The owners of one of Chachapoyas' best coffee bars have extended their domain to Kuélap. This largely open-air cafe sits at the top of the cable car and offers the same hard-to-pass-up mix of sandwiches, coffee and cakes as the original location.
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0.62 MILES
Travelers have their heads literally in the clouds when visiting the walled jungle fortress Kuélap in the northern highlands of Peru – the gateway to the…
27.88 MILES
This 771m waterfall somehow escaped the notice of the Peruvian government, international explorers and prying satellite images until 2002, when German…
22.27 MILES
The mummies found at Laguna de los Cóndores are housed in the Museo Leimebamba, 5km south of town. The museum is owned by the local community and located…
13.59 MILES
The name Gran Vilaya refers to the bountiful valleys that spread out west of Chachapoyas, reaching toward the rushing Río Marañón. Abutting the humid…
9.23 MILES
This historic site protects several brightly colored funerary buildings tucked into limestone cliff ledges high above a valley near the town of Santo…
9.21 MILES
This largely unexcavated archaeological site dates from around AD 1100 and is located 17km south of Chachapoyas near the village of Levanto. A visit here…
19.72 MILES
This extraordinary funerary site hosts six sarcophagi perched high up a sheer cliff face. Each long-faced tomb is constructed from wood, clay and straw…
18.67 MILES
The most captivating of the many ancient ruins strewn around Leimebamba, La Congona is definitely worth the three-hour hike needed to get here. The flora…
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0.62 MILES
Travelers have their heads literally in the clouds when visiting the walled jungle fortress Kuélap in the northern highlands of Peru – the gateway to the…
9.21 MILES
This largely unexcavated archaeological site dates from around AD 1100 and is located 17km south of Chachapoyas near the village of Levanto. A visit here…
9.23 MILES
This historic site protects several brightly colored funerary buildings tucked into limestone cliff ledges high above a valley near the town of Santo…
13.59 MILES
The name Gran Vilaya refers to the bountiful valleys that spread out west of Chachapoyas, reaching toward the rushing Río Marañón. Abutting the humid…
14.01 MILES
This whitewashed church, officially known as the Catedral San Juan Bautista, sits on the Plaza de Armas. Its heavy black wooden doors rarely seem to open…
6. Instituto Nacional de Cultura Museo
14.09 MILES
This small museum on the Plaza de Armas houses mummies found throughout the region, plus ceramics from several pre-Columbian periods and one of the…
14.18 MILES
A 10-minute stroll northwest along Salamanca brings you to this modest lookout with a city panorama.
17.89 MILES
The tiny and agreeably unkempt village of Huancas (pronounced like the English ‘wankers’!) has a small artisan community making clay pots the old…