| Route | First Bus | Last Bus | |
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| Chachapoyas to Chiclayo | 18:00 | 20:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Chachapoyas to Lima | 13:00 | 13:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Chachapoyas to Cajamarca | 19:00 | 19:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Chachapoyas to Lambayeque | 18:00 | 19:00 | BOOK NOW |
| Route | First Bus | Last Bus | |
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| Chiclayo to Chachapoyas | 18:30 | 20:30 | BOOK NOW |
| Cajamarca to Chachapoyas | 17:30 | 17:30 | BOOK NOW |
| Lima to Chachapoyas | 14:00 | 14:40 | BOOK NOW |
| Huaura to Chachapoyas | 17:40 | 18:40 | BOOK NOW |
-The best season to visit Chachapoyas is from May to November.-There are several important dates that are celebrated those days and you can participate in, as the Tourist Week of the Chachapoyas, beginning of June.
- Since it’s located between the mountains and the beginning of the jungle, the climate is mild, cold and warm, with a maximum average temperature of 23 ºC (68 ºF) and a minimum of 13 ºC (51 ºF).-The rainy season goes from December to April. If you travel in this period, don’t you forget a raincoat.
Chachapoyas is an Amazonian city located in the North-East of Peru, close to the Utcubamba river. Chachapoyas history is full of events, because it was the crib of the Chachapoyas culture, which was dominated by the incas during the pre-Hispanic period. It was during the colonization period that where built a lot of monuments and buildings that still exist nowadays and are part of the architectural appeal of the city. It's one of the oldest cities of Peru and also one of the first to be t... ransformed in a capital of department, after the Independence wars. Inside the city you will have the chance of visiting the Plaza de Armas, which colonial charm transcends the time barriers through the mansions that surround it. There is also the Pozo de Yanacu (a well), whose waters have the power of making fall in love of Chachapoyas beauty to everyone that drinks them. Another places to visit on the outskirts of the city is the archaeological remains of Yalapé and the Cóndores lagoon.
View MoreLocation: Jr. Ayacucho 520
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
A traditional place with classic and friendly aspect. There you will find all the variety of Amazonian drinks at a good rate, discovering the most exotic flavors of drinks as the chuchuhuasi or the maracuya liquor.
Location: Jr. Dos de Mayo 551
Location: Jr. Bolivar
Location: Hermosura 676
Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Price: s/ 10 on average
As the name describes it, it’s the place where is prepared the best cecina in varied dishes and combinations. You will also find other plates typical of the amazonian cooking, but they are specialized in plates with cecina. The atmosphere inside the restaurant is welcoming and classic, since it’s located inside a beautiful mansion; the staff service is something to stand out. If you are a gastronomy adventurous ask the arroz chaufa con cecina, a delicious dish of recent creation.
Location: Jr. La Merced 604
Hours: 2:00 p.m. - 11:50 p.m.
Price: s/ 45 on average
The cooking experience of the Amazon river and its creativity wait for you at this restaurant with original plates of typical gourmet food, where tradition, flavors and tendences are combined. You will be satisfied with the unique plates as the arroz cremoso con pato montado, el cuy salvaje a la parrilla, or el spaguetti a la ceja brava. They also have a variety of drinks, but not so good as the dishes. The cheff’s recommendation is trucha sellada al ajonjoli.
Location: Jr. 2 de Mayo 728
Hours: 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Price: doesn’t say
The menu of this restaurant is limited, but the flavor and quality of the pizzas is great. The staff service is good and pizzas don’t take long time to be served. The most you will enjoy at this restaurant is the rural atmosphere and the artisan preparation of pizzas on firewood that gives this special and unique flavor.
Location: Jr. Santo Domingo 424
Hours: doesn’t say
Price: doesn’t say
The decoration of the inside will help you to enjoy this delicious and abundant food. You will have the option of choosing among local gastronomy combinations and from other regions of Peru; there is a great variety of dishes on their menu. If you come for lunch time at this restaurant, we recommend you to come early because the place is full quickly and the best day menus are finished easily. If you don’t decide what you want to eat, we recommend you the lomo saltado.
Location: Jr. Amazonas
Hours: all day
Price: free entrance
In the downtown heart, the Plaza maintains its colonial tradition, surrounded by mansions of classic architecture (some of them are hotels or shops). It’s the departure point of your adventure, since from the Plaza you have access to all the services for tourists and all of the tourist attractions inside the city.
Location: Jr. Amazonas, cuadra 3
Hours: all day
Price: free entrance
It’s a urban space where there is monument that commemorates the Batalla de Urcos (1821). In the center of the Plaza there are civic ceremonies, where you can appreciate the crossed arches, that symbolize freedom and 3 busts that commemorate the heroes Miguel Grau, Francisco Bolognesi and José Abelardo Quiñones.
Location: at 2296 feet (700 meters) to the west of the Plaza de Armas
Hours: 6:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Price: free entrance
It’s also known as the Love fountain; Yanayacu comes from the quechua words “yana” (black) and “yacu” (water), that put together mean “black water”. The legend tells that Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo drove his stick into a stone to make arise miraculously the water in an area of constant drought. Since that day the well’s water has attributed miraculous and healing properties.
Location: at 57.8 mi (93 km) to the south of the city
Hours: all year
Price: free entrance
It’s a lagoon of extensive landscape, surrounded by jungle nature and forests where are located the funeral towers (“chullpas”) of the chachapoyas culture. It’s also known as the mummies lagoon, since in its waters were found more than 200 mummies in good state of conservation.
Location: Av. Austria s/n, at 49.7 mi (80 km) to the south of the city
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Price: s/ 10
The museum harbors a collection of more than 230 mummies and archaeological remains of the chachapoyas culture, found in the Condors Lagoon.
Location: at 13 mi (21 km) from the city close to the small village of Cocachimba and San Pablo
Hours: 7:00 a.m. a 1:00 p.m. (recommended)
Price: doesn’t say
This waterfall was discovered by the german researcher Stafan Ziemendorf while he was making exploration works in 2002. It’s the 3rd biggest waterfall of the world (with 771 meters of height), followed by El Salto del Angel (Venezuela) and Tugela Falls (South Africa). Most of its territory is still unexplored due to the hard access, but the number of visitors is growing. Another name of the wterfall is La Chorrera.
Location: at 44.7 mi (72 km) to the south-west of the city
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Price: s/ 11 general rate
This fortress is located at the archaeological complex of Kuelap, protected by walls of 236 feet (30 meters) of height, that belonged to the Chachapoyas culture. Inside the fortress there are more than 500 rooms separated in 2 sectors (high and low). The ensemble includes administrative, ceremonial and appartment enclosures. It’s believed they were built beginning of the 11th century.
Location: at 6.2 mi (10 km) from the city
Hours: 6:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Price: doesn’t say
At this talented artisans community, specialists in pottery, you will find a large variety of beautiful decorations and tools made of the Amazonian mud. If you look for a special souvenir to remember Chachpoyas you will have it in this traditional and famous artisans center.
Most of the guided tours and the agencies which provide adventure package tours are located close to the Plaza de Armas.
Duration: 4 days/3 nights
Location: Jr. Ayacucho 932, Plaza de Armas de Chachapoyas
Price: s/ 520
In this archaeological and natural adventure route you visit the Karajia sarcophagus, last home of the military leathers of the Chachapoyas culture, and the Huaylla Belen valley (you spend a night in a nearby inn). The route carries on through a pre-incan route, where you will appreciate the flora and fauna of the beginning of the jungle, and then ride a horse across the fog forest. The tour ends with the visit to the Kuelap fortress and the return to the city of Chachapoyas. All explorer who loves rural routes and trekking will be fascinated by this experience.
Location: Jr. Ortiz Arrieta 508
Price: s/ 70 per person
Rafting is one of the most popular adventure sports in Chachapoyas, due to its proximity to the Utcubamba river and its defiant waters. You can choose among packages of basic level, for the people who do rafting for the first time, and advanced, for the most experienced and rash travellers. The experience includes all the implements and the necessary security to enjoy without worries the adventure.
Location: at 2 hours from the city
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Price: doesn’t say
At this garden center you will discover the colour of the Amazonian flower variety, with more than 150 kinds of orchids and some that hasn’t been yet studied. If you love the nature observation and exotic flowers, come to this place, you won’t miss the hummingbirds flying around the nearby water dispensers.
Mountain cycling is another of the favourite activities by locals, going through the gorgeous amazonian landscapes and their main natural attractions. Those routes, that go through the Utcubamba river, the Gocta waterfall and the Kuelap fortress take approximately 6 days to go across; during the tour you can visit small towns while you learn about the region’s flora and fauna, observing the orchids, birds and emblem species as the spectacled bear.
-You can rent bicycles at the agencies that sell package tours in the Plaza de Armas, in some hotels or different places inside the city.
-The rent lasts hours or days, depending on your needs (rates are very cheap).
It’s a dish prepared with different beans kinds and husked wheat. While it’s cooked the plate is seasoned with coriander until you get the adequate colour. The risk of tasting it is that you can be really satisfied.
It’s similar to the purtumute, since the only difference is one ingredient. Instead of husked wheat corn is used on the preparation. Some eat it with peanut and ground chilly pepper with cheese.
It’s a classical dish in Chachapoyas food (although it’s prepared in other cities and countries). The “cazuela” is a soup prepared with hen, mutton, cow or fish, milk, fine noodles (called “cabellos de angel”), sweet potato, potato, corn and several vegetables to give a flavor to the dish.
Dried and salty cow or pork, eaten with manioc, onion and chilly pepper.
To prepare this plate, very popular among the andean cities (and some of the jungle), the guinea pig is boiled until the cooking point, and then is seasoned and fried. It’s served with potatoes and toast peanut (or “crema de mani y aji panca).
The juanes are made of boiled and grated manioc, mixed with rice. Inside this mixture they put hen or dried cow. All of it is wrapped in a canna plant with round shape, for being cooked steamed.
Sweet and sour, but exotic and nice, this drink is obtained from the sugar cane juice. The juice is boiled and fermented to have this curious flavor.
Typical liquor of the amazonian region, produced with “chuchuhuasi”, a bitter root plant with healing properties. If you are an experienced wine-taster looking for unusual flavors, you can’t miss this drink.
Prepared with liquor of blackberry and sweet syrup.
It’s a drink obtained of the mix of liquor and milk whey, filtered by drops untill being transparent.
| Carnival of Chachapoyas | (February to March) | As in other cities of Peru, Chachapoyas celebrates a local version of the carnival with dances, joy, folklore and a lot of water (people get wet easily during the celebration). |
| Easter in Chachapoyas | (April) | The city show its faith in each of the religious festivals. In the churches of Chachapoyas there are prepared scenes where the devoted can dedicate to contemplation and reflection; there are also processions. |
| Semana Turistica de los Chachapoyas | (June the 1st to the 7th) | During this tourist week you will live all the cultural experience of Chachapoyas, from its history, dances, food and traditions. Those days you can participate of all the activities, making homestay tourism o simply observing the Chachapoyas culture, while you taste an exotic dish of the local gastronomy. Something you should consider (not to be missed) is assisting to the Festival de Danzas Raymillacta, where different communities are joined to show their dance skills. |
| Anniversary of the Higos Urco Battle | (June the 6th) | The whole city celebrates every year the legendary battle where courageous Chachapoyas settlers joined the liberator army to face the realists (Spanish army), defeating them and achieving like that an important succes for the Independence of Peru. |
| Patron Saint of the Virgen de Asunta | (August the 15th) | In this day the devoted from Chachapoyas honour the image of the Virgen de Asunta, called in previous times Virgen de la Asuncion, with prayers, processions and activities of cultural kind as the dance. |
| Anniversary of Chachapoyas | (September the 5th) | At this date locals commemorate the Spanish foundation of Chachapoyas with celebrations all over the province. There will be fireworks, typical of the rural festivals in Peru, typical dishes, dances, costumes, joy, and colors of the Chachapoyas town. |