Kuelap - wall (21 May 2006)

Kuelap was really impressive but very hard to get to. The whole day from Chachapoyas was 11 hours, most of which was travelling. We spent 3.5 hours on a very rough road to get to Kuelap, we walked a short way and soon saw the marvelous city wall in front of us. Here we are.


The wall encompasses the entire city and is between 12 and 20 meters high. It would have been very difficult to assault.


There are only 3 entrances which are narrower once inside the fortress and permit only one person or animal to enter at a time. This is a view of the main entrance and "the classic shot" of Kuelap.


Kuelap means "city in the clouds" and it lived up to it's name because it was cloudy and rainy all day. There is a great view from the city, Kuelap is located on the top of a very prominent hill at 3,100 meters.

It is possible to find some stone work of the Chachapoyans in the big wall, however it has not survived well due to time and that the walls are of sand stone.

Let's go inside ! ! !