MIXED TOUR COLCA CANYON NOT CONVENTIONAL 3 DAYS 2 NIGHTS

FIRST DAY

We’ll pick you up at 6:00am from your hotel in Arequipa and travel by private transport to Chivay, the capital of the Colca Canyon region. Along the way we’ll stop at...

The Salinas and Aguada Blanca national Reserve to see llamas, alpacas,andvicuñas.
Patahuasi for a cup of coca tea
The wetlands to see various migratory birds
The small village of Pulpera
Mollepunko to see rock art
The Callalli stone castles
Sibayo, a local Colca Valley community
The Tuti community

From Tuti community Pass we will descend to the town of Chivay (3646 m.s.l.), the capital of the Colca Canyon region, where you will have lunch
in the afternoon you will take your private transport to travel to Cabanaconde,

On the way our transport will stop in some viewpoints before to get Cabanaconde

Hotel in Cabanaconde: KUNTUR WASSI/LA GRANJA/CASA DE SANTIAGO

SECOND DAY

An early (7:00am or later) breakfast in the hotel. After breakfast we will spend a few minutes around the main square
We start our trek from CABANACONDE  at the top of COLCA CANYON  to get finally the bottom .
We usually spend 3 hours going down to get the bottom, once we get the bottom “OASIS DE SANGALLE” We have our lunch after that we can enjoy the time in the swimming pool and we have the chance to walk a bit more
Dinner time

TREKKING TIME: 3 HOURS AND A HALF APPROX
TREKKING TIME: 5 HOURS AND A HALF (LONG TREK OPTION)

LAST DAY

We’ll wake up at 4:50am to start our 3-3.5 hour hike out of the canyon to Cabanaconde. After breakfast is Cabanaconde we’ll have a 2 hours transport ride to the Calera hot springs. The bus will stop at a couple viewpoints for photos along the way. You’ll have about an hour at the thermal baths before we continue to Chivay (10-15 minutes away) for a buffet lunch.

Note: If you do not wish you hike out of the canyon you can hire a mule for about 50 soles.

Continuing on to Arequipa, we will make a couple more stops -- first at the Salinas and Aguada blanca national Reserve to see llamas, alpacas, and vicuñas and second at Patapampa Pass (4910 m.s.l.), the highest point on our trip where you can see the chain of volcanoes including Hualcahualca, Sabancalla, and Ampato. We’ll arrive back in Arequipa between 5:30-6pm.

TREKKING TIME: 3 HOURS AND A HALF APPROX