3-Day Arequipa and Colca Canyon Tour with Condor Viewing

3 Days Duration

Experiences

About This Tour

Explore the highlights of Arequipa, including the Monastery of Santa Catalina, Mirador de Yanahuara, Carmen Alto, and Sabandia Mill, before heading to Colca Can...

Duration: 3 Days · Tour type: Shared · Activity level: Easy · Accommodation: Included · Standard · Transport: Included · Wheelchair access: No · Cities: Arequipa, Colca Canyon · Languages: English

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What's Included

Bilingual Spanish/English Peruvian tour guide
Recogida en el hotel
Transfer in tourist vehicles throughout the tour
Guided tour throughout the tour
Breakfast at the hotel
02 nights lodging in Arequipa

Not Included

Entrance to the Colca
Entrance fee to La Calera thermal baths: s/15.00 soles
Meals
Additional expenses

Itinerary

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Day 01

Arequipa City Tour

In the morning, you will be picked up from your hotel to settle in, and in the afternoon, we will enjoy a tour of the White City of Arequipa. We will start at the cathedral and continue to the church and cloisters of the Company, the Monastery of Santa Catalina, Mirador de Yanahuara with its viewpoint and church, Carmen Alto, Sabandia Mill, the pre-Inca terraces of Paucarpata, and the landscape road.
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Day 02

Colca Canyon and Colca Valley Excursion

Our service starts at 03:00 am with pickup from your hotel to begin the journey to Colca Canyon via Yura. The trip goes directly to Cruz del Condor, approximately 5 hours away, stopping only for breakfast at 06:30 am. After breakfast, we will arrive at one of the deepest canyons in the world, Colca Canyon, where we will visit the Cross of the Condor Viewing Point, a place to observe the spectacular flight of the condor. We will then stop in the villages of Pinchollo, Maca, and Yanque, which have beautiful colonial churches, as well as at the viewpoints of Antahuilque and Choquetico, from where we will observe pre-Inca tombs and models and the beautiful landscape of the Colca Valley with its impressive terraces. At 12:00 pm, we will arrive in Chivay and go to the La Calera Thermal Baths (optional), whose medicinal waters range between 35°C and 38°C. After a refreshing bath, at approximately 01:00 pm, we will enjoy a lunch buffet in Chivay. On the way back, we will stop at El Mirador de los Volcanes, the highest point at 4,910 masl, Los Bofedales de Toccra, where you can see a diversity of wild birds, and Pampa Cañahuas, where the Aguada Blanca y Salinas National Reserve is located and is home to the vicuñas. At 06:00 pm, we will arrive in the city of Arequipa.
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Day 03

Airport Transfer and Departure

After breakfast at the hotel, you will be taken to the airport 2 hours before your flight departure.