COD: PUB-1115 SACRED PLACES OF THE LOST KINGDOM
6D/5N
Day 1 Chachapoyas – Karajia - Pinchourco - Levanto Bus station pick up service in Chachapoyas and transfer to hotel to rest. We will pick you up at 8:30 a.m. and transfer to Cruz Pata (2.5 hours approx). We will go to the 8-feet high funeral sarcophagus of Karajia (also called Purunmachus, quechua word that means: purun= wild and machu=old) located on a mountain cliff at about 2,600m (20 minutes downhill hike) and continue with the route of the condors where you can observe from the road more than 20 newly discovered sarcophagi. Transfer to Levanto MS Lodge to spend the night. (L,D)
Day 2 Levanto-Inca Trail Levanto – Choctamal Inca Trail to Chachapoyas (3 hours downhill), lunch in Chachapoyas and night in Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge located in the road to Kuelap, where you can observe hummingbirds and variety of orchids. (B, L, D)
Day 3 Fortress Kuelap After breakfast we will travel by car for 35 minutes from Choctamal MS Lodge to Kuelap. The fortress of Kuelap was re-discovery in 1843 by Juan Crisostomo Nieto, and is precariously perched on a mountain ridge (about 3000m) overlooking the Utcubamba Valley. Kuelap has over four hundred buildings inside 3 levels of walls, it is roughly 20 m hight, 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width and is known as the largest stone structure in the Americas. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. Inside there are remains of many small round houses, some of them with a zigzag or diamond pattern in their terraces. Archaeological evidence shows that the structure was started before 800 AD. Night in Choctamal MS Lodge with excellent panoramic views of fortress Kuelap and variety of hummingbirds that visit the lodge. (B, L, D)
Day 4 Choctamal-Revash-Leymebamba On the way to Leymebamba we will see the Revash Ruins. The mausoleums resemble small housing and conglomerates of the same ones, forming miniature "villages". For this circumstance and for their emplacement in stacks, Revash's funeral houses show a curious similarity with the cliff-houses of Colorado. Night in Leymebamba. (B, BL, D)
Day 5 Leymebamba - Tajopampa – La Petaca – Diablo Huasi - Chachapoyas Private transportation to Tajopampa (1 hour) where our horses will be waiting for us for a two hour exploration to the Petaca Tombs, (some of them still contain mummified human remains) and he famous Diablo Huasi (devil house) located on a steep cliff with its variety of mausoleums with skeletons, mummies and burial cloth hanging from the tombs. Horseback to Leymebamba, night in Chachapoyas. (B, L)
Day 6 Chachapoyas – Gocta – Cocachimba Three hours hike or horseback (one way) to Gocta waterfall. The measured height of 771 meters. As a result of an expedition lead by Stefan Ziemendorff and Telesforo Santillan (local guide) in March 2006, Gocta waterfall made the international news testifying the remoteness and unfolding discoveries of America’s newly accessible and most pristine ecological and archeological destination. During the hike you will be able to observe variety of hummingbirds, birds, flowers, maybe toucans, monkeys and other species from the region. Tranfer to Chachapoyas for your night bus to Chiclayo. (B,L)
RATES:
2 paxes USD p.p. 1337
4 paxes or more USD p.p. 1152
Single Supplement: USD 258
THE TOUR INCLUDES: All entrance fees
Meals where noted in the program
All transportation specified in the program
Transfer between cities (public bus)
Hotels specified in the program
Bilingual guide
Horses to Tajopampa
Bus Tickets
NOT INCLUDED: Alcoholic beverages
Airport taxes
Internal flights (we can provide upon request)
Gratuities
PS. IF YOU WANT PRIVATE TRANSFERS BETWEEN CITIES LET US KNOW
