CITY TOUR Daily tours: The duration of this tour is approximately 3 hours, normally you visit the church LA COMPAÑÍA, with its impressive Andean Baroque style and also its monastery where young men entered who wanted to become priests. After that you will visit the beautiful Plaza de Armas, with its Cathedral with its impressive front of Classic style where we enter. The interior demonstrates us a French pulpit, a Belgian organ of big size, Italian decoration. We continue towards the Santa Catalina Monastery where you will visit the most famous constructions of the Colony made for women, who wanted to become nuns. It is a city in miniature. .
Daily Tours: duration: 3.30 hours. You will visit the lookout points in the surroundings of the city, for example the Yanahuara lookout-point with its arcs made out of volcanic stone ( sillar ), the Carmen Alto lookout point where you can observe the beautiful Chilina valley, the Iron bridge designed by Eiffel for the purpose of the rail road, the Sachaca lookout-point to overview the immense country side of Arequipa, the Mansión del Fundador, the colonial house of the founder of Arequipa, the Mill of Sabandía to mill the produced grains of the area, because agriculture was always important in the region.
HORSEBACK RIDING you visit the landscape of Arequipa this trip takes 3:30 hs, with a guide, you will ride a Peruvian paso horse.
Daily Tours: duration: 3 hours. This tour is the creation of A.i.Travel Tours director Sr. Miguel Fernández Cayetano who dedicated himself to the sociology study in an autodidactic way. In this tour he takes you to places that not only shows you the beautiful things of Peru but also how Peruvians survive in their country. The tour explains everything a tourist needs to know and meet from another culture. You will visit for example the place where sillar (volcanic stone) is extracted in a traditional way, to used it later for the construction of houses. You will also go the shantytowns and experience the way of life of the poor people of the area: visiting a wawawasi (see what a wawawasi is and how they work there), a comedor popular (see how the mothers cook to take food to their family). At the end we visit the local market where you can taste local fruit, and finally a primary state school.
Note: no profit. The profit of this tour is used at the end of the year to buy necesary material for the comedores populares and necesary materials and presents for the children of the wawawasi´s.
This tour is only possible in group or private service. This tour starts very early in the morning. You will leave Arequipa at 3 AM to Chivay and the first half of the road is asphalted and the other half is rustic. You will arrive in Chivay at 6 AM approximately, where there is time to take breakfast and after that the tour continues directly to the CONDOR CROSS, 1 hour driving. At the Condor Cross, a popular lookout point, you will stay and appreciate the view the Colca Canyon while you wait for the flight of the Condor. After seeing the Condor you return to Chivay, visiting the traditional villages and some lookout points of the Colca valley. In Chivay you can visit the hot springs, take lunch, walk around and after that you will drive back to Arequipa. During the drive back to Arequipa there is a stop at the highest point of the area, 4,900 meters above sea level, where you can see a lot of volcanoes and also have a beautiful view of the Andes Mountain range. You will stop also in Toccrapampa to see the llamas and alpacas, also native birds, and in the National Reserve you will see the beautiful vicuñas (wild family of the llama) and also the volcanoes Misti, Chachani and Picchupicchu from the posterior side. You will arrive in Arequipa approximately at 6 PM.
Day 1:
A private bus picks you up from your hotel from 8 to
9 a.m. The bus takes you on the road to Yura heading towards the Valley of
the Colca. This road, a trip of 4 hours towards your first night destiny, is
half asphalted and half of sand. The 4 hours trip is not direct, but highlighted
with stops at the most important places. The first stop will be at the National
Reserve of Aguada Blanca and Salinas, a place where you can observe the famous
vicuñas
and the other side of the volcanoes of Arequipa. The second stop will be
at the Police station where a passengers list will be given to them and after
that you continue until the third stop, the restaurant El Chino, where you
can use the bathrooms, drink a coca tea – good for stomach and altitude – and
a place where you can appreciate the stone wood formations. The fourth part
is a place where you can see llamas and alpacas, domesticated by the man
in the heights. The fifth stop is on the highest point called Patapampa 4800
meters above sea level. Here is where you can observe 8 volcanoes forming
a circle of fire. From there, you descent until the main town Chivay to have
lunch and to rest in your hotel. You have time off after lunch, visit the
market of Chivay, rest or stay in the hotel. In the afternoon you visit the
hot springs of LA CALERA, where you can bathe in one of the pools with water
temperature of 35 to 40 degrees Celsius and in the source 80 degrees Celsius.
You return to your hotel at night and optional you visit some folkloric peñas
in the town of Chivay.
Day 2:
After breakfast at 6.00 am you leave to the Condor Cross at 6.30 am, where
you can observe the Canyon of the Colca and the flight of the Condor. From
Chivay it is approximately one hour and a half driving. You’ll stay
there about 1 hour. Taking the same road back to Chivay, you visit the Colca
towns Yanque, with its beautiful church and Maca with its interesting geological
problem, the lookout points Huayrapunko – a complete view of the terraces
and the mysterious lagoons of the valley – Quehuisha – ice melts
originated from the Amazons – . Finally you arrive in Chivay, where
you’ll have lunch and after that you return to Arequipa, approximately
at 17.00 to 18.00 pm
Day 1:
A private bus picks you up from your hotel from 8 to 9 a.m. The bus takes you
on the road to Yura heading towards the Valley of the Colca. This road, a
trip of 4 hours towards your first night destiny, is half asphalted and half
of sand. The 4 hours trip is not direct, but highlighted with stops at the
most important places. The first stop will be at the National Reserve of
Aguada Blanca and Salinas, a place where you can observe the famous vicuñas
and the other side of the volcanoes of Arequipa. The second stop will be
at the Police station where a passengers list will be given to them and after
that you continue until the third stop, the restaurant El Chino, where you
can use the bathrooms, drink a coca tea – good for stomach and altitude – and
a place where you can appreciate the stone wood formations. The fourth part
is a place where you can see llamas and alpacas, domesticated by the man
in the heights. The fifth stop is on the highest point called Patapampa 4800
meters above sea level. Here is where you can observe 8 volcanoes forming
a circle of fire. From there, you descent to the main town Chivay, where
you’ll have lunch and where you can rest in your hotel. You have time
off after lunch, visit the market of Chivay, rest or stay in the hotel. In
the afternoon you visit the hot springs of LA CALERA, where you can bathe
in one of the pools with water temperature of 35 to 40 degrees Celsius and
in the source 80 degrees Celsius. You return to your hotel at night and optional
you visit some folkloric peñas in the town of Chivay.
Day 2:
After breakfast at 6.00 AM and at 6.30 AM you leave straight to the Condor
Cross, where you can observe the Canyon of the Coca and the flight of the
Condor. From Chivay it is approximately one hour and a half. You’ll
stay there about 1 hour. You visit the Colca towns Yanque, with its beautiful
church and Maca with its interesting geological problem, stop at the lookout
points Huayrapunko – having a complete view of the terraces and the
mysterious lagoons of the valley – Quehuisha – the ice melts
originated from the Amazons – , Tapay – which has a great view
of the Andean villages of Tapay, Coshiñirhua and Malata, where you
can only arrive by foot. Finally you arrive in the town of Cabanaconde, where
you can have lunch and spend your second day in this village, one of the
most traditional villages of the valley.
Day 3: After breakfast you return Chivay, stopping at lookout points or villages, another stop at the Condor Cross. Before Chivay you visit the right side of the valley that you visit the town of Coporaque and the nice look out point of Ocolle to see a big amphitheatre of terraces for agriculture. In Chivay you’ll have lunch and after that you return to Arequipa, arriving at approximately 17.00 to 18.00 pm.
TREKKING IN THE COLCA CANYON 2 DAYSDaily Tour by minimum of 2 passengers.
Day 1: You will leave Arequipa at 2 AM with local bus from Arequipa, Chivay to Cabanaconde. You will arrive in Cabanaconde at around 7 AM where you will have your breakfast and rest a while. After that you prepare to begin the trekking descending the Colca Canyon in approximately 3, 5 hours. You will arrive inj a beautiful place called San Juan de Chuccho, here you will rest and lunch. After lunch you continue in a walk of 3 hours towards the oasis ( San Galle) but before arriving this place, you visit traditional villages like Coshñirhua and Malata, in the afternoon you’ll arrive in the Oasis. Most tourist love the swimming pool, while the guide prepares you dinner and here you will sleep in rustic simple but comfortable cabins, after a long walk.
Day 2:
You wake up very early in the morning to begin the ascending at around 4 AM
towards Cabanaconde. Here you will have breakfast and after that you will
go by bus to the Condor Cross to see the flight of the Condor. You will continue
to Chivay, where you have 2 hours free to go to the hot springs or to the
local market. After that your bus leaves to Arequipa where you will arrive
at around 5 PM
TREKKING IN THE COLCA CANYON 3 DIAS 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 2:
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 3: 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.
We also have trekkings of 4 and 5 days.
MOUNTAIN BUGGY COLCA TOUR 2d/1n: This tour is specially for people who like speed and free air, in groups of 10 people, with professional chauffeur and guide. Daily tours.
First day: From Arequipa city you will take the sandy road in between the volcano Misti and the volcano Chachani, where you will have a great view of the city, the countryside and their volcanoes. From there you leave towards the National Reservation of Salinas and Aguada Blanca where you will see many vicuñas, after this you continue by road to see the stone-forest. We stop to go rest a while, go the bathroom and to drink a coca tea, continuing towards the old road to Cuzco, and you stop at a small lagoon to see flamencos and other Andean birds, next stop in the balcony of the Colca natural formation of rocks forming a balcony, the next stop is at the Colca balcony, natural formation of rocks forming a balcony. After that you continue to see the castles of Callalli, volcanic formation seeming to be the towers of a castle, we cross the villages Sibayo, Tuti to get to Chivay and lunch and rest or visit the local market. In the afternoon you can go to the hot springs nearby and at night there is a folkloric dinner show.
Second day:
You will take breakfast in the hotel to the 6:30 AM and you leave with the
buggy towards the Condor Cross at 7 in the morning, arriving to the Condor
Cross, you make an stop here to see the Colca Canyon and wait for the flight
of the condor. After having seen the canyon and the condor, you continue
your trip and we arrive to Cabanaconde, a traditional town. You return towards
Chivay via the same road and visit the Colca Valley with their lookout points,
agriculture terraces, traditional towns. You arrive to Chivay to have lunch
and after that you return to Arequipa, on the road back you’ll stop
at the highest point of the Colca Canyon, 4925 meters high to see 8 volcanoes
forming a circulate. You can see especially the volcano Ampato where the
mummy Juanita of the National Geographic expedition, we continue to Arequipa
where we arrive at 5 PM approximately.
The Misti is a fascinating climb, as much for its volcanic and geologic history as for its stunning views. Although it hasn't erupted in 500 years, the crater is active, and can be safely viewed from up close. Misti is snowless for much of the year, and it's therefore a good steady trek to the top. Most people with a reasonable level of fitness and acclimatization should make it to at least the crater.
Day 1: A private vehicle picks you up from your hotel and two hours later we arrive at the base of Misti (3300 meters) The landscape changes dramatically with increasing altitude due to the different stresses on the plant life. We camp at 4300 meters. The view of Arequipa at night is beautiful with the lights of the city in the distance and the lights of the stars overhead, while the light of the camp stove provides a warm cup of tea and a cooked meal.
Day 2: An early breakfast includes the option of mate de coca (a herbal tea made from cocoa leaves which helps with the effects of altitude). After breakfast we start the 5 to 6-hour climb to the summit. The top is a natural observatory – in the distance you can see the Chachani and Picchu Picchu volcanoes, the national Reserve of Aguada Blanca, Lake Salinas, the city of Arequipa, small villages and optional, the unique and beautiful crater of Misti itself. After that we pack up the campsite and then descend for two more hours to the place where our transportation left us the day before. We return to Arequipa by 4 pm.
With an altitude of 6075 meters, this snow-capped volcano is 2 ½ hours away
from Arequipa and can only be reached with a 4WD vehicle. Its name means “skirt” in
Quechua and it is divided into three parts:
Day 1: We leave Arequipa at 8:30 am and about two hours later we start walking at an elevation of 5200 m. After about two hours we reach Base Camp, at about 5400 meters, set up camp, and walk up to the pass above (another 120 meters higher) to get accustomed to the altitude. Temperatures here range from +5 to -15 degrees Celsius.
Day 2: We start the climb to the summit at around 2:30 am,
after a warming cup of coca tea. We climb up to the first pass, cross
the north face of Angel (usually snow-covered), from where the city of Arequipa
can be seen. We
then ascend the south face of Fatima, cross another short stretch of snow,
and make the final climb to the summit of Chachani. The ascent takes
5-6 hours, and the ascent back to base camp 2-3 hours.
We leave most of the equipment at base camp, and only take a light pack
on the ascent. At base camp we pack up camp and descend to where the transportation
is waiting for us. We arrive back in Arequipa between 2:00 and 3:00 pm.
We also organize other adventure tours in and Around Arequipa such as: Trekking in the Cotahuasi Canyon, rafting in Arequipa, Cotahuasi and Colca Canyon, Mountain bike in Arequipa, Cotahuasi and Colca Canyon.
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