Kachi

The Tocache country lies in the upper Huallaga valley, where forested eastern Andean slopes descend toward the Amazon. Before Spanish rule, communities associated with the Cholón and Uchihuan peoples occupied the surrounding highlands and valleys. Franciscan accounts record Father Juan de Campos entering the Huallaga valley in 1676 and encountering Cholón and Hibito people in the forests. The Tocache River joins the Huallaga amid a landscape of steep streams and tropical vegetation.