Arequipa

FROM $45 per person

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INCLUDES

What includes?

  • Bilingual tourism official guide (Spanish – English)
  • Pick up from your hotel
  • Shared tourist transport
  • Day 1: Lunch in Chivay, Dinner show
  • Day 2: Breakfast at hotel, lunch
  • Buffet lunch in Chivay
  • BTC (Colca tourist ticket)
NOT INCLUDES

What not includes?

  • Tips
  • Entrance ticket to the thermal baths (optional)
  • Others not mentioned in the tour
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Tour description

To get to know the Colca Canyon in one day, if possible. The visit to this Canyon considered one of the deepest in the world begins at 2:30 am, when we pick you up from your hotel and then leave for Chivay, the trip lasts approximately three hours. On the way, we will pass through the Aguada Blanca and Salinas National Reserve, where we can see our beautiful camelids such as the Vicuña and appreciate the variety of migratory birds such as flamingos. Upon arrival in Chivay, we will have breakfast and then continue our adventure towards the Mirador la Cruz del Cóndor, a strategic point to observe the spectacular flight of the Condor and have a view of the Canyon in all its fullness. On the way back to Chivay we will stop at the towns of Pinchollo, Maca and Yanque, which have beautiful colonial churches. We will pass through the Choquetico and Antahuilque viewpoints to observe the impressive terraces of the valley, the tombs and pre-Inca models carved in stone. On the way, we will find the thermal baths of La Calera and to enjoy its thermal medicinal waters we will have a one-hour stay, and then continue our trip to Chivay, arriving in Chivay we will have lunch. Finally we will return to the city of Arequipa, on the way we will make a stop at the Mirador de los Volcanes (4,800 m.a.s.l.) to appreciate the Cordillera Occidental. We will be arriving in Arequipa at approximately 6pm.

If you want a more personalized service and according to your requirements, ask for our services in private.

ITINERARY

Tour program

2:30 hrs Pick up at the hotels in the center of Puno. (According to your hotel we will tell you a more exact time) *
03:00 hrs Leave in direction to Chivay
06:00 hrs Arrival and Breakfast in Chivay
06:30 hrs Leave in direction to the viewpoint of the Cóndor
10:00 hrs Return to Chivay
12:00 hrs Visit thermal baths “La Calera”
13:00 hrs Lunch in Chivay
14:30 hrs Return to Arequipa
18:30 hrs Arrival to Arequipa and transfer to downtown hotels
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
You will often find children asking for tips, please do not give money them unless you buy some souvenir that they make. In addition give them candies or sweets, these are not recommended, consuming this needs oral care that is not available on the island (due to the circumstances). The medical posts service has an irregular attention schedule.

The places you visit are part of our cultural heritage and our mother nature, so we ask you to be respectful of the rules and regulations. In addition to the care that our heritage deserves.

This tour does not have difficulty to do, however if you suffer from cardiovascular diseases please mention it at the time of booking. Your safety and well – being is very important for us.

Any plastic bottle or trash generated by you must bring it back, leave it on the visited places means to contaminate it, as well as cause more work to the people who already have a difficult and hard work in their lifestyle.

WHAT TO BRING

  • Coat for the rain (September to February)
  • On sunny days: short, t-shirt
  • Sunscreen
  • Sunglasses
  • Hiking shoes
  • Water, snack (you can buy on the port).
  • And adventure sense

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