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KUELAP FORTRESS AND THE PRE-COLUMBIAN CHACHAPOYAS CULTURE
5 DAYS:  LIMA, CHICLAYO AND CHACHAPOYAS


Day 01 CHICLAYO - CHACHAPOYAS
In the morning you will depart from Chiclayo by private car/bus. Arrive in Chachapoyas in the late afternoon. Boxed lunch and dinner included.

Day  02  CHACHAPOYAS
After breakfast we will enjoy a horse back excursion to visit the colorful funeral buildings of Revash perched on a ledge up high on a cliff.  Boxed Lunch.  Continue to Leimebamba to visit an amazing collection of pre-Inca mummies discovered in the Laguna de los Condores.

Day 03 CHACHAPOYAS
After breakfast you will visit Kuelap, a spectacular pre-Inca walled city hidden atop a precipitous mountain. Although Kuelap was discovered 60 years before Machu Picchu, it is not as well known to the outside world. Nevertheless recent amazing discoveries in nearby areas that relate to Kuelap and to its history have captured the attention of archaeologists, international magazines and film companies. Boxed lunch. Following your visit to Kuelap, you will return to Chillo for the night.  On the way you will have the opportunity to stop to observe the burial towers of Macro, an outpost of the Chachapoyas culture built into cliffs overlooking the Utcubamba River. Its unique location allowed to contact via signal fires with the fortress, high above in the mountains and visible through a cleft in the valley hills. 

Day 04 CHACHAPOYAS
Morning trek to the Chachapoyas burial towers of Macro. Afternon free for relaxation or taking an optional tour to Karajia and the mysterious Sarcophagi carved into the hillside.

Day 05  CHACHAPOYAS - CHICLAYO
After breakfast land transportation back to Chiclayo. Boxed Lunch included. Arrive in Chiclayo in the late afternoon ending at your hotel. You may continue on the extension of your choice.

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