Tarapoto, Peru Travel Blogs

reflections of Cuzco....
Jan 31, 2008 (38 photos)

... the plaza, there are the more stereotypical tourists, but they're from all over the world, and appear to be mostly from Peru or Argentina...there are surprisingly few from the US.  The food here is diverse....we've found some great restaurants...even ...

how do we get there from here???
Jan 9, 2008 (27 photos)

... with all sorts of spiritual intensity, the pictures of it look pretty cool, and it's the most heavily touristed destination in Peru, which is a little daunting.   But we committed to a trip up there today.  Apparently, there are a few ways ...

3rd Highest Waterfall and ruins again
Oct 9, 2006 (19 photos)

... of the Congo Gocta, the fifth highest in the world at 771 m (2533 ft), located in the province Chachapoyas, Peru - DONE! Yosemite Falls, arguably the tallest in North America, located in Yosemite National Park, United States - DONE! Niagara Falls, ...

Down the Amazon
May 14, 2006 (8 photos)

... up the next moring I had a bit of a stomach ache. It wasn't terrible, but the thought crossed my mind about staying in Tarapoto for another day instead of risking traveling with it. In the end I decided to just go for it. I had another shared taxi to ...

Just Like Cattle
May 12, 2006

... he wouldn't so I grabbed it. He kept his word and the final 3.5 hours of journey were the best of the day. I arrived in Tarapoto late afternoon after 11 hours of traveling, to be honest it was a pretty tough day. I had a little look around town, relaxed ...

Huarez, Cordilleras Blancas
Apr 25, 2005 (26 photos)

... for a truly spectacular and safe time trekking it was great but totally knackering!. We fully recommend anyone coming out to Peru to have a go, it is far less bombarded by touristville and far cheaper than the Machu Piccu options offered in Cusco city. ...

Journey Through Time 6 - Heaven's Gate
Oct 4, 2008 (1 photos)

Have you ever been to a place so beautiful and magical that you have resigned taking any pictures for they would never give justice to the beauty you have encountered?  Until today, this has never happened to me. On the way up to Heaven's Gate, we ...

The Last Boat Trip
Apr 26, 2004 (4 photos)

... getting in the skanky shower. Yurimaguas seems okay, although not much in the way of things to see so I´ll be off to Tarapoto tomorrow, getting closer to some ruins. Things I learned * The men on the Peruvian boats are very well behaved. No wolf ...

Journee paisible a Tarapoto
Jun 3, 2009 (4 photos)

Tarapoto est une ville plutot agreable. Si l'on ne tient pas compte de sa pollution sonore due a un nombre incroyable de mototaxis, il ya des terrasses, des cafes et les rues sont bordees de palmiers ou autres plantes exotiques. Nous nous rendons au ...

strippers kids and psychotic drivers
Jun 14, 2009 (11 photos)

... around the manual transmission gear shifter. Nice. (End Rant)  So anyway, you'll see a few pics I took around Tarapoto and Yurimaguas.  My next entry will be from my trek into the Amazon rainforest.  I have about 300 pictures, so I ...

Sleepless in Tarapoto
Jul 17, 2009 (1 photos)

... at all - unfortunately I was in a crappy mood for most of the time I was there. However, the reason I'm even mentioning Tarapoto as a stop is because of one thing. Food. The local specialities never fail to impress me - and one of the local delicacies in ...

The Last Place Aahualpa, Inca Leader, Was Alive
Jun 20, 2006 (3 photos)

today we visited the museums, a couple of churches, and the cuarto de rescate (ransom room) here in cajamarca. the ransom room is where francisco pizarro (your favorite conquistador and mine) held the incan leader atahualpa ransom for a roomful of gold. ...

Rediscovering Kuelap - Peru's Second Machu Picchu
Sep 29, 2006 (2 photos)

... estimated to contain 3 times more stone material in its construction than the largest pyramid at Giza, Egypt. · Only 1% of tourists visiting Peru journey to the north of the country and only a tiny fraction of these few visit Kuelap · At 3000 masl, Kuelap ...

Finger Puppets, Inti Ramy, Altitude Sickness.
Oct 3, 2007

Nice place really.

PERU--MAY 2007
Feb 6, 2008 (13 photos)

... wait awhile before we leave, but the time affords a great opportunity to observe life in this poor barrio of Tarapoto.   -------------------- A Digression I've found the Peruvian people to be friendly and photogenic. In the south and east of the ...

Voyage a Tarapoto
Jun 2, 2009 (3 photos)

... a encore empiree avec les indigenes. Les routes pour Lima sont completement bloquees, ce qui fait qu'il n'y a pa de departs pour Tarapoto (356 m) car il n'y a pas de bus presents. Seule une companie locale la dessere car son bus est deja dans la region. ...

Gilmer I
May 9, 2009 (22 photos)

... about 2 O'Clock in the afternoon.  We had herd the news that there was a strike by natives that had closed the highway to Tarapoto where I would spend the night.  Ronal said he'd go ahead and feel out the scene and return to the boat for me when ...

Tarapoto
Jul 24, 2008

From the jungle, we head back to Iquitos. When I look down at my watch i realise its been almost 2 months in Peru. We decide our time here is at an end, and decide to hightail it to Ecuador. We devise a plan for the most cost effective and time generous ...

i'm not here for THAT kind of 'trip'
Jun 18, 2009 (1 photos)

A 12-hour riverboat journey along the Rio Huallaga brought me to the little village of Lagunas, the jumping off point for my excursion into the jungle.  The accomodations on the boat are very basic.  There are a couple cabins, but they are ...

Tarapoto
Feb 21, 2007

in Tarapoto angekommen gehe ich zuerst zum flugticket verkauf der star perú um rauszufinden dass die fluege von hier nach Lima und von Lima nach Iquitos fliegen. kleiner umweg aber egal, da der preis stimmt, deswegen gehts heute um 3.30 pm nach lima und von ...

Depart retarde
Jun 5, 2009 (19 photos)

Je suis réveillé par un magnifique lever de soleil au dessus de la jungle, dans mon hamac, sur un bateau... La lancha est composée de trois ponts : le premier pour les marchandises, le second pour la 2eme classe et le troisième pour la 1ere. Nous sommes en ...

Depart vers Iquitos
Jun 6, 2009 (21 photos)

Apparemment, c'est le bon jour, le bateau se remplit de monde et la cale est quasiment pleine. Nous petit déjeunons et déjeunons des juanes avec des empenadas locales très bonnes. Le bateau part vers 13h et très vite il n'y a plus que la jungle autour de nous ...

mind your huevos, watch out for flying fish
Jun 19, 2009 (114 photos)

... .  The reserve is a protected portion of the Amazon rainforest, about 7700 square miles in area, situated in north-eastern Peru just south of the Amazon river.  The interior can only be visited with a guide registered with the Peruvian ...

Tuk-Tuk Tarapoto
May 9, 2008 (1 photos)

Tarapato sits at the beginning of the Peruvian oriente and aside from the flora and fauna, you can tell your in the Peruvian jungle by the lack of cars. Only three wheeled motos ply these parts. It makes for quite a noisy and chaotic street scene, but ...

Around Leymebamba
Oct 12, 2006 (14 photos)

Took a few hours but we managed to flag down a mini bus to Leymebamba where the hot shower was greatly appreciated... Headed uphill (again!) to a little museum tucked away in what was the original site of Leymebamba. They don´t get so many visitors so ...

Cloud forest ruins - The Machu Picchu of the north
Aug 28, 2006

... stone walls containing more than four hundred buildings. The structure, situated on a ridge overlooking the Utcubamba Valley in northern Peru, is around 600 meters in length and 110 meters in width. It was likely built to defend against the Huari or other ...

land of a thousand steps
Jun 12, 2009 (14 photos)

Moyobamba was a stopover point on the way from Chachapoyas to Tarapoto.  It turned out to be a pleasant town with nice views over a nearby river.  A small lake is situated toward the north end of town, down a seemingly endless set of stairs.  ...

Voyage a Yurimaguas
Jun 4, 2009 (11 photos)

Après un pan con huevo accompagne d'un surtido, nous allons prendre un collectivo pour Yurimaguas (181 m). Nous sommes bloques par un barrage indigène a 35 km de la ville. Nous sommes pris en stop a l'arrière d'un 4x4 de la police. C'est une vraie chance car ...

All Aboard the Amazonas Express
May 10, 2008 (14 photos)

I arrived in Yurimagus at night along with the many bats and flying cockroaches that come out at that hour. I found a little dive of a hotel on the river and found a bat flying around inside the room. I pointed out this situation to the proprietor hoping ...

Day 2: Cuzco
Oct 21, 2007

Half day in Cuzco.