PeruNorth's musings on events & destinations in Northern Peru, Amazonia ... and beyond. Detailed tour reviews.
Volodymyr Oleksyshyn, a Ukrainian-American resident of Chicago, had travelled to Chachapoyas with PeruNorth in November 2022.
He got back in touch in early 2025 wishing to visit some of the places he had missed or hadn’t had time for in 2022; and wanting to hike the trail to Choquequirao, while his knees were still up to it!
These are his comments having done the trip in September / October 2025
Read the testimony of Sam Watkins, a UK national living in Malaga, Spain, who travelled solo to Northern Peru in July 2022.
He stayed in the little-visited village of Cuispes, from where he visited Yumbilla, Cristal, Medio Cerro and Gocta waterfall.
He did a day trip to El Tigre Sarcophagi; and finished by visiting the Chachapoya citadel of Yalape (in lieu of Kuelap that was closed owing to restoration work).
The last night was spent in Chachapoyas city; and much of the transport was by mototaxi, in order to keep costs down.
