Colca Canyon short trip (2 days)

At around 7:30 a.m, we will pick you up from your hotel and start the trip by Yura village. We will go to Pampa Cañahuas (National Reserve of Aguada Blanca and Salinas) habitat of the beautiful South American camelids vicuna. In the wetlands of Tocra we will appreciate a huge variety of migratory birds, including flamingos. Then, we will pass by the crater of an extinct volcano: Chucura. We will stop at the viewpoint of the volcanoes, which is also the highest point of the trail (4,800 masl) where we will see the impressive Cordillera Occidental, one of the deepest canyons in the world. We will arrive to Chivay at approximately 13:30 to 14:00. Then you will have time to go to your hotel and have lunch. In the afternoon at 17:00 p.m, we will enjoy the thermal baths in the Limekiln whose medicinal waters range from 35 to 38 degrees centigrade in the pools. At around 20:00 pm, you will have a dinner accompanied by a folkloric show.

After your breakfast around 06:30 we will go to the viewpoint of Cruz Del Condor, a strategic point in the canyon where you will watch the spectacular flight of the condor. On our way back, we will stop in the towns of Pinchollo, Maca and Yanque; which they have beautiful colonial churches, as well as the viewpoints of choquetico and Antahuilque, where we will observe the impressive view upon the valley, the tombs and Pre Incas sculptures. Then you will enjoy a nice lunch before going back to Arequipa at 01.00 pm approximately. We will arrive in the white city at around 05.00 or 06.00 pm. End of the service.