Northern Peru
From Chiclayo in the coast through Chachapoyas in the mountains to Tarapoto in the jungle
Chiclayo, museum «Tumbas Reales del Señor
de Sipán», the fortress of Kuelap,
Chachapoyas, Levanto, Yalape, Moyobamba,
Tarapoto, the Natural Reserve of
Lago Lindo and Laguna Azul.
Day 1:
from Lima to Chiclayo
• Lima: transfer from hotel to airport.
• Flight from Lima to Chiclayo.
• Pick up from the airport in Chiclayo and transfer
to the hotel.
• Overnight in Chiclayo.
Day 2: Chiclayo
• Excursion in the surroundings of Chiclayo with
visits to Sipán, Túcume and the museum «Tumbas
Reales del Señor de Sipán» (modern and impressive
museum of the Moche culture).
• Overnight in Chiclayo.
Day 3: Chiclayo
• Excursion in the surroundings of Chiclayo with
visits to Sicán, Batán Grande and Huaca Loro.
• Overnight in Chiclayo.
Day 4: from Chiclayo to
Chachapoyas
• Ride from Chiclayo to Chachapoyas, first through
the coast desert, then going up the Andes reaching
the Porculla pass at 2145 m, finally through the
Marañon and Utcubamba valley.
• Overnight in Chachapoyas or Cocachimba.
Day 5:
Karajía
• Transfer to Cruz Pata.
• Visit to the sarcophagi from Karajía.
• «Condor route», where a visible from the road more
sarcophagi.
• Transfer to Choctamal.
• Dinner and overnight in «Choctamal Marvelous
Spatuletail Lodge». The humming-birg with this name
es typical for this locality.
Day 6: Kuelap
• Guided tour to the fortress of Kuelap. The
fortress of Kuelap, associated with the Chachapoyas
culture, consists of massive exterior stone walls
containing more than 400 buildings inside 3 levels
of walls and ist the largest stone structure in the
Americas. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and
trees inside this fortress. Kuelap is precariously
perched on a mountain ride at about 3000 m. The
structure
overlooks the Utcubamba vally and is roughly 600 m
in length and 110 m in width. The 20 m high fortress
walls are impressive with an entrance that is
trapezoidal and narrows rapidly (as a defense).
Inside there are the remains of many small round
houses, some with a zigzag or diamont pattern in
their terraces. Archaeological evidence shows that
the structure was started before 800 AD.
• Transfer to Leymebamba.
• Dinner and overnight in Leymebamba.
Day 7:
Leymebamba, Revash
• Visit the museum of Leymebamba that houses 219
mummies that were discovered in 1997 by a group of
local farmers on a cliff under a waterfall by the
Lake of the Condors.
• After visiting the KentiKafe and observe a variety
of hummingbirds transfer to Revash Mausoleums, that
are small rectangular miniature houses located under
the shelter of the rock.
• Transfer to Cocachimba.
• Overnight in Gocta Lodge.
Day 8: Gocta
• Three hours hike to Gocta waterfall with the
height of 771 m. During the hike you will be able to
observe variety of hummingbirds, birds, flowers, may
be toucans, monkeys and other species from the
region.
• Overnight in Gocta Lodge.
Day 9:
through Rioja and Moyobamba to Tarapoto
• Transfer through Rioja and Moyobamba to Tarapoto.
• Dinner and overnight in Puerto Palmeras Tarapoto
Resort.
Day 10: Lamas
• Morning free to enjoy the installations of the
resort.
• Lunch in Puerto Palmeras.
• In the afternoon excursion to the city of Lamas,
the folkloric center of the region San Martin with
visits to the native quarter, the viewpoint and arts
and crafts shops.
• Dinner and overnight in Puerto Palmeras Tarapoto
Resort.
Day 11:
Ahuashiyaku
• Excursion to the cascade of Ahuashiyaku on the
road to Yurimaguas. Refreshing bath and return to
the resort.
• Lunch in Tarapoto.
• Afternoon free to enjoy the installations of the
resort.
• Dinner and overnight in Puerto Palmeras Tarapoto
Resort.
Day 12: Ecological Reserve of Lago Lindo
• By car south through the «marginal road» to Puerto
López, where we croos the Huallaga river on a raft.
• We continue by car to Limoncocha lake, where we
begin walking for aprox. 45 minutes until we reach
the Lago Lindo lake.
• Lunch.
• Free afternoon for you to enjoy the nature of this
reserve, you can observe birds, swim or take a boat
at the lake and watch the sunset in the jungle.
• Dinner.
• Overnight in Lago Lindo.
Day 13: Laguna Azul,
return to Lima
• Small walk from Lago Lindo lake to the Laguna Azul
lake (aprox. 15 minutes).
• We cross the lake on a boat.
• Back to Tarapoto by car.
• Lunch at Puerto Palmeras Resort.
• Transfer to the airport in Tarapoto.
• Flight from Tarapoto to Lima.
• Lima: transfer from the airport to the hotel.
Time to travel
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