Itinerary:

At 02:30 or 03:00 or 03:30 a.m. or 04:00am or 4:30am or 5:00am or 6:00am we leave Arequipa driving for 3 and a half hours towards Chivay; The capital of the Colca Canyon in the north west direction behind snow-covered Chachani. Breakfast.

Then we continue driving for 2 more hrs towards the most visited point “ the Cross of the Condor” where we are able to see the depth of the canyon and the flight of the Condor.

The area presents beautiful typical towns, like Yanque & Maca, colonial churches, gentle people with typical needlework dresses, hundreds of pre-inca terraces still in use with andean growings like corn, quinua, kiwicha among others.

After Lunch we come back to Arequipa; on the way we stop at the highest pass: the viewpoint of the Volcanoes and snow covered mountains in Patapampa (4,800 m. - 15,000 ft.). Later we will see wild vicuñas, alpacas & llamas in Pampa Cañahuas national reserve, some birds like flamingos, ibis, andean gooze, ducks, andean eagle "Kara Kara ''. ( 18:00 hrs. approx. Back in Arequipa .).

EXTRA INFORMATION: We can have breakfast or Lunch in the only restaurant at the edge of the canyon close to CRUZ DE CONDOR "In LA GRANJA restaurant" (While we see the condors, we can have our lunch) and we can also do some short treks

 Note:The short treks are optional (The short treks are easy)