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Colca Canyon 1,2 or 3 days tours


The Colca Valley and its Canyon (3400 m deep). There, the traveler will find a landscape surronded by andenes (terraces), snowy peaks and towns founded in the XVI century, the Colca Canyon is an exciting place for Adventure Tourism
2 day tour:
Day 1 : Leave about 8:00 a.m. On the way you will see vicuñas, alpacas, llamas, vizcachas  and yaretas (this plant grows only above 4000 m) and you will see the typical  
landscape of the Andes. After stopping at the highest point (4900 m) to view the volcanoes and snow capped mountains, you descend to Chivay (3600 m) for lunch and go to your hotel. In the afternoon you visit the nearby hot springs and swim if you want.
Day 2 : Early departure to drive along the beautiful Colca Valley with 6000 Ha. of terraces formed by pre-inca civilisations.
Because  the different levels in the valley produce a micro-climate, a greater variety of crops are grown here.
Finally you reach the deepest part of the Canyon, much deeper than the Grand Canyon of  Colorado. Here you will see the flight of the condors.
Return to Chivay for lunch stopping in the villages and afterwards to Arequipa (about 5:00 p.m.)

Climbing El Misti

Duration: 2 days

    * First day: leave Arequipa at 6:00am, going a certain way by car.  From there there is a climb to a height of 4600m, to the Eagles' Nest.
    * Second day: set off from the crest at 4:00 or 5:00am, and arrive at the summit (5825 m).  The descent is rapid, returning to Arequipa about 18:00.
    * Includes: guide, transportation, tent, cooking equipment, medical kit.  Food is an additional $10 USDOLLARS.

Climbing Chachani

Duration: 2 days.

  First day : leave Arequipa at 8:00am, travelling by car to Cabrerías, about 3 and a half hours away (at 5000m), from there there is a 2 hour ascent to the base camp (5300 m).
    * Second day : after breakfast there is a 3 or 4 hour ascent to the summit, where we find snow permanently (6075m).  After a short time at the summit, you return to the camp and from there to the transport. Return to Arequipa at 18:00 or 19:00.
      Includes : guide, crampons, piolets, equipment, tent, cooking equipment and medical kit.  There is an additional charge for food.

Visit To Cuzco

Depart for Cusco by bus, train or plane.

    * First day : Tour of the Sacred Valley  of the Incas
      9:00 Breakfast in the hotel, before being collected and taken to the start of the excursion to the Sacred Valley.
      You will visit the Handicraft Market of Corao and Pisac, enjoy a panoramic view of the towns of Lamay, Calca and Yucay, have a buffet lunch at a tourist restaurant in Urubamba, then visit the fort of Ollantaytambo, returning to the city of Cusco via the town of Chincheros, where you can appreciate the ruins, church and handicraft market.
    * Second day : Tour of the city and surrounds.
      Breakfast in the hotel, free morning.
      13:30 leave the hotel for the beginning of the excursion, that consists of a tour of the city and 4 nearby ruins. You will visit: the Cathedral, Plaza de Armas, the Sun Temple of Koricancha, Inca streets, Church of Saint Blas and then you will go to the ruins of: Sacsayhuamán, Kenko, Pukapukara and Tambomachay. Return to the hotel.
    * Third day : Visit to Machu Picchu :
      5:30 Breakfast in the hotel, then leave for the railway station to take the train that goes to the citadel of Machupicchu. Visit and return the same day, at approx 22:00 (if you wish, you can stay in the town of Aguas Calientes).
    * On this excursion, you can choose order of the day trips.

City Tour

Duration: 3 hour

A short trip by  car to the colonial distric of Yanahuara. Afterwards you visit Santa Catalina Convent , this is like a small , enclosed  town in the middle of Arequipa. Next you go to the main square and visit the cathedral, the beautiful colonial church of la Compañía and the cloisters, and lastly a big colonial house.