| The Inca Trail
to Kuelap - "The Machu Picchu of
Northern Peru" - is one of the world’s best treks. It is better
than the Inca trail to Machu Picchu and about the same length and difficulty
level. It follows major Inca roads over the Cordillera Central
and descends the mile long Inca stairs into the Vilaya valley -
“the birthplace of the Amazon”. Gene Savoy’s expedition 16 years
ago claimed discovery of 1250 stone structures of the Chachapoya
Cloud People. After sampling lost stone citadels and sarcophagus
(funeral statues on a cliff), the trek re-crosses the cordillera
through the Abra Yumal Pass and descends into the cloud forest of
Choctomal. Located at the gateway to Kuelap and Gran Vilaya, our
Choctomal
lodge is the nearest quality facility with modern conveniences to the
fortress. From here you will be one of the few to see the Machu Picchu
of Northern Peru.
The Peruvian Archaeological
board (the INC) considers Kuelap an equal to Machu Picchu and anticipates
it to become Peru’s second major attraction and in the top five
archaeological sites of the Americas. |
Inca Road from Levanto to
Chachapoyas © |
