First Day. - Approximately at 8 a.m. we leave to the Colca Valley. Inside this circuit we will take the ancient route that is more interesting that the current one, since the ancient highway goes among two volcanoes, which are the Misti and the Chachani. Hence, it allows us to enjoy a very rich geological landscape and, also, there is the possibility of seeing "guanacos" which are andean camelids almost extincted here in Peru.

Approximately after a two hours' trip, we will find the main route that goes to the Colca Valley. In this sector, that is named "Pampa Cańahuas" we will be able to watch the "vicuńas" which are non-domesticated camelids that live freely onto the "Aguada Blanca y Salinas" National Reservation.

In this part of our trip, it is possible to use the rest rooms placed in "Chasqui Pampa". Then we will continue towards the community of "Sumbay" that is located at 4 127 meters of altitude. Here we will find cave paintings. These paintings date back between 5 800 b.c. up to 3 000 b.c The caves are located just at 7 kilometers from the main route and at 88 kilometers from Arequipa. In this place we will find more than 500 remnants of cave paintings that show daily activities of that ancient epoch.

After visiting the cave paintings we willl go to the "Bofedales of Tocjra Pampa" where we will be able to watch different kinds of birds like black ibis, andean duck, "guayatas", "the pajaro bobo", Andean gulls, etc.
Near this place we will be able to find herds of "llamas" and "alpacas".

In this part of our trip we will be at a height of 4 850 meters over the sea level (In a place named "Mirador de los Volcanes"). Here, we will have an outstanding view of the different volcanoes (also called "the volcanic belt of Southern Peru) and a partial view of the Center Andes Mountain Chain.

After approximately 6 hours of travel and visits we will arrive to the valley of Colca, specifically to the town named Chivay, which is the biggests one, where we will be able to enjoy thermal waters with a temperature of 38 Celsius degrees, also, we can visit the museum next to the thermal waters. In the evening we will continue our trip towards Cabanaconde town placed at 3 287 meters over the sea. In the road we will be able to watch and to photograph pre Inca terraces known as "andenes", ceremonial stones, the colonial church of the village of Yanque and finally we will arrive to the "Cross of the Condor".

Advantages-
We do the visit of the Colca Valley in the afternon ´cause in the morning there are hundreds of tourists. We sleep in the town of Cabanaconde and not in Chivay, because in Cabanaconde there are also good hotels and the village is more typical (fewer tourists). On the second day we don't get up at 4:30 a.m to see the condors, because we go two times to the Cross of the Condor. The first time is in the afternon of the first day of our trip, where, frecuently, some condors could be seen. The second time is in the morning of the second day, but we can get up at 7 a.m.and not at 4:30 a.m because the distance of Cabanaconde to "Cross of the Condor" is reached in just 25 minutes.

If you sleep in Chivay you would have to wake up early in the morning in order to reach the Cross of the Condor in 2 hours (or 42 kilometers) including visits.

Stay in Cabanaconde in the chosen hotel.

See the circuit in the Colca Tour Map

Second Day. -
At 7:40 we leave the hotel in direction to the Cross of the Condor where we will be able to watch the flight of the condors. This is optional because if we see condors on the first day we might continue with the following visits. On this day we do something different to the other tourist companies. Our return trip will not be by the same road we used to come to the Colca Canyon. We will take the "Panamerica Sur " highway because in our way we will see the town of Huambo, where we will observe to twin dwarf volcanoes (those are prolongations of the Valley of the Volcanoes) Then we will raise up to 4 200 meters over the sea level and then descend until the desert of Atacama (just a few meters over the sea level) in the Peruvian south, where, we would be able to appreciate how the man could changed this desert (one of the driest in the world) into a fertile land, because we find agricultural products like chili, paprika and a lot of milk-production's cows turning that place in a sort of oasis. we arrive to arequipa at 3 p.m

See the circuit in the Colca Tour Map

Included:
English-Speaking Tourist Guide
Private Transportation
Full Meals
Hotel night in Cabanaconde
Entrance fees

Not included:
Drinks
Tips

IMPORTANT: This tour can be applied only by particular services.

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