Full Day Adventure Tour In Arequipa
Arequipa Desert Tour is promote and developed by PERU ADVENTURE TOURS and their professional tour guides running this new alternative tour on the desert plateau of Arequipa.
Arequipa Desert Tour begins on 2008 after some 4WD expedition on the desert on the southwest of Arequipa. This tour combine extreme Off Road drive on dry land and practice Sand Ski or Sandboard on the Sand dunes founded in the middle of rocky zone between Arequipa and the Pacific Ocean.
After many testing expeditions and finding the correct dirt road to practice OFF ROAD TOUR decide to offer this tour for adventurous lovers with the best available Sand boards or Sand Skies to practice the favorite Egyptian sport.
Dear Sandboarders welcome to PERU ADVENTURE TOURS and make your reservation in advance to fixed your departure aboard our 4x4 truck to enjoy extreme Off Road and Sandboarding in the desert of Arequipa.
AREQUIPA SANDBOARD TOUR ITINERARY
At 7am or 1pm we pick up all participants from their hotels and then travel by 4 wheel drive to the southwest of Arequipa by the highway to Tacna.
During the travel we pass the Uchumayo Valley and from there we drive up to small rocky mountain from where you can appreciate spectacular view of the volcanic range surrounding the white city of Arequipa.
Downhill driving to the southwest we will take the first turn-on to the left and we continue driving and finally arrive to the bottom of the first sand dune as known G.
Off road tour on the desert and drive up to the top and the sand dunes and practice of Sandboard - Free style ride downhill. After 30 minutes of practice we will continue driving along the plateau and crossing small green valley in the middle of the driest desert of Arequipa arrive to the second dune as known GG. Our 4x4 trucks will drop us to the top of the Sand Dune, we drive into wild terrain get spectacular view of the Andes and the desert of Arequipa.
Finally we continue driving along dirt and abandoned road looking to find the best way up to the top of the third highest Sand dune as named GGG. This dune offer nice view and largest way for nice downhill on the boards.
There we practice the ancient favorite sport of the Egyptians, today is known as Sandboarding. This sport is available for everyone, experience or beginners are welcome to practice downhill on the boards.
After 2 hours of Sandboard on the dunes we stop to have nice picnic in the shade of some threes in the middle of the desert.
After five hours of full adventure sandboarding and off-roading tour we return to the hotel in Arequipa and end of service.
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