Day 1:
Flight to Cajamarca, reception and transfer to your
hotel.
Day 2:
After breakfast, bus journey to Chachapoyas, the
capital of the Amazonas department. Arrival and transfer to
your hotel.
Day 3:
A full day's tour starting in the valley of Utcubamba
heading towards the village of Lamud. From here, at a distance,
you can see the standing mud coffins of Lamud decorated with
anthropomorphic reliefs and with feline paws and human heads.
The Sachapuyans, after placing the coffins in these strategic
locations on the cliffs, destroyed the paths which led to
them thus avoiding any disturbance of their dead. After lunch,
return to Chachapoyas.
Day 4:
Early departure from Chachapoyas to Tingo. Ascent to the ruins
of Kuelap, the huge fortress dominating the skyline above
the Amazonas landscape and hailed as the Machu Picchu of Northern
Peru. To get a good view of the whole complex, a climb to
the Kuelap watch-tower, where the gigantic outer walls and
the whole extension of this former fortress can be fully appreciated.
In the afternoon, return to Tingo and then to Chachapoyas.
Accommodation.
Day 5:
After breakfast, early bus to Cajamarca. Reception
and transfer to the airport for the flight back to Lima.
(Extra tours in Cajamarca and several treks around
Kuelap may be added to this program - please ask for further
details) .