The Leymebamba Museum safeguards more than two hundred mummies and their funerary offerings, discovered at the Lake of Condors in 1996.
Following this chance discovery, the Mallqui Center provided support for the enormous task of preserving this invaluable archaeological collection for posterity. These mummified remains survive as evidence of how the ancient Chachapoyas venerated their ancestors. It is an impressive collection.
How to get to the Leymebamba Museum?
Route 1
Chachapoyas - Leymebamba
2 h 30 min approximately
Leymebamba - Museum
10 min approximately
What to do at the Leymebamba Museum?
Take a ride in a motorcycle taxi and visit the pools, or bathe in the river.
Visit the local dairy producers’ cooperative.
Order a coffee opposite the museum and watch the hummingbirds in the garden.
General information
Time
10:00-16:30
*Referential times
Price
General public: S/15
Preferential *: S / 8
Schoolchildren: S / 3
(*): Superior or university accredited with valid card and older adults, only Peruvians.
Essentials
Cameras are not permitted, sunscreen, cash.
Altitude
2250 meters above sea level
Climate
Min. 11 ℃/ Max. 23 ℃
