Chiclayo To Tarapoto 6-Day Itinerary
Small, group departures covering many Northern Peru highlights in 6 days.
Private transport & best hotels in the region.
Includes Sipan, Tucume, Kuelap & Gocta Falls, & Amazon jungle.
Overview
Chiclayo - Chachapoyas - Tarapoto: 6-Day Itinerary Outline:
Day 1: Fly to Chiclayo; Tumbes Reales Museum. Overnight at Los Horcones de Tucume.
Day 2: Tucume; Drive to Gocta. Overnight at Gocta Lodge.
Day 3: Gocta Falls. Overnight at Gocta Lodge.
Day 4: Kuelap. Overnight at Gocta Lodge.
Day 5: Drive to Tarapoto, via Huembo & Moyobamba. Overnight at Pumarinri.
Day 6: Huallaga River; Transfer to Tarapoto Airport.
Please note that there are departures that go from Tarapoto to Chiclayo. Click here for more details.
Dates
2024 Set Departures:
There are no group departures of this tour planned for 2024, as Peruvian tourism continues to recover from the effects of the pandemic. But if you would like to do this in a private service, with dates and itinerary to suit, just ask us how.
Itinerary
Chiclayo - ChaChapoyas - Tarapoto 6D Itinerary:
Day 1: Chiclayo: Arrival & Tumbes Reales
Reconstructed Moche tombs at Huaca Rajada.
On arrival at Chiclayo Airport, we welcome you and then depart to visit Tumbas Reales Museum, in Lambayeque, where the Lord of Sipan is exhibited.
We continue to Tucume, in the afternoon, where our accommodation is located.
Dinner & Overnight at Los Horcones de Tucume, or similar.
Day 2: Tucume - Gocta: Pacific Desert to Green Northern Andes
Breakfast and visit to Tucume Pyramids (the largest pyramid complex in the Americas) and museum.
Departure towards the Andes of Chachapoyas.
Stop at Abra Porculla, the lowest Andean mountain pass between the Caribbean to Patagonia, for a boxed lunch.
We continue our spectacular drive in the afternoon, hoping to arrive at our lodging in time to see the sunset in front of Gocta Waterfall, one of the highest in the world, in the heart of the Peruvian northern Andes.
Dinner & Overnight at Gocta Andes Lodge, or similar.
Day 3: Gocta Falls
Breakfast.
The view to Gocta Falls from Gocta Lodge.
From Gocta Lodge there is an amazing view of Gocta Waterfall, but the trail leading to them is even more breathtaking.
It is roughly a two hour hike (each way), passing through Andean orchards and lush forest full of bromeliads and orchids.
NB. There is the option to do this trail on horseback (at a small extra cost).
Lunch at the lodge, followed by a free afternoon to rest or explore the local village of Cocachimba.
Dinner & Overnight at Gocta Andes Lodge, or similar.
Day 4: Kuelap
The mightily-impressive outer wall at Kuelap.
After breakfast we start driving along the Utcubamba Valley, between bromeliads and cacti, towards Nuevo Tingo.
Here we take the newly-built cable car to Kuelap Fortress, located at an altitude of 3,000m (9,842ft).
Guided visit of Kuelap archaeological site, followed by lunch back in the village of Nuevo Tingo (or a picnic lunch).
In the afternoon, we make the scenic, two-hour return drive to our accommodation.
Dinner & Overnight at Gocta Lodge.
NB. The cable car does not operate on Mondays.
Day 5: Gocta - Tarapoto: From Andes to Amazon
Breakfast and early departure towards the lowlands.
Our first stop is at the Marvelous Spatuletail Visitors Centre, to watch this amazing hummingbird … amongst many other colourful species.
The inviting pool at Pumarinri Lodge.
The second stop is at Moyobamba to visit an orchid botanical garden, and enjoy our boxed lunch.
We finally reach Pumarinri Amazon Lodge, following the Mayo and Huallaga valleys and canyons, in the late afternoon.
Dinner & Overnight at Pumarinri Lodge.
NB. For those on a tight schedule, you can be dropped off at Tarapoto Airport this evening.
Day 6: Tarapoto: Mighty Rivers; Airport Transfer
Huallaga River - a tributary of the Amazon.
Breakfast and boat trip along the Huallaga River, between the Estero and Chumia rapids
This is followed by a forest walk in the Cordillera Azul National Park.
Transfer to Tarapoto airport for onward travel.
End of tour.