Location

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
Although the Chachapoyas airport has recently been refurbished, there is no scheduled air service. Every so often there is a Grupo Aereo No. 8 flight from Lima to Chachapoyas and Rodríguez de Mendoza.

• By bus
Chiclayo-Chachapoyas
Movil Tours
Leaves Chiclayo at 2000, arrives Chachapoyas at 0500, approximately. Phone: Chiclayo (074) 27-1940; Chachapoyas (041) 77-8545. Movil Tours also has daily departures to Chachapoyas from Lima.

Please note that because of road works scheduled into 2010, the road between Bagua and Pedro Ruiz is open to traffic ONLY from 6pm-6am Monday-Sunday; at noon the road opens for an hour. Nevertheless, we highly recommend that you call IIRSA Norte (073 323204/323392/323394) or check the Provias webpage: proviasnac.gob.pe (click on “emergencias viales”) before embarking.

Cajamarca-Chachapoyas (via Celendín)
Several bus and colectivo services run between Cajamarca and Celendín.
From Celendín, mini-buses go to Leymebamba twice a week, leaving on Thursdays and Sundays from Celendín’s Ovalo El Monumento at approximately 0930; and returning to Celendín on Fridays and Tuesdays. Phone (076) 85-5078. Movil Tours has daily, except Saturdays, service between Cajamarca and Chachapoyas and vice versa. Call (01) 989306834 for reservations and information.

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