Discovering Kuélap, the Machu Picchu of Northern Peru

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Peruvians call Kuélap, with much optimism, the “Machu Picchu del Norte”. But this huge citadel that dates back about the 11th century, about five hundred years older than his famous sister, barely receives 250 visitors a day. 3,000 meters above sea level, its origin and its history remain an enigma. We are in the forgotten Peruvian Northern Sierra, and Kuélap, the most important city of the Chachapoyas, is only one of the many archaeological tre…