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CHACHAPOYAS
THE GRAN VILAYA TRIP
GENERAL
INFORMATION
The Department of Amazonas was the settling
of the Chachapoyas culture or Sachapuyos. This Inca road to the Machu Picchu
of Northern Peru is rated as one of the best trails in the country. You follow
major Inca roads by horseback, cross the Cordillera Central and descend to a level
of coffee farms. This birthplace of the Amazon River valley was first explored 20
years ago by Gene Savoy who claimed discovery of over twenty thousand stone structures
of the Cloud People.
The rock constructions, temples, fortresses, terraces, graves, ceramics and
cities, testify the advanced development reached by this civilization. The conclusion
is the Fortress of Kuelap, the largest building structure of the Americas containing
400 buildings. Kuelap is a larger scale of the many lost stone citadels in the Gran Vilaya.
These feature stone walls with 15 to 200 buildings, -- covered with bromeliads and
orchids are hidden in the cloud forest.
In 1475 the region was added to the Inca Empire, which later its conquered by
the Spaniards.
CLIMATE
The climate is relatively warm during the whole year; quite rainy between the months of November and
April; dry and warm between
May and October, advisable season to visit it. The annual minimum temperature
gets to 16°C . The annual maximum temperature varies from 25°C to 28°C.
ACCESS / APPROACH
By Land :
From Lima by the North Panamerican Highway
up to Chiclayo, going to the east to Olmos, Bagua Grande and arriving to
Chachapoyas.
Another alternative, is to take a flight Lima - Chiclayo and take a bus to Chachapoyas.
