Half Day 4x4 Adventure By The Slopes Of Picchu Picchu And Volcan Misti
Half day 4x4 tour to Nevado Pichu Pichu and volcán Misti is a perfect alternative for off-roaders lovers – This 4x4 tour to volcanoes includes spectacular views of volcanic land, tall mountains, lot pre-Inca agriculture terracing, small typical villages protected by the 7 peaks of Nevado Picchu Picchu (5640M), a vast of tree forest formed by Queñua or Quewiña (Polylepis) and La Llareta (Azorella compacta) – Of course this Off-Roading trip includes source for bird watching lovers thanks to many species founded between volcan Misti and nevado Pichu Pichu, easily we can see bird nesting during the Spring and Autumn season - Luckily you can see Alpacas and Llamas grassing on the slopes of Pichu Pichu Mount.
Our 4x4 vehicles and drivers knows very well those volcanoes and sure they will choose to get the best adventure route to enjoy this amazing trip – Welcome to Arequipa 4WD Adventure Tour.
AREQUIPA 4x4 TOUR ITINERARY
The tour begin at 8AM from the lobby of your hotel in Arequipa – If you request the tour also can begin from bus station or airport with additional cost – Firstly we drive to get out of the city and then will be a clear and nice scenery of Arequipa’s countryside as known as “La Campiña Arequipeña” – After 1 hour driving we will find gravel road to take us up to the bottom of Nevado Picchu Picchu – The route map include views of small typical villages as Characato, Mollebaya, Pocsi, Piaca, Tuctunpalla and Chiguata – All those towns are facing to the volcanoes were we drive seeing lot pre-Inca terraces used to produce their own crops as lima beans, beans, potatoes, quinoa, barley, wheat, corn, pumpkins, squash, onion, garlic, kivicha, oregano, and more.
This 4x4 Off-Roading tour in Arequipa takes us to unrecognized places as the Polylepis forest as known as Queñua tree typical from this region of the Andes (3700M) – The forest chain on the bottom of volcan Picchu Picchu and thanks this natural wonder is possible to find different type of Andean birds – If time permitting we can walk through the forest looking for more spectacular natural wonders.
The second part of the trip will be driving through lot ancient terracing and then following abandon road on the slope of volcan Misti – The road around Misti will be more dusty and bumpy making more enjoyable with amazing views of volcanic landscape – The trip ends at customer hotel around 2PM.
