Duration	7 Days / 6 Nights
Starting Point	Chiclayo from May to October
Ending Point	Cajamarca
Tour Type	Archeological - Cultural - Nature
Price from	$ 1960 € 1551

All our programmes can be tailor made according to your requirements, whether regarding the length of your tour, any special interests or specific activities, flight reservations, optional destinations or tours.

Tour Description
Discover the archaeology and nature wonders of the remote northern Peru
The Pre-Columbian Chachapoyas culture, are Situated in the cloud forests around the town of Chachapoyas in Peru’s northern Amazonas Department, these sites are dominated by the mighty fortress of Kuelap, perched majestically atop mountain-top cliffs overlooking the verdant Andean landscape.
Route: Chiclayo - Chachapoyas - Chiclayo

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 in the coast and arriving in the late afternoon in the cloud forest of Chachapoyas.

Meals Included: Box lunch and Dinner :::::::::::::::::::::: Overnight at El Chillo Lodge

After breakfast you will visit Kuelap, a spectacular pre-Inca walled city hidden a top 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,
return and accommodation at the Lodge.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Box lunch and Dinner ::::::::::::::::: Overnight at El Chillo Lodge

After breakfast you will enjoy an excursion to observe the 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 you will enjoy an excursion by horse to visit the colorful funeral 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. Return and accommodation at the Lodge.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Box lunch and Dinner ::::::::::::::::: Overnight at El Chillo Lodge

This morning you will drive towards Leymebamba. On the way you will stop at Las Palmas where a light trek will start to La Congona, a spectacular settlement pattern of the Chachapoyas culture. In this area you will be able to discover outstanding friezes and defensive towers still virgin in the jungle. After picnic lunch return to Leymebamba where we will spend a night at local hostel.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Box lunch and Dinner :::::::::Overnight at local hostel in Leymebamba

Morning visit the Museum of Leymebamba with its amazing collection of well preserved pre-inca mummies discovered in the Laguna de los Condores. Then continue to you will drive to Celendin and then to Cajamarca, crossing two cordilleras and several different habitats, such as cloud forest, agricultural land, desert-like areas and the Marañon Canyon. Box lunch on way.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Box lunch and Dinner Overnight at The Laguna Seca Hotel and Spa

Comments:
The journey from Leimebamba to Celendin, by way of the Maranon Canyon, is one of Peru’s most spectacular drives. The Maranon River forms one of the world’s deepest canyons, and you will descend through different ecosystems from over 10,000 feet in altitude to the town of Balsas at 4,000 ft. After crossing the river you then ascend back through the various habitats to nearly 10,000 ft above sea level.

Morning light trek through the Cajamarca countryside to see local people in their daily activities including children going to school. Then we visit the Ventanillas de Otuzco, a pre-Inca cemetery that features a gallery of secondary burial niches (located 5 miles from the city). After lunch exploration of the main points of the city: Main Square, the Cathedral and the 17th Century San Francisco church, which houses the Museum of Religious Art.

Continue on to the Ransom; which Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, filled once with gold and twice with silver so as to obtain his freedom in 1532; to the Belen complex which includes the Belen church constructed entirely of sculptures volcanic rock and finally on to Santa Apolonia Hill, for a scenic view of the valley of Cajamarca and where one may also see the ceremonial Inca seat. Finally we will take a delicious cup of coffee at local cafeteria. Return to hotel to enjoy its swimming pools with thermal waters or a nice massage at the Spa. (This service is not included in the price). Farewell dinner.

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner ::::::Overnight at The Laguna Seca Hotel and Spa

Comments:
Cajamarca was a major center of the Inca Empire. It is most famous for being the place of first contact between Pizarro and the Inca army, which he defeated in a one-sided battle shortly thereafter, and captured Atahualpa, the last of the independent Inca monarchs. Although the Inca city was razed to the ground, Cajamarca boasts many beautiful colonial buildings, as well as the Inca-era “Ransom Room,” where Atahualpa was kept as a prisoner of the Spanish before being garroted.

After breakfast
You will be transferred to the airport for your flight to Lima.

Meals Included: Breakfast

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Chachapoyas Explorer price per person including all hotels

Chachapoyas
• Excursion Kuelap fortress
• Burial building of Revash
• La Congona ancient settlement and Mummy museum at Leymebamba
• 03 Nights accommodation at the El Chillo Lodge (Category 3*)
• 01 Night accommodation at Leymebamba Museum lodge
• Treks, horse riding and overland transportation included

Cajamarca
• Ransom room, artisans
• Andean markets and Otuzco necropolis
• 02 Nights accomodation at the Laguna Seca Hotel & Spa
• Bilingual Guide: Spanish / English
• Transfers mentioned in this programme in private transport
• All meals included
• Entrance Ticket