A Day Riding By Ancient Paths Of The Collahuas Culture
The Spaniards conquered the Colca valley since 1540 and found a rich agriculture terracing along the canyon – They brought the first horses in this zone of the Andes to ride long distances and continue collecting riches of Inca Empire – Those horses were part of the Spanish army to fight with Inca’s army and continue conquering territory for the Spanish colony.
Thereafter and until today the horses are used as transport in a different regions of Peru - The geographic variety, different weather conditions and the efforts of many horse owners for more than 400 years developed a unique breed of horse in the world - Today there is "The Peruvian Paso horse", is a native horse breed Peru and protected by Peruvian law - Is a special race for their body proportions and a side walk or "flat step" that will is characteristic.
The Colca Valley is a natural refuge for “The Peruvian Paso horse”, extensive agricultural terraces and the benefits of dry weather are the perfect formula to enjoy a ride in a horse race unique in the world.
Not need experience……… Welcome to riding trip in the Colca valley.
COLCA HORSEBACK RIDING TOUR ITINERARY
At 9AM pick up from your hotel of the Colca canyon (Chivay, Coporaque and Yanque) and then transfer to location of our horses – Safety talking about horses and tricks for better riding.
The tour starts from the village of Yanque (3450M) with nice ride along the Colca valley with lot panoramic view of snow-capped of Sabancaya, Ampato and Walka Walka Mountain – We cross the Colca River from the left to the right side and continue riding on narrow path to Ichupampa with a beautiful 400-years-old colonial church in front of little main square.
Continue riding you on narrow path going up to upper zone of the valley to get impressive view of the lot agriculture terraces – Around 1PM will be a brake to rest and enjoy picnic lunch seeing the wonderful of Colca valley and the neighboring mountains.
The second part of the trip will follow narrow trails with fully wildflowers and birds across the canyon seeing Andean Quechua people working their fields and local children saying “hola” as friendship – One of the highlight of this riding tour will be visit to the archaeological site of Uyo Uyo, this is ruins dating from pre-Incas time and well preserved – The walking tour inside the complex takes around 40 minutes to be introduce to Andean world as thousand years ago.
Around 3PM or 4PM return to the ranch and then drop off at your hotel and end of service.
