Catarata y Aguas Termales de Corontachaca (Corontachaca Waterfall and Hot Springs)
5 km / 3 miles from Pedro Ruiz Gallo (10 minutes by car)
This is an 80 meter / 262 feet waterfall. One side has formed a small hot spring of salt and sulfuric water. Two flows of heated water fall from the rocks at a rate of 2 liters per minute.
Kuelap Fortress
72 km / 45 miles southeast of Chachapoyas (3 hours and 30 minutes by 4x4 vehicle)
This impressive stone fortress was built by the Chachapoya people around 800 A.D. It is located 3000 masl / 9843 fasl and is 6 hectares in surface. There are three defensive platforms; the first is 20 meters / 66 feet high and 680 meters / 2231 feet long. Its three entrances are walled alley-ways that narrow as they climb up to the following two platforms. Inside, there are 420 circular buildings decorated with rhomboidal and zigzag friezes.
Karajia Sarcophagi
48 km / 30 miles northeast of Chachapoyas (2 hours by car and another 20 minutes on foot)
These coffins are pre-Inca tombs, some 1000 years old, implanted at the top of a cliff. They are 2 meters / 7 feet tall, sculpted in mud, and are decorated with geometric motives. They probably served to house the remains of the supreme tribal leaders.