2015-05-14: Caverna de Quiocta

In the afternoon, the bus first took me to Lamud, a little village, where I rented rubber boots and a torch. Perfectly equipped, we went on to a cave, Caverna de Quiocta.

The cave is pretty muddy. But hey, that is part of the fun. It is situated in a wall of a hill overlooking a valley. It is  about 570 meter long. Apparently, the entrance area was used as a burial side as there are some human skulls greeting the visitors.  Towards its end, there are some nice stalactites and stalagmites forming columns.  When leaving the cave, my camera fogged up (camera cooled down in cave meeting hot and humid air) which afforded me some interesting pictures.

In the evening, I met up with the folks whom I had joined for the tour to Ravesh the day before. A nice evening with tasty food and a multilingual table conversation. Marcello, unfortunately you kept quiet about your birthday — belatedly, I wish you a happy birthday and all the best for your next year in life!

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Landscape in Front of Cave
Caverna De Quiocta: Landscape in Front of Cave

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Entrance
Caverna De Quiocta: Entrance

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Myself

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Human Skull
Caverna De Quiocta: Human Skull

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Stalagmite Column
Caverna De Quiocta: Stalagmite Column

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Stalagmiite Column
Caverna De Quiocta: Stalagmite Column

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Stalagmite Column
Caverna De Quiocta: Stalagmite Column

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Large Cave
Caverna De Quiocta: Large Cave and Muddy Soil

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Stalactite Column
Caverna De Quiocta: Stalactite Column

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Stalagmite Ensemble
Caverna De Quiocta: Stalagmite Ensemble

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Stalactites
Caverna De Quiocta: Stalactites

 

Caverna De Quiocta:
Caverna De Quiocta: Stalagmite looking like World Cup Trophy — the only one that Peru ever acquired as the Guide pointed out 🙂

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Hunter of the Lost Treasure
Caverna De Quiocta: Hunter of the Lost Treasure

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Cave Explorers
Caverna De Quiocta: Cave Explorers

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Torches
Caverna De Quiocta: Torches in the Dark — SF movie like Picture

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Cave Explorers
Caverna De Quiocta: Cave Explorers

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Sun Light Again
Caverna De Quiocta: Sun Light Again

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Trail taken by Fogged up Camera
Caverna De Quiocta: Trail taken by Fogged up Camera

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Grass taken by Fogged up Camera
Caverna De Quiocta: Grass taken by Fogged up Camera

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Landscape around Cave taken by Fogged up Camera
Caverna De Quiocta: Landscape around Cave taken by Fogged up Camera

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Landscape around Cave
Caverna De Quiocta: Landscape around Cave

 

Caverna De Quiocta: Landscape around Cave
Caverna De Quiocta: Landscape along route back to Chachapoyas

 

Chachapoyas: Anna, Sabine, Stéphane, Michel, Marcello, Myself

 

GPS Tracks to Karajia & Caverna de Quiocta
GPS Tracks to Karajia & Caverna de Quiocta