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Extension to Kuelap & Cajamarca
THE CHACHAPOYAS EXPLORER
Includes: Overland transportation, half day treks and horse back riding, accommodations and full board. AIRFARE IS NOT INCLUDED.
Fixed departures : Fixed departures departing from Chiclayo for 2008: June 14 & 28; July 12 & 26; Aug.09 & 23; Sep. 06 & 20; Oct. 04, & 18.
PLEASE CALL 1-800-327-0080
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| Call (203) 238-1251 for more information or to book today! Mention code 7417910 | | Tara Tours | | Offer valid through 12/31/2008 | | | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Chiclayo | CHICLAYO/CHACHAPOYAS : In the morning you will depart from Chiclayo by private car/bus with air conditioning. You will arrive in the late afternoon in Chachapoyas. Box lunch and dinner included. Overnight at Hostal El Chillo (L, D). | | Day 2 | Kuelap | KUELAP : 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. Box Lunch. Following your visit to Kuelap, you will return to Chillo for the night. On the way you will have the opportunity to stopover to observe the burial towers of Macro. an outpost of the Chachapoyas culture built into cliffs overlooking the Utcubamba River. It's unique location allowed for contact via signal fires with the fortress, high above in the mountains and visible through a cleft in the valley hills. Dinner and overnight at Hostal El Chillo (B, L, D). | | Day 3 | Chachapoyas | CHACHAPOYAS : In the morning, light trek to Macro, an outpost built into cliffs by the Chachapoyas culture, overlooking the Utcubamba River. Return to the hotel. After lunch, you will enjoy an excursion to visit the colorful funeral buildings of Revash perched on a ledge up high on a cliff. You will return to Chillo for the night. Dinner and overnight at Hostal El Chillo (B, L, D). | | Day 4 | Chachapoyas | CHACHAPOYAS : Morning visit the museum of Leimebamba with the pre-Inca mummies recently discovered in the Laguna de Los Condores. Then we will start a light trek to La Congona, a spectacular settlement pattern of the Chachapoyas. In this area you will be able to discover outstanding friezes and defensive towers still virgin in the jungle. After picnic lunch return to Chachapoyas for dinner and overnight at local hostal. (B/L/D) | | Day 5 | Celendin | CHACHAPOYAS/CELENDIN : This morning you will be driven to Celendin, crossing two cordilleras (mountain ranges) and several different habitats, such as cloud forests, agricultural lands, desert-like areas and the Maranon Canyon. Box lunch on the way. Overnight at Celendin Hotel (B, L, D).
Comments: The journey from Chachapoyas to Celendin, by way of Maranon Canyon, is one of Peru's most spectacular drives. The Maranon River forms one of the deepest canyons, and you descend through different ecosystems from over 10,000 feet in altitude to the town of Balsas at 4,000 feet. After crossing the river you ascend back through the various habitats to nearly 10,000 feet above sea level (B, L, D). | | Day 6 | Cajamarca | CELENDIN/CAJAMARCA : After breakfast, you begin the journey to Cajamarca. You will stop for lunch in this lovely colonial town. In the afternoon, you will have an excursion to the "Ventanillas de Otuzco", a Pre-Inka cemetery that features a gallery of secondary burial niches (located 5 miles from the city). Upon your return, you will enjoy a tour of Cajamarca. Farewell dinner and overnight at Hotel Laguna Seca (B, L, D).
Comments: Cajamarca was a major center of the Inka Empire. It is most famous for being the place of first contact between Pizarro (the Spanish Conqueror) and the Inka army, which he defeated in one-sided battle shortly thereafter and captured Atahualpa, the last of the independent Inka monarchs. Although the Inka city was razed to the ground, Cajamarca boasts many beautiful colonial buildings, as well as the Inka-era "Ranson Room", where Atahualpa was kept as a prisoner of the Spanish before being garroted. | | Day 7 | Lima | CAJAMARCA/LIMA : Transfer to the Cajamarca airport for your flight back to Lima (B). |
| | | Airfare not included (approximated cost from Lima to Chiclayo $200-250). |
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