chachapoyas
5 days / 3 nights
From Chiclayo on the coast to the mountains
where the Chachapoyas people once lived to get to know witnesses of
their culture and architecture (Huancas, Levanto, Kuelap). |
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PTW-CHK002
Highlights of the Chachapoyas culture
4 days / 3 nights
From Chiclayo to Chachapoyas, Karajia,
Choctamal, Kuelap Fortress, back to Chiclayo.
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PTW-CHK004
Expedition
Laguna de los Cóndores
8 days / 7 nights
219 mummies were discovered at the
inaccessible lake «Laguna de los Cóndores». Strenuous tour following a
secondary Inca trail to a beautiful crystal clear mountain lake. The
mausoleum on a rock face high above the lake.
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PTW-CHK005
Archaeological tour in the Utcubamba valley
5 days / 4 nights
From Cajamarca via Celendin to Leymebamba
with the «Museo Centro Malqui» that houses the mummies from lake
«Laguna de los Cóndores», Choctamal, the Kuelap Fortress, Chachpoyas,
Karajia, Chiclayo.
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For more tours that include Chachapoyas see
Chiclayo,
Trujillo, Tarapoto and
Round trips.
