TREK PROGRAM    5D/4N

DAY 1 CHACHAPOYAS - KARAJIA - BELEN
Early in the morning, you will be pickup from your hotel and transferred on private transportation to Karajia to see the sarcophagus, then to Cohechan, and trek down to Belen. This is an ancient glacial tarn above the nightly freeze line with a meandering river panorama extending for miles. Dinner and camping.

DAY 2 BELEN - CONGON VALLEY
Descend to Congon on a mile long Inca staircase past the ruins of La Pirquilla to a level of bananas and coffee in the Congon Valley. Dinner and camp.

DAY 3 CONGON VALLEY - CACAHUASHA - GRAN VILAYA
Hike to Cacahuasha, the mountain top ruins hidden by the cloud forest and covered with orchids and bromeliads in Gran Vilaya, found by the original Gene Savoy expedition. They claimed discovery of thousands of ancient round stone structures all in fortified citadels hidden in this cloud forest. Return to camp.

DAY 4 GRAN VILAYA - ABRA YUMAL - CHOCTAMAL
Cross the spine of the Cordillera Central on horseback through the cloud forest and the ancient Lanche citadel, looking down at the clouds. Despite missing pavement, all of these ancient roads were incredible engineered to follow the most efficient grade, and often with a buffer shoulder on the steep side. The Abra Yumal pass has views with clouds below where the main trunk Amazon River violently carved out a valley deeper than the Grand Canyon to enter the Amazon Basin. Supper, Jacuzzi and night at the Choctamal Marvelous Spatuletail Lodge

DAY 5 CHOCTAMAL - KUELAP - CHACHAPOYAS
You will spend the day at the Fortress of Kuelap known also as “The Northern Peru Engineering Masterpiece” Kuelap has over 400 buildings inside 3 levels of walls and is the largest stone structure of in America. Orchids and bromeliads cover the walls and trees inside this undiscovered gigantic fortress that equals Machu Picchu. On the way to Chachapoyas we will check out the decorated Platforms of Macro located on a cliff overlooking the Utcubamba River. Transfer to your hotel.