Top Things to do in Chachapoyas
What to do and see in Chachapoyas, Amazonas Region: The Best Nature & Parks
Discover the best top things to do in Chachapoyas, Peru including Yumbilla Falls, Huiquilla Area de Conservacion Privada, Canon del Sonche, Caverna de Quiocta, Laguna de Pomacochas, Pozo de Yanayacu.
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1. Yumbilla Falls
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 57 reviews
Reviewed By travperience
We had an amazing cañoning/rappel tour next to the Yumbilla waterfalls. If you like nature and water you will enjoy the hiking and the rappel in the fog forest (primary forest!!). It is still a real insider tip! If I had known bevor that there is so much to explore in the surroundings of Cuispes I'd have stayed some days there to do more hiking and rappel tours. I can highly recommend our guide Agliberto Santillán (+51941873972). He is a real pioneer in promoting cañoning/rappel tours in the area near Cuispes. Agliberto and his colleague (there are always two guides for safety reason) let us downn a rope at a waterfall of 45 m. All of us really enjoyed the experience and we felt very secure because the guides are real experts. The tours/waterfalls where you can realize the rappel depends on time availability and experience. We went from Chachapoyas with bus to Pedro Ruiz (5 soles per person). Here, Agilberto had already organized the transport with mototaxi to Cuispes (15 soles per 3 persons). In Cuispes you have to register and pay an entrance (10 soles per person). From Cuispes we took again a mototaxi with our guides to the entrance of the path to the waterfalls (15 soles per 3 persons). Take enough time there to enjoy Cuispes!
2. Huiquilla Area de Conservacion Privada
3. Canon del Sonche
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 107 reviews
Reviewed By Robert937 - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
The river Sonche runs east to west near the village of Huancas. The slopes on both sides of the river are rocky and steep (unusable for agriculture). Several creeks feed the Sonche and at some points form waterfalls. There is no road at the bottom of the canyon. For all these reasons the view over the canyon is spectacular. Huancas is 8 km (5 miles) from Plaza de Armas in Chachapoyas. The main viewpoint called Mirador del Cañon de Huancas Sonche is 1 km (0.6 mile) from the center of Huancas. Entrance fee 3 Soles. There is a regular (mini)bus service from Chachapoyas (two blocks north from Plaza de Armas) to Huancas. Price 3 Soles one way. I took me 1 hour and 45 minutes to walk from Chachapoyas to Huancas along the dirt road (up 280m), a bit less on the way down.
4. Caverna de Quiocta
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 270 reviews
La caverna queda a 1h y 30 minutos en auto de Chachapoyas, con una caminata corta de 15 minutos, en ese paseo se va tambien a los Sarcofagos de Karajia.
Reviewed By kyegorov - Reston, United States
I am not big fan of cavernas but this place was part of our day tour. I actually enjoy visiting this cavern as you can see more cool things compare to other caverns. Really interesting and I recomend it.
