This marvelous
forttress of Kuelap, located about 3,000
meters above sea level in the department of
Amazonas, has unique features and cannot be
compared with any of Peru's other
archeological remains. Its name comes from a
distortion of the word "Cónlap", the name of
the people who inhabited the area and paid
tributes to the Spaniards in 1591.
Kuelap
consists of a series of embankments, 15 to
20 meters wide, above which rise towering
inclined walls. Particularly outstanding are
its entrances; built in the shape of funnels
with an outer width of three meters and
seventy centimeters of inner width. Some
scientists maintain that the city,
discovered in 1841 by a Judge of the First
Instance, Juan Crisostomo Nieto, was
inhabited between 500 and 1,000 AD and that
25 million cubic meters of material could
have been used in its construction, three
times the volume of the great pyramid of
Keops in Egypt.
The
inhabitants of Kuelap had abandoned their
city en masse, long before the arrival of
the Spaniards, for reasons that are, to this
day, still unknown. Italian scientist,
Antonio Raimondi, who in 1860 was the first
to study the area, discovered the skeleton
of a man two meters tall and skulls with
blonde hair at the site; a mystery unsolved
to this day.
There is still
a great deal to discover and investigate at
Kuelap. Meanwhile, this city, 584 meters
long and 110 meters wide with 20 meter high
walls, continues under a veil of enigma and
mystery that envelopes all those who visit
it.
DESCRIPTION OF
THE PROGRAM
DAY 01: Chiclayo/Chachapoyas
In the morning
you will depart from Chiclayo by private
car. You will arrive in the late afternoon
in Chachapoyas. Box lunch and dinner
included. Overnight at Hostal El Chillo.
DAY 02: Chachapoyas
After
breakfast you will enjoy an excursion by
horse to visit the colourful Funeral sites
of Revash perched on a ledge high up on a
cliff. Box Lunch. Then you will continue to
Leimebamba to visit an amazing collection of
pre-Inca mummies discovered in the Laguna de
los Condores or Condor Lake.
DAY 03: Chachapoyas
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
Chachapoyas for the night. Dinner and
overnight at Hostal El Chillo.
DAY 04: Chachapoyas/Chiclayo.
After an early
breakfast you will return to Chiclayo by
road. Box Lunch included. Late afternoon
arrival and transfer to your hotel.
INCLUDED:
03 Nights
accomodation at the El Chillo Hostel (Category
3*)
Bilingual
Guide: Spanish / English
Transfers
mentioned in this programme in private
transport
All meals
included
Entrance
Ticket
NOT INCLUDED:
International and Domestic flights (Lima
/ Chiclayo / Lima: US$ 294 aprox.)
Airport
taxes ($30.25 for international flights
and $6.05 for domestic flights)
Baggage
excess
Alcoholic
drinks, soda or bottled mineral water
Personal
expenses
Tips
International or National personal
telephone calls
Additional
nights for bad weather o flight
cancellation
