Museo Leymebamba
Av. Austria s/n, San Miguel, Leymebamba (a 10 minute drive or a half-hour walk from Leymebamba)
Open Tuesday-Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, or by appointment. Closed Mondays
Phones: (041) 81-6803, (041) 81-6806

How to get to Chachapoyas

The travel agencies recommended in “links” can help you organize your trip to Chachapoyas.

• By plane
There is no scheduled air service to Chachapoyas.

• By bus
Movil Tours (moviltours.com.pe)
Provides daily departures between Chiclayo and Chachapoyas. Phone: Chiclayo (074) 27-1940; Chachapoyas (041) 77-8545. Movil Tours also has daily departures to Chachapoyas from Lima

Because of ongoing road works and frequent interruptions due to landslides etc. between Olmos and Pedro Ruíz, we highly recommend that you call IIRSA Norte (073 32-3204/32-3392/32-3394) or check the Provias webpage:  proviasnac.gob.pe (click on “emergencias viales”) before embarking.

Cajamarca-Chachapoyas (via Celendín)
Movil Tours has a daily service between Cajamarca and Chachapoyas and vice versa, leaving Cajamarca at 6 a.m. and arriving Leymebamba at approximately 3 p.m. Call (076) 36-3374 or (01) 9893 06834 for reservations and information. There are also other bus and colectivo services between Celendín and Chachapoyas; they generally leave from Celendín’s Ovalo El Monumento.

Tarapoto-Chachapoyas
There are daily flights from Lima to Tarapoto and scheduled daily bus service from Tarapoto to Lima, stopping in Pedro Ruíz, where you can take a colectivo or a taxi to Chachapoyas.

Chachapoyas-Leymebamba
Bus and colectivo services leave Chachapoyas daily (except Sundays) at noon and at 1600 from the fourth block of Jr. 2 de mayo and at 1600 from the eighth block of Jr. Libertad.

• By taxi
Chiclayo-Chachapoyas. Cost: approximately S/. 650
Chachapoyas-Leymebamba. Cost: approximately S/. 150
Cajamarca-Leymebamba. Cost: approximately S/.500

• By rental car
From Cajamarca: Grifo El Amigo, phone (076) 34-1579, rents four-wheel drive, four- door pickup trucks, with and without chauffeur. There are no gas stations between Celendín and Leymebamba.

Where to stay in Celendín:
- Naranja Mecánica, B&B, Jr. Unión 217. For reservations phone (076) 55-5640 or visit celendinperu.com

Where to stay in Leymebamba:
- Hostal Laguna de los Cóndores, Jr. Amazonas, ½ block from the Plaza de Armas.
- La Casona de Leymebamba, Jr. Amazonas, 1 ½ blocks from the Plaza de Armas. For reservations phone (041) 83-0106 or visit lacasonadeleymebamba.com