FROM THE AMAZON IN SEARCH OF KUÉLAP AND GOCTA – VIP
- Category
- Location
- Difficulty
- Days04
- Nights03
- Staying2-3 stars hotel
- TransportationBus
- Max Height3.000 masl
- Touristic GuideIncluded
Difficulty
Staying
Transportation
Max Height
Touristic Guide
Reception at the airport or hotel, departure by private vehicle to the town of Cocachimba, where the Gocta Lodge is located. On the route visiting the city of Moyobamba, Wakanqui orchid garden, crossing the Alto Mayo we will enjoy a magnificent landscape that will take us from the Amazonian plains to the first Andean foothills, box lunch type lunch.
Arrival at Cocachimba and installation at the lodge.
Travel time: 8 hrs.
Breakfast, walk to reach the Gocta Waterfall, which is considered the third highest waterfall in the world with 771 m high. This walk will take us through a mountain forest landscape that is home to a great variety of flora and fauna, free time to enjoy the place, return to the lodge, lunch, rest of the afternoon free, overnight.
Trekking time: 4 hrs.
Breakfast, at the indicated time we will move to the Kuelap fortified citadel, after about 45 minutes we will arrive at the archaeological zone of Macro, observation and explanation of the housing complex built on the slope of a hill, then we will move to the town of Nuevo Tingo, later to the boarding station and exit platform to board the first cable car system in Peru, these take us on a 20-minute trip along 4 kilometers, we arrive at Malca Pampa, then we will walk for about 20 minutes, to enter Kuelap, in this place a professional guide with extensive experience will explain the historical process of Kuelap during the 3-hour visit, we visit different places such as ceremonial enclosures, the main temple, circular rooms, etc. Return by cable car, then we will enjoy lunch and return to the city of Chachapoyas.
Travel time: 5 hrs.
Visit time: 3 hrs.
Breakfast, transfer in private transportation to Tarapoto, visit the Huembo private conservation area, which is the observation center for the paddle-tailed hummingbird, sighting of the Pomacochas lagoon, lunch in Rioja.
Arrival at Tarapoto and transfer to hotel or airport.
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Travel time: 8-9 hrs.
You can add more days or replace one of the visits with the following excursion: Tours to the Revash Mausoleums and Leymebamba Museum. Ask us.