Colca Canyon Tour

3 days / 2 nights

Itinerary

Day 1:
Pick up from your hotel to go with local bus from Arequipa to Cabanaconde This will take about 6 hours of traveling by bus. Arriving in Cabanaconde you will have a breakfast and after breakfast you will take off from Cabanaconde to San Juan de Chucho, a 3 to 4 hour walk. In San Juan de Chucho you will enjoy your lunch ( lunch included) here is also your basic but beautifully located accommodation. In the evening you will be served dinner, dinner is included. There are swimming pools and you will enjoy your relaxing stay there, surrounded by nature.

Day 02 :
Breakfast is at 7.00 AM. Breakfast is included. At 7.30 am you will begin to walk from San Juan de Chucho visiting the villages of Coshñirva and Malata, traditional villages dedicated to the fruit agriculture, and you lunch on the way, lunch is included. After 5 or 6 hours of walking you arrive in the Oasis or Sangalle. Here you can bathe in the swimming pool and enjoy a lovely view from inside the Colca Canyon. Here you will also stay the night in basic accommodation. Dinner is served in the evening, dinner is included.

Day 03 :
Early waking up to leave around 5 o´clock to begin to walk at 5.30 am, before the sun set, because it will be than too hot too walk uphill. The walk will take about 3 to 4 hours until you arrive in Cabanaconde. From Cabanaconde you take a local bus to Arequipa which will have a stop in Chivay of 1 hour and a half, so you will have plenty of time to take lunch or walk around the traditional market of Chivay. At 7 o´clock you will be back in Arequipa.


Included :

* bilingual guide, local bus transport, 90 % alimentation, accommodation in basic cabins.

Not included:

* Colca Canyon entrance ( 11 US $ aprox) hotsprings la Calera entrance ( 3 US $), last lunch in Chivay.

Daily departures :

* Minimum 2 persons.


Rates :
60 USD.- per person.