Travel destinations Peru – History
Karajia
48 km west of Chachapoyas.
Altitude
2400 m.
Climate of the nearby city of Chachapoyas:
January: 19,6 °C / 9,4
°C, February: 19,5 °C
/ 9,7 °C, March: 19,3 °C
/ 9,9 °C, April: 19,9 °C
/ 9,7 °C, May: 20,1 °C
/ 9,2 °C, June:
19,8 °C
/ 8,3 °C, July: 19,4 °C
/ 7,7 °C, August: 20,0 °C
/ 7,5 °C, September: 20,1 °C
/ 8,5 °C, October: 20,4 °C
/ 9,1 °C, November:
21,0 °C
/ 9,1 °C, December: 20,9 °C
/ 9,1 °C.
January: 78 mm, February: 92 mm, March: 137 mm, April: 82 mm, May: 34 mm,
June: 20
mm, July: 21 mm, August: 20 mm, September: 54 mm, October: 85 mm, November:
82 mm,
December: 745 mm.
Average relative humidity
Annual average: 74%.
Source of statistical data: Senamhi.
Foto: ANDINA.
13 days / 12 nights
Round trip: Lima, Chiclayo,
Chachapoyas, Karajía, Kuelap, Leymebamba, Gocta, Tarapoto, Lamas, Lago
Lindo, Laguna Azul, Tarapoto, Lima.
6 days / 5 nights
From Chiclayo on the coast to the
mountains where the Chachapoyas people once lived, to get to know
witnesses of their culture and architecture and to marvel at the third
largest waterfall in the world. Drive through the mountain jungle to
Tarapoto.
4 days / 3 nights
From Chiclayo to Chachapoyas, Karajia,
Choctamal, Kuelap Fortress, back to Chiclayo.
5 days / 4 nights
From Cajamarca via Celendin to
Leymebamba with the «Museo Centro Malqui» that houses the mummies from
lake «Laguna de los Cóndores», Choctamal, the Kuelap Fortress,
Chachpoyas, Karajia, Chiclayo.
The sarcophagi of Karajia are unique tombs of the Chachapoyas culture
(1100 to 1300 AD) in human form, up to 2½ m high. They are on an enormous,
vertical cliff, which is extremely difficult to access.
Geographical location
Average high and low temperature
Average rainfall
Travel programs:
PTW-PER006
Northern
Peru
PTW-CHK007
Chachapoyas – history and nature
PTW-CHK002
Highlights of the
Chachapoyas culture
PTW-CHK005
Archaeological
tour in the Utcubamba valley
