KINGDONS
OF CHACHAPOYAS
Day 1: Chachapoyas
Airport pick up service in Chiclayo, see
waterfalls and spectacular panoramas like
Yellowstone on trip to Chachapoyas. Night in
Chachapoyas colonial mansion, 3 star hostel. (BL,
D)
Day 2: Levanto
Visit Sonche Canon with spectacular waterfalls
and Huancas, an Inca Mitima village,
(the residents were transplants from Huanuco in
the Inca heartland to pacify the rebellious
Cloud People.) Huancas main business is pottery
making since ancient times, providing for the
entire zone. A five-minute walk takes us to a
canyon deeper than the Grand Canyon. Gigantic
waterfalls cascade into a virgin river, which
hasn’t been run yet by white water rafters.
After lunch we will visit Levanto (one hour from
Chachapoyas). Levanto was the most significant
city of the zone at the time of the Inca
invasion and also in the Spanish colonial era.
We will see a colonial church 5 years older than
Lima with its high carved alter. This is one of
Peru's oldest cities not far from where the Inca
was captured. We will go to the fortified ruins
of Yalape overlooking the city, and also see the
22 km Inca Canal, which brought water to
Levanto. Nearby is Colla Cruz. This was a major
crossroads of the empire's roads with over 2000
miles of major roads going north to Ecuador &
Colombia, south to Huanuco and Cuzco, and east
to Cajamarca (where the Inca was captured), and
east to the Amazon. We will see the Inca
Military Garrison guarding this intersection.
This is the zone's first restoration, which
revealed a major defeat of the Incas by the
Cloud people in the revolution against the
Spanish. Night in Levanto Lodge high in the
mountains. (B, L, D)
Day 3: Inca Trail - Choctamal
Inca Trail to Chachapoyas (3 hours downhill),
lunch in Chachapoyas and night in our Choctamal
Mountain Lodge. (with the only hot tub in the
area) (B, L, D)
Day 4: Fortress Kuelap
We will spend the day at Fortress Kuelap known
as "the Machu Picchu of the North". Kuelap has
over 400 buildings inside 5 levels of walls and
is the largest stone structure of both Americas.
Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees
inside this undiscovered gigantic fortress that
equals Machu Picchu. On the way to Chachapoyas
we will check out the decorated towers of Macro
located on a cliff overlooking the Utcubamba
River. Overnight at a beautiful restored
Colonial Mansion, 3 star hostel. (B, BL, D)
Day 5: Chachapoyas/Tarapoto OR to Chiclayo
(BL)
Private transportation to Chiclayo (9 hours) for
your flight at 9:00 PM (B, BL)
Optional: transfer to Tarapoto instead of
Chiclayo. (9 hours) This adds a mountainous
Amazon aspect to this trip so this cross section
of Peru offers the world’s most extreme
geography and life and cultures adapted to the
world’s greatest rainforest, 2nd highest
mountains, and driest desert with 260 pyramids
like Egypt (Chiclayo). Airplane from Tarapoto
leaves the next day to Lima.
Ask for a quotation indicating name of the
tour, dates, passengers, ages
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