Travel destinations Peru – Nature

Laguna de los Cóndores

A burial site with over 200 mummies of the Chachapoyas culture was discovered on a steep slope at the lake «Laguna de los Cóndores» or «Laguna de las Momias». These mummies are now in the museum in Leymebamba.

Geographical location

93 km south of Chachapoyas.

Altitude

2600 m.

Climate of the nearby city of Leymebamba:

Average temperature

January: 16,9 °C, February: 16,6 °C, March: 16,6 °C, April: 16,7 °C, May: 16,3 °C, June: 15,5 °C, July: 15,5 °C, August: 15,6 °C, September: 16,2 °C, October: 16,9 °C, November: 17,0 °C, December: 17,1 °C.

Average high and low temperature

January: 22,7 °C / 11,1 °C, February: 22,3 °C / 11,0 °C, March: 22,1 °C / 11,1 °C, April: 22,5 °C / 10,9 °C, May: 22,8 °C / 9,9 °C, June: 22,5 °C / 8,6 °C, July: 22,6 °C / 8,5 °C, August: 22,7 °C / 8,5 °C, September: 22,8 °C / 9,7 °C, October: 23,1 °C / 10,7 °C, November: 23,5 °C / 10,5 °C, December: 23,6 °C / 10,6 °C.

Average rainfall

January: 80 mm, February: 92 mm, March: 125 mm, April: 92 mm, May: 40 mm, June: 23 mm, July: 24 mm, August: 21 mm, September: 50 mm, October: 96 mm, November: 83 mm, December: 80 mm.

Source of statistical data: www.climate-data.org

Travel programs:

		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.