Colca Canyon

This is a great trek, recommended for those who want to see the Colca Canyon from the inside and who have a basic level of fitness.

Spectacular views, soaring condors, remote villages and pre-Incan terraces feature in this trip, which is a must for those visiting south Peru.

Day 1

We leave Arequipa at 7:00 am and arrive at Cabanaconde near the edge of the canyon at 1:00 pm, in time for lunch. We start trekking down into the canyon, and after about three hours cross the river at the bottom to arrive in the village of San Juan de Chuccho, where we stay the night.

Day 2

After a relaxing night and sumptuous breakfast, we continue along the other side of the canyon, passing through the picturesque villages of Coshñirgua and Malata, before descending to the lowest point of the canyon, the Oasis. Arriving here around 1:00 pm, we have the chance to spend a relaxing afternoon by the pool and rest in bamboo bungalows.

Day 3

Colca Canyon

Around 3:00 am the following morning we get up and start the climb up the canyon, by torch and starlight (such a climb is fiercely hot by day). Those who are feeling very tired have the option of making the ascent by mule. Breakfast of pancakes with jam or scrambled eggs at the Valle de Fuego hostel tastes delicious after the walk. We then take another local bus for 30 minutes to the Cruz del Condor. Here it is usually possible to witness the flight of condors, as they rise on the thermals out of the canyon around 9:00 am. We catch the bus again and stop in Chivay for lunch and the opportunity for a relaxing 20-minute dip in the hot pools there. Arrival back in Arequipa is between 4:00 and 6:00 pm.

Colca Canyon

This is a great trek, recommended for those who want to see the Colca Canyon from the inside and who have a basic level of fitness.  Spectacular views, soaring condors, remote villages and pre-Incan terraces feature in this trip, which is a must for those visiting south Peru.

Day 1

We take the local bus from Arequipa at 2:00 am and after about 3 ½ hours arrive at Chivay, from where it is a further two hours to Cabanconde, at the edge of the canyon.

We have breakfast around 8:00 am and then start trekking.  We stop at the rim of the canyon to appreciate the spectacular views, then begin the zig-zag descent to the river. On the other side of the bridge in San Juan de Chuccho we have lunch and some welcome relaxation.

We carry on walking on the other side of the canyon, passing through idyllic countryside and the remote villages of Coshñirgua and Malata, before descending to the Oasis, where we stay the night in bamboo bungalows.  There’s a chance to go swimming in the pool here, with a water temperature of about 23 degrees Celcius.

Day 2

Colca Canyon

Around 3:00 am the following morning we get up and start the climb up the canyon, by torch and starlight (such a climb is fiercely hot by day). Those who are feeling very tired have the option of making the ascent by mule.

Breakfast of pancakes with jam or scrambled eggs at the Valle de Fuego hostel tastes delicious after the walk.  We then take another local bus for 30 minutes to the Cruz del Condor.  Here it is usually possible to witness the flight of condors, as they rise on the thermals out of the canyon around 9:00 am.

We catch the bus again and stop in Chivay for lunch and the opportunity for a relaxing 20-minute dip in the hot pools there.  Arrival back in Arequipa is between 4:00 and 6:00 pm.

Arequipa

Day 1: LIMA RECEPCION

Reception in the airport Jorge Chávez and transfer to hotel.  Foods done not include.

Day 2: LIMA – AREQUIPA CITY TOUR

Transfer to airport of Lima to fly toward Arequipa.  Reception and transfer to hotel.

Afternoon city tour in Arequipa. In the afternoon, at 3:00 pm you will be picked up from your Arequipa hotel. You will visit the Main Square, the Cathedral, Churches, the Polychromated Dome.

The districts of Yanahuara, Santa Catherine Convent, Saint Francisco Church, the district of San Lazaro, Carmen Alto Viewpoint and the residential zone of Glad Forest. Transfer to the hotel.

Day 3: AREQUIPA – COLCA CANYON

Arequipa - Volcan Misti

The Colca Canyon is an impressive geological formation.  This canyon is one of the deepest of the world with 3680 m of depth.  Departure in a buss, to take up again the magnificent route toward the Colca Canyon.  In the route we will observe the vicuñas.  Landscape of the patapampa pass (4800m) installation in the hotel we will bathe in the hot spring of the Yanque town.

Day 4: COLCA CANYON – AREQUIPA

Departure early in the morning for the observation of the condors in the cross of the condor.  It visits of some towns of the Colca Canyon and return to Arequipa.  Spend the night in Hotel