The department of Amazonas is famous for
its cloud forests, areas with stunning microclimates
and whose intense humidity favors the exuberant
growth of plants like orchids and bromeliads
and animals like the spectacled bear and
the Andean cock of the rock.
The
capital, Chachapoyas, full of narrow streets
and containing a large Main Square, maintains
beautiful mansions and lovely balconies
as evidence of its Colonial past. This is
the launching site for excursions to the
fabulous citadel of Kuélap, built
by the Chachapoyas, a fierce people that
for years resisted the expansion of the
Incas. Located
at the top of rocky cliffs and guarded by
a gigantic defensive wall, Kuélap
contains in its interior circular compartments
with decorative friezes.
There are also
other places in the area you can also visit
like the Lake of the Condors, also known
as Lake of the Mummies, the Chinata Falls,
and the Karajía Sarcophagi, amazing
two-meter high clay tombs placed on the
side of a rocky mountain.