Duration
daily
Max Group Size
10
Tour Code
3197
Tour Type
Request as private tour
Departure Type
Age Requirement
0 - 0 Ages
Guiding Method
Fully guided
Operated In
English, Spanish
Physical level
Arequipa
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Arequipa
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Activities
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The Colca Canyon Full Day Tour is a complete adventure in Arequipa, If you do not have as many days and you still want to enjoy the Condors flight over you, definitely is your best option. Will be extreme while marvelous.
Colca Canyon is the fourth deepest canyon in the world, the second in America, the imposing and enigmatic Colca Canyon has positioned itself as the third most visited destination in Peru, due to the variety of activities that can be done: Culture, Adventure, and Nature.
Highlights
- Visit Colca Canyon in Arequipa
Itinerary
- We will start early, picking you up between 3:00 to 3:30 a.m. from your hotel in the city center, (as long as it is within the historic center of the city) to go to the Colca Valley.
- After 3 hours approx. we will arrive in Chivay where we will have breakfast.
- Then we will go to the Cruz del Condor (travel time: 1 1/2 hours approx.). This place, considered sacred and mystical, is where we will be able to appreciate one of the deepest canyons in the world and where the Sanctuary of the Condor is located, a place to observe the spectacular flight of the Condor.
- We continue the tour by making stops at some villages or important points, and then you can enjoy the thermo-medicinal waters with temperatures ranging from 30° to 34°.
- 12:00 noon. Buffet lunch will be served in the picturesque village of Chivay.
- Then we return to Arequipa. On the way we will stop at the Mirador de los Volcanes (4,910 m.a.s.l.), from where we can appreciate the Chila mountain range, the snowy Ampato (where the Inca girl Juanita was found), and Hualca Hualca, the Sabancaya volcano that is in activity, the chain of Chachani Misti and Pichu Pichu and others.
- the route we find thaws, the Bofedales de Tocra (a diversity of wild birds can be seen), llamas and alpacas in their habitat, and Pampa Cañahuas (National Reserve of Aguada Blanca and Salinas) where we will see the vicuñas in their wild state protected by the laws of Peru.
- Arrival to Arequipa 5:00 pm. approx. End of our Colca Canyon 1-day tour services.
Trip includes
Included
Professional Tour Guide
Guiding Method
Fully guided
English
SpanishBreakfast
Lunch buffet service.
Round Transport
Excluded
Entrance to the Colca Canyon (Obligatory fee, take cash in soles)
Hot springs entry fee: S/.15.00
Travel insurance
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Book the tour by paying only 25% upfront, and settle the remaining amount 30 days before the tour departure.
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