Arequipa, Colca Canyon 4 Days / 3 Nights
Description
Arequipa is an ideal destination to learn about colonial monuments, living cultures, and impressive natural sceneries. Arequipa known as the “White City”, located at 2300 meters above sea level. The Colca Valley offers beautiful natural landscapes, as well as animals of the place like the Andean condor, Vicuñas, Llamas, alpacas, guanacos and Vizcachas.
- Price per persona: USD $ 305.00
- Duration:4 Days and 3 Nights
Itinerary
Day 01 – Ruta del Sillar
Arequipa
Reception in Arequipa Airport and transfers to the hotel.
The Tour will begin by picking you up from your hotel in Lima (9:00 a.m.)
The first point where we will stop will be the Añashuayco Quarry. It is currently in operation, the stonemasons carry out their work very early; in the place we will be able to appreciate an immense canyon with cliffs (ignimbrite walls) that are several meters high, formed by the extraction for the formation of the Ashlars.
Then we will move to the Quebrada de Culebrillas. Arriving at this point we will do a walk of approximately 20 minutes inside the small canyon that was formed by the passage of water, which has walls of 15 to 20 meters, while we enter it the walls of the canyon are increasing in height. At the end of the walk we will be able to observe petroglyphs made by the Wari culture more than a thousand years ago.
After the Tour, return to your Hotel in Arequipa.
Day 02 – Arequipa Colca Canyon
Breakfast at the hotel
At 8:00 Hrs departure toward Colca Valley, on the way you shall pass by Chachani Peak’s backside, then by Pampas Cañahuas in National Reserve of Salinas and Aguada Blanca, while enjoying the typical Andean landscape and the vicuñas on sight. Stop on route in a restaurant for lunch (not included). Then continuing through the short route, you will enjoy the sight of the Volcanoes Balcony, Ampato and Sabancaya peaks among others. Later we arrive at the village of Chivay at 13:45 Hrs
Free time to take a walk around the hotel or take a refreshing bath in the thermal waters, overnight in Chivay.
Day 03 – Cruz del Cóndor– Arequipa
Breakfast at the hotel
06:00 am. we depart to the Cruz del Condor viewpoint, place with an impressive view of the valley and from where we will be able to appreciate the flight of the condors and the depth of the canyon (3,400 meters of depth). On the way back we can visit the town of Pinchollo, the Pre-Inca Hanging Tombs, Achoma and Yanque towns. Return to Chivay and free time for lunch. 5:00p.m. Bus departure to Arequipa, transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Arequipa
Day 4: Arequipa – (Cusco or Puno)
Breakfast at the hotel
At fixed time transfer to the airport for your departure flight.
Includes
- Reception in Arequipa Airport and transfers (in/out) to your selected hotel
- Transfers, excursions and visits as detailed in the program
- Three nights in the hotel in Arequipa + 03 breakfasts
- One nights in the hotel in Colca Valley + 01 breakfasts
- Tourist buses or minivan during the tours, entrance tickets
- English speaking guide
Not includes
- Flight Tickets
- Meals
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