Home / Arequipa Attractions / Fullday Colca Canyon tour from Arequipa
Fullday Colca Canyon tour from Arequipa
Duration
16 hours
Overview
-
Pickup from your accommodation in Arequipa around 03:00am to start our journey to one of the deepest canyons in the world, taking the Yura road, bordering the Chachani mountain towards Pampa Cañahuas, habitat of the beautiful South American camelids, the vicuñas.
Approximately, at 6:00 a.m. we will arrive at the town of Chivay; where we will enjoy our breakfast and then we will continue our drive for about 1 hour to arrive at Mirador de la Cruz del Cóndor, strategic point of observation of the Canyon and the spectacular flight of the Condor.
We will return to the town of Chivay for lunch and to rest walking through the little streets.
At 2:00 pm we will start our drive back to Arequipa, along the way we will visit the highest point between the Colca Canyon and Arequipa: Patapampa (4800m), from this place we can see the volcanic mountain range.
We will be back to our accommodation in Arequipa around 5pm.