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Day 1: Transfer from Jaen Airport to Chachapoyas
We pick you up at the Jaén airport and then drive for 4 hours in a private minivan along the banks of the Marañón and Utcubamba river to the city of Chachapoyas.
Day 2: Kuelap Fortress with Cable Car (8:30 AM – 5:00 PM)
After a one hour drive along the Utcubamba canyon we will reach the Archaeological Site of Macro. 10 minutes later we arrive at the cable car station. After a 10 minutes bus ride we board the cable car, the first and only in Peru, and enjoy 20 minutes (4 kilometers) of breathtaking views of the Andes. We will arrive at the tourist center from which you we walk 20 minutes to the pre-Inca archaeological site of Kuelap. You will have a guided tour of 3 hours inside the fortress. After our visit, we return with cable cars to New Tingo where we will have lunch before returning to spend the night in a hotel in Chachapoyas.
Day 3: Gocta Falls 771 Mts (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
We will drive for one hour along the Valley of Utcubamba river before arriving at the Community of Cocachimba (2,000 m). You will hike (and / or ride a horse) for about two and a half hours, 6 km, to the waterfall. When we arrive to the base of the waterfall you will have some time to yourself to take photos and enjoy the breathtaking views. The walk back to the community should take us 2 hours. We will have lunch in Cocachimba and return to spend the night in a hotel in Chachapoyas.
Day 4: Sarcofagi of Karajía & The Quiocta Cave (8:00 AM – 6:30 PM)
We will drive almost 2 hours to the Andean community of Cruz Pata (2,700 m) and walk for 25 minutes (2 km) to reach the Sarcophagi of Karajía, unique to the world for its particular construction. These funerary statues located on top of a mountain are the highest form of funerary expression of the Chachapoya culture. After our visit we will drive for 1 hour to the district of Lamud, where we will have lunch. Afterwards, we will drive half-an-hour more to visit the Quiocta cave (2,700 m). More than half a kilometer deep, the cavern offers different rock formations, stalactites, and stalagmite in seven different chambers to explore. We will return to the hotel in Chachapoyas after the visit.
Day 5: Chachapoyas – Jaén Airport
At the agreed time, we leave Chachapoyas and travel to Jaén in a minivan for your flight.
