On March 22, 2006 German explorer Stefan Ziemendorff reports he has found the third highest waterfall in the world located in the isolated northern jungle near Chachapoyas.

In a two hours trek you can see a pristine cloud forest jungle.   Passion fruit vines in the canopy have year around fruit that sustains a colony of monkeys and varieties of birds feeding on this fruit.  You can see a variety of medical plants, hummingbirds, toucans, monkeys, and butterflies.

The height of 771 meters is thought to be relatively accurate, though Ziemendorff suspects the true figure could be within 13 meters in either direction.  The falls has a regular to high volume of flow becoming an immensely powerful waterfall during the rainy season. However unlike other world class waterfalls, it doesn’t dry up in the dry season.

Day 1 Tarapoto

Airport pick up in Tarapoto and night in Puerto Palmeras Resort.

Day 2 Tarapoto-Chachapoyas

We will visit Lamas, located at only 22 km from Tarapoto City.  The Lamistas are descendants of the Chancas who defeated by the Incas when trying to invade Cusco, fled to the jungle for shelter.  Lamistas still maintain their traditions and Quechua language. Before lunch will visit an orchid display . We will see jungle complex with variety of animals from the area and have a typical lunch in a jungle setting.  We will spend the night in a 3 star hotel in Chachapoyas Colonial Mansion.  (B,L)

Day 3 Chachapoyas – Gocta – Choctamal

Private transportation to within  two hours hike to El Mirador where you can observe the Gocta waterfall   During the hike you will be able to observe variety of hummingbirds, toucans, birds, flowers, monkeys and other species from the region.   Night in Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge (B, L, D)

Day 4  Choctamal – Kuelap – Chachapoyas

We will spend the day at Fortress Kuelap known as "the Machu Picchu of the North". Kuelap has over 400 buildings inside 3 levels of walls, and is the largest stone structure in all South America.  Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress.  On the way to Chachapoyas we will observe the platforms of Macro located on a cliff overlooking the Utcubamba River.    Overnight in beautiful Colonial Mansion, 3 star hostel.  (B, BL)

Day 5 Chachapoyas – Chiclayo

Early departure to Chiclayo and transfer to airport for your evening flight to Lima.  (B, BL)

RATES:

2 paxes: US $ 986 p.p.
4 paxes or more: US $ 848 p.p.

THE TOUR INCLUDES:

• All entrance fees                                                                       
  
• Transfers to airport or bus station
  
• Meals where noted in the program                                                        
  
• All transportation specified in the program
  
• Transfer between cities
  
• Hotels specified in the program
  
• Bilingual guide 

NOT INCLUDED:

• Alcoholic beverages
  
• Airport taxes
  
• Internal flights (we can provide upon request)
  
• Gratuities

 

Legends say the Chachapoyans were tall fair skin warriors, and they built their fortified cities on top mountains all over the mysterious Dept. of Amazonas.  This trip (segment) offers Americas’ largest & most mysterious fortress, with soaring stonewalls inside of walls, built to stop the advance of an empire.  You will also see the 2nd largest fortress and the Inca Military Garrison guarding the empire’s major crossroads. Walk downhill on perhaps the Inca’s best un-restored highway. This trip offers the world’s driest desert and thousands of mini-ecological zones with natives, plants and animals adapted to each extreme. No other zone offers Americas’ greatest varieties and most advanced ancient Indian culture. --- Optional extra day, leave by Tarapoto with trekking and boating in the Amazon rainforest.

DAY 1 Chiclayo-Chachapoyas

Airport pick up service in Chiclayo, see beautiful panoramas on trip to Chachapoyas.  Night in colonial mansion, 3 star hostel.  (BL)

DAY 2 Chachapoyas – Huancas-Levanto

Visit Sonche Canon, an Inca Mitima village, (the residents were transplants from Huanuco in the Inca heartland to pacify the rebellious Cloud People.)  Huancas main business is making pottery since ancient times, providing for the entire zone.  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 as old as Lima with its high-carved altar. We will go to the fortified ruins of Yalape overlooking the city.  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 west 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 Levanto – Choctamal

Inca Trail to Chachapoyas (3 hours downhill), lunch in Chachapoyas and night in our Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge located in the road to Kuelap, where you can observe hummingbirds and variety of orchids. (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 3 levels of walls, and is the largest stone structure in the Americas.  Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. On the way to Chachapoyas we will observe the platforms of Macro located on a cliff overlooking the Utcubamba River.    Overnight in restored Colonial Mansion, 3 star hostel.  (B, L)

DAY 5  Chachapoyas/Chiclayo

Early departure to Chiclayo and transfer to airport for your evening flight to Lima.  (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 an extreme geography and life and cultures adapted to the world’s greatest rainforest, 2nd highest mountains. Airplane from Tarapoto leaves at night.

Extra price: Night in Puerto Palmeras Resort. Tarapoto.

 
RATES:

2 paxes: US$  913  p.p.
4 paxes or more: US$ 767  p.p.

THE TOUR INCLUDES:

• All entrance fees                                                                      
  
• Transfers to airport or bus station
  
• Meals where noted in the program                                                     
  
• All transportation specified in the program
  
• Transfer between cities
  
• Hotels specified in the program
  
• Bilingual guide 

NOT INCLUDED:

• Alcoholic beverages
  
• Airport taxes
  
• Internal flights (we can provide upon request)
  
• Gratuities

 

Tarapoto – Moyobamba – Chachapoyas - Chiclayo
(Includes the JUNGLE, ANDES AND DESERT COAST)

(EASY)  SUITABLE FOR RETIREES, FAMILIES, USING HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, PRIVATE VEHICLE, AND ONLY LIGHT DAY WALKS  

Northern Peru offers the world’s most extreme geography:  its greatest rainforest, driest desert, and 2nd highest mountains. These offer thousands of mini-ecological zones with natives, plants and animals adapted to each zone.
Tarapoto and Moyobamba transitions from the Basin to mountain jungles & huge waterfalls.  Kuelap is the “Machu Picchu of Northern Peru” with Peru’s most mysterious and largest variety of ruins in the Andes. We have many of the world’s most exotic and almost extinct hummingbird that we are working to preserve at our lodges.

Day 1   Tarapoto

Airport pick up service in Tarapoto on the marginal jungle edge. Spend the night at the luxury resort Puerto Palmeras.

Day 2 Tarapoto-Chachapoyas

We will visit Lamas, located at only 22 km from Tarapoto City.  The Lamistas are descendants of the Chancas who defeated by the Incas when trying to invade Cusco, fled to the jungle for shelter.  Lamistas still maintain their traditions and Quechua language. Before lunch will visit an orchid display . We will see jungle complex with variety of animals from the area and have a typical lunch in a jungle setting.  We will spend the night in a 3 star hotel in Chachapoyas Colonial Mansion.  (B,L)

Day 3  Chachapoyas – Levanto-Choctamal

Private transportation to Levanto (1 hr), the most significant city of the Inca and colonial Spanish era. Twenty minute walk up to explore the Yalape ruins. See the restored Inca Garrison built to guard this major hub of Inca roads radiating out over 2000 miles from here. Spend afternoon in Levanto where we donated a ceramics kiln to the community to reproduce pottery in the ancient style. Optional 3-hours downhill walk on perhaps Peru’s best un-restored Inca highway.  We stay the night at the Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge high in the cloud forest looking down at the clouds and fortress Kuelap.  (B, BL, D)

Day 4  Choctamal–Kuelap-Chachapoyas

We will spend the day at Fortress Kuelap known as "the Machu Picchu of the North". Kuelap has over 400 buildings inside 3  levels of walls, and is the largest stone structure in all the Americas.  Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress. On the way to Chachapoyas we will observe the platforms of Macro located on a cliff overlooking the Utcubamba River.    Overnight in restored Colonial Mansion, 3 star hostel.  (B, L)

Day 5  Chachapoyas-Chiclayo

Transfer to airport of Chiclayo for your evening flight to Lima.  (B, BL)

RATES:

2  paxes: US$ 913 p. p
4 paxes or more: US$ 785 p.p.


THE TOUR INCLUDES:

• All entrance fees                                                                      
  
• Transfers to airport or bus station
  
• Meals where noted in the program                                                     
  
• All transportation specified in the program
  
• Transfer between cities
  
• Hotels specified in the program
  
• Bilingual guide 

NOT INCLUDED:

• Gratuities
  
• Alcoholic beverages
  
• Airport taxes
  
• Internal flights (we can provide upon request)

 

Cajamarca, Chachapoyas, Chiclayo

Pizarro’s tiny band of conquistadores and horses marched to Cajamarca, the city of destiny.  Here they captured the world’s largest empire, and in the Inca’s cell, they filled it 3 times with gold and silver.
We cross the main trunk Amazon where it leaves the world’s 2nd highest mountains to enter the domain of the Chachapoyan Cloud People.  This newly accessible zone was the Andes most fortified and mysterious with the highest density of ruins. On a high mountain, Fortress Kuelap is the largest building of the Americas.
We end our tour in Chiclayo where America’s most advanced civilization lived on the world’s driest desert with 26 pyramids.   The Lord of Sipan was recently discovered in a pyramid that was America’s richest gold-filled tomb.

Day 1  Cajamarca – Leymebamba

Airport pick up service in Cajamarca . Our bus climbs the sweeping cold cordillera and descends into an oven dry valley to cross the main trunk Marañon River.  Here a coastal Chimu Colony uses their irrigation skills to grow exotic tropical fruits in a micro ecological system. We go up to Leymebamba to spend the night.  (B, BL)

Day 2 Leymebamba –Museum Centro Mallqui– Choctamal

Now we get to see Peru's brand new Centro Mallqui Museum that the Austrians donated for this unique 1998 discovery at Lake of the Condors (you have seen on the Discovery Channel). The 219 mummies are here along with many artifacts. On the way to Choctamal we will see the Revash Ruins.  Night in our Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge gateway to Kuelap and Gran Vilaya). (B, BL, D)

Day 3 Choctamal- Kuelap – Chachapoyas

We will spend the day at Fortress Kuelap known as "the Machu Picchu of the North". Kuelap has over 400 buildings inside 3 levels of walls, and is the largest stone structure of the Americas.  Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this fortress.  On the way to Chachapoyas we will observe the platforms of Macro located on a cliff overlooking the Utcubamba River.    Overnight in a restored Colonial Mansion, 3 star hostel.  (B, L)

Day 4 Chachapoyas – Karajia,Pinchourco

We will go to the 8-foot high funeral sarcophagus of Karajia on a cliff, resembling statues of Easter Island and continue with our route of the condors with 30 newly discovered sarcophagi.  Night in Colonial Mansion. (B, BL)

Day 5 Chachapoyas – Chiclayo

Transfer to Chiclayo for your evening flight to Lima.  (B, BL)

RATES:

2  paxes: US$ 1,006 p.p. 
4  paxes or more: US$ 841 p.p.

THE TOUR INCLUDES:

• All entrance fees                                                                      
  
• Transfers to airport or bus station
  
• Meals where noted in the program                                                     
  
• All transportation specified in the program
  
• Transfer between cities
  
• Hotels specified in the program
  
• Bilingual guide  

NOT INCLUDED:

• Gratuities                                                                                 
  
• Alcoholic beverages
  
• Airport taxes
  
• Internal flights (we can provide upon request)

 

Peru is very famous of the shamans and sacred places. In this opportunity the mysticism is inviting you to clean your body, purify your soul and get protection from the Apus.

DAY 1 Chiclayo-Sipan

This day we are going to visit the Lord of Sipan Museum. In the afternoon we will have a baño de florecimiento to purify your body.  Night in Chiclayo.(BL)

DAY 2 Chiclayo-Choctamal

Private transportation to Chachapoyas.  We will see beautiful panoramas on our trip to the unspoiled city of Chachapoyas.  Night in beautiful Colonial Mansion, 3 star hostel.  (B, BL, D)

DAY 3 Choctamal-Sacred Place-Choctamal

Four hours horse back expedition to visit  sacred place up in the mountains.  Return to Choctamal Lodge to spend the night.   (B, BL, D)

DAY 4 Choctamal-Kuelap-Chachapoyas

We will spend the day at Fortress Kuelap known also as “The Northern Peru Engineering Masterpiece”.  Kuelap has over 400 buildings inside 3 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. On the way to Chachapoyas we will check out the decorated Platforms of Macro located on a cliff overlooking the Utcubamba River.  Overnight in a restored Colonial Mansion. (B, BL)

DAY 5 Chachapoyas - Tarapoto

Transfer to Tarapoto airport for your flight to Lima.  (B,BL)

RATES:

2 paxes: US$ 1,614 p. p
4 paxes or more: US$ 1,461 p. p

THE TOUR INCLUDES:

• All entrance fees                                                                      
  
• Transfers to airport or bus station
  
• Meals where noted in the program                                                     
  
• All transportation specified in the program
  
• Transfer between cities
  
• Hotels specified in the program
  
• Bilingual guide 

NOT INCLUDED:

• Gratuities                                                                                 
  
• Alcoholic beverages
  
• Airport taxes
  
• Internal flights (we can provide upon request)