Travel destinations Peru – History

Kuelap

Kuelap is the pre-eminent structure of the Chachapoyas culture, has over 400 buildings within three surrounding walls and is the largest stone structure in South America. Orchids and bromeliads cover walls and trees inside the fort.

Altitude

3000 m.

Average temperature

January: 18 °C / 8 °C, February: 16 °C / 8 °C, March: 17 °C / 8 °C, April: 17 °C / 8 °C, May: 17 °C / 7 °C, June: 17 °C / 7 °C, July: 16 °C / 5 °C, August: 17 °C / 6 °C, September: 17 °C / 7 °C, October: 17 °C / 8 °C, November: 18 °C / 8 °C, December: 17°C, / 8 °C.

Source of statistical data: NOAA.

Photo: ANDINA.

Travel programs:

		PTW-PER006 Northern Peru 13 days / 12 nights Round trip: Lima, Chiclayo, Chachapoyas, Karajía, Kuelap, Leymebamba, Gocta, Tarapoto, Lamas, Lago Lindo, Laguna Azul, Tarapoto, Lima.
		PTW-CHK007 Chachapoyas – history and nature 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.
		PTW-CHK001 Adventures of Chachapoyas 5 days / 3 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 (Huancas, Levanto, Kuelap).
		PTW-CHK002 Highlights of the Chachapoyas culture 4 days / 3 nights From Chiclayo to Chachapoyas, Karajia, Choctamal, Kuelap Fortress, back to Chiclayo.
		PTW-CHK004 Expedition Laguna de los Cóndores 8 days / 7 nights 219 mummies were discovered at the inaccessible lake «Laguna de los Cóndores». Strenuous tour following a secondary Inca trail to a beautiful crystal clear mountain lake. The mausoleum on a rock face high above the lake.
		PTW-CHK005 Archaeological tour in the Utcubamba valley 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.