Exploring the Lost Kingdoms

Reception at the airport and move to Casa Andina - Hotel.
A night in Lima

Move to the airport and flight to Tarapoto – Reception and transfer to the hotel. At the indicated time, visit the town of Lamas, which is located 30 minutes from Tarapoto. This city is known for its immense cultural value, stop at the main square, visit the Lamas Viewpoint and Castle, visit the Wayku neighborhood, where you can share with the Quechua-speaking native people and dance their representative dances with them. Return to Tarapoto, hotel, overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel, approximately 2-hour trip to the wonderful Laguna Azul, motorboat ride through the lagoon, optional horseback riding, rowing canoes, lunch at a tourist restaurant in front of the lagoon, we will visit the Dos de Mayo village where You can buy souvenirs, try delicious drinks and typical stews. At the appropriate time, return to Tarapoto, transfer to the hotel.

Reception at the airport or hotel, departure by private vehicle to the city of Chachapoyas. On the route through the Alto Mayo valley we will enjoy a magnificent landscape that will make us cross from the Amazonian plains to the first Andean foothills, box lunch. Arrival in Chachapoyas, staying at the hotel, overnight.

Travel time: 8 hrs.

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the town of Cocachimba, one hour from Chachapoyas, on the way we will pause to observe the Pitaya Petroglyphs, these were made using the scraping technique, minutes later we will arrive at the town of Cocachimba, from there we will begin a hike for two hours to the Gocta Waterfall (771 meters high, considered the third highest in the world). On the way, we will observe sugar cane cultivation fields, the flora and fauna of the place, with the constant view of the Gocta Waterfall, we will arrive at the Gocta Waterfall. Sighting, taking photographs, etc., return to the town of Cocachimba, typical lunch, in the afternoon return to the city of Chachapoyas.
4:00 o 5:00 p.m.: Arrive at Chachapoyas, transfer to the hotel, overnight.

Breakfast, departure in bus to the Tingorbamba canyon, starting point of our walk to the archaeological zone of Pueblo de los Muertos, it is composed of mausoleums, funerary sarcophagi and cave paintings. Return to Lamud for lunch, in the afternoon we will head to the town. Cruzpata, a few minutes walk away (25 min), are the Karajia sarcophagi, unique burials in the world whose anthropomorphic tombs contain a mummy, each sarcophagus, located on large rocky cliffs, transfer to Chachapoyas. Overnight.

Breakfast, departure to the fortified citadel of Kuelap, after about 40 minutes. In bus, we will arrive at the archaeological zone of Macro, observation and explanation of the housing complex, we will arrive at the citadel of Kuelap located over 3000 meters above sea level, we will visit different places such as ceremonial enclosures, the main temple, south platform, circular rooms decorated with friezes . , the upper town in the lower town etc. Lunch, transfer to the Chillo Lodge facilities. Overnight

Breakfast, we will leave early towards Leymebamba and Cajamarca. On the route, visit the Museum of the Mallqui center, whose interiors are kept more than 2000 objects, 119 mummies and an interesting collection of Quipus material recovered and brought from the Mausoleums of the Condor Lagoon, the museum also exhibits ceramic textiles and weapons of ancient Peruvian cultures, continuing with the tour we will cross the Calla Calla mountain range (4000m high) and then plunge into the deep canyon of the Marañón River that runs 3000m below. We will pass through a large number of ecological floors and incredible landscapes that only the Andes mountain range can give us. Overnight in a hotel in Cajamarca.

Breakfast, visit of the city built of volcanic stone. We started by visiting the historic Plaza de Armas, then the Cathedral, the San Francisco church and the chapel of the Virgen de los Dolores, the Belén church, the old Men's Hospital and the Women's Hospital where an Archaeological Museum currently operates. After visiting the “Rescue Room”, the place where the Inca Atahualpa was held prisoner. We finish the city tour with the ascent to the Santa Apolonia hill, to see the “Silla del Inca” and have a panoramic view of the entire city of Cajamarca. Lunch, in the afternoon visit to the necropolis of Otusco, known as “ventanillas”, then we go to the Baños del Inca, a tourist site of hot springs, historic for being a recreation site of Atahualpa. The pool where the Inca bathed is preserved from this time. Transfer to the hotel, overnight.

Breakfast, start of the excursion to Cumbemayo, on the route we will be able to observe the remains of the archaeological site of Layzón. After 20 km. On the way we arrived at Cumbemayo from where Los Frailones can be seen, we visit the small Site Museum. We will walk through the entire complex, which will take us around 3 hours, where we will find the famous rock forests or “frailones”, petroglyphs, sacrificial stone, sanctuary and the aqueduct (one of the most important works of hydraulic engineering in America pre-Columbian). Transfer to the airport or bus station.