Travel Peru - Chachapoyas

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Chachapoyas

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Chachapoyas

Warrios of the Clauds


Karajia

Carajía or Karijia is an archaeological site in the Utcubamba Valley, located 48 km northeast of the city of Chachapoyas Peru in Luya Province, Amazonas Region, where eight Chachapoyan mummies were discovered on the cliff side, referred to by local residents as the “ancient wise men” Their inaccessible location high above a river gorge has preserved them from destruction by looters. However, an earthquake toppled one of the original eight in 1928. They have been radiocarbon dated to the 15th century, coincident with the Inca conquest of the Chachapoya in the 1470s.


The monumental ruins of Kuelap are

situated at 3000 metres above sea level. Judging from its sheer size, Kuelap's construction required considerable effort, rivaling or surpassing other archaeological structures in the Americas in size. The structure is almost 600 metres in length and its walls rise up to 19 metres in height.


There are multiple levels or platforms within the complex. Because of its extension, these flat elevations support about 400 constructions, most of them cylindrical. From them, only bases remain. In some cases, there are decorated walls with friezes of symbolic content that, in general, seem to evoke eyes and birds that take the form of a letter V in a chain. There are three structures that stand out from the hundreds of others within the complex:  El Tintero is a structure at the southern end of the biggest anden and can be described as a circular turret in the shape of an inverted cone, a real challenge to the laws of gravity.  La Atalaya is another structure shaped like a turret and is located at the northern end of Kuelap.  El Castillo is a construction located in the most conspicuous sector of Kuelap and stands out on the top anden.

Kuelap Fortress


Kuelap


Revash

Kuelap


Gocta La Cataracta Gocta or Gocta Falls is a tall, moderate to high volume waterfall located in the upper Amazon basin in Peru. The falls drop a total of 2,531 feet in two leaps. The upper tier falls about 700 feet in a purely vertical fall, the lower drops about 1770 feet in a nearly vertical drop into a huge amphitheater, with the remainder of the height made up between the two steps. Though the volume of the unnamed river the falls occur along can fluctuate greatly with the seasons, the falls can be considered one of the major waterfalls of South America and measure up as one of the best falls on the planet.


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