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GOCTA WATERFALL – CHACHAPOYAS
This is similar but bigger and more spectacular than gigantic waterfalls you might have seen in the movies of pristine mountainous jungles. The measured height of 771 meters, It is well over twice as high as the Eiffel Tower or America’s tallest building. This was just discovered in 2006ad by Stefan Ziemendorff, and testifies to the remoteness and unfolding discoveries of America’s newly accessible and most pristine ecological and archeological destination. The best time to see it is from November to May in the rainy season when there a few hours of rain every day.
This is considered the world’s 3rd highest waterfall. Although others may be higher, they only run off while it is raining. A unique feature here is that it is a substantial river that doesn’t dry up in the dry season as Angel Falls and others. Of Peru’s 24 provinces, this mountainous one is named “The Department of Amazonas”, not because it is the lower Basin, but rather in the world’s 2nd highest mountains where the main trunk Amazon cuts out of the Andes. |
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Nowhere is there more spectacular high waterfalls than here! A unique feature near the falls is that the canopy is full of passion fruit vines with year around ripe fruit. This sustains colonies of endemic yellow-tailed monkeys (that exists only in northern eastern Peru) and unique bird species not normally found at this altitude or anywhere else. The northern and more tropical circuit of Peru has more species of birds than all North America and Europe combined. Located at a fairly high altitude beside the equator, every day has perfect semi-tropical temperatures. Serious ecological tourists prefer Ecuador to southern Peru, -- and our Dept. of Amazonas shares this spectacular ecology, ---- but with even more zest!
Check this waterfall link: WORLD WATERFALL DATABASE
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