2 DAYS TREKKING IN THE COLCA CANYON

At 3AM pick-up from your hotel in Arequipa; orientation about our trek and journey of 4 hours to the second deepest Canyon in the world - The travel takes you through volcanoes and snow-peaks of Arequipa region.

At 7AM arrive to Chivay (3600M) to get breakfast and then continue by bus along the Colca valley with some stops to get nice pictures of terraces on left and right bank of the canyon - Around 9AM arrive to "Mirador Cruz Del Condor" to watch the Andean Condor's - Luckily you can see many or just few flying around, but depending of the season they can be flying over the canyon.

At 10AM we arrive to the trailhead to start the trek in the canyon - The downhill trail offer great view of Colca valley, remote villages located in the left rim of the canyon - We descend for about 4 hours to the Colca River (2160M), a descent of 1300 meters. We will cross to the other side of the canyon and begin our ascent upward.

Around 1:30PM we arrive to the lodge and resting place in San Juan de Chuccho village (2300 meters above sea level). Here you will get a delicious and energetic lunch.

At 2:30PM after our lunch we continue hiking for approximately four hours, crossing small villages (Malata and Cosñirhua), going up hills, over 2600M above sea level and down again to our next destination called Sangalle/Oasis, where we`ll find a nice place to spend the night with bamboo bungalows, pretty swimming pools between palm trees, surrounded by the Colca River (Breakfast + Lunch + Dinner and homestay.

IMPORTANT: Booking the GROUP SERVICE you need to bring warm clothes as heavy fleece or windproof jacket. The public bus service doesn’t provide calefaction or air conditioning during this journey.

This day you need to wake up at 4AM to begin the ascent of three hours to the left rim of Colca Canyon, to Cabanaconde (3280M). This day we walk up 1050M for the last hard and steep trail of our excursion.

8AM - 10AM will be the breakfast and then travel by semi-private transport for about 30 minutes to the Condor's Cross lookout (2nd chance), the transport also stops in other viewpoints and small and typical towns along the Colca Valley, located in the right part of the canyon - Around 11:15AM OPTIONAL visit to the Hot Springs and enjoy for about 1hr (15 soles entrance per person).

At 12:30PM transfer to Chivay to enjoy lunch (Excluded) - The lunch offers you great variety of local dishes, deserts, drinks for about $10 USD and travel back for about 4 hours to Arequipa or you can connect with another transport from Chivay to Puno (Additional $50 USD per person) for about 7HRS and you will be drop off at the main plaza and end of service (Breakfast).

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