Classic Colca Canyon Tour: 2 Days with Chivay Stay
From €35 per person
See availability →A classic Colca Canyon tour from Arequipa over 2 days with a night in Chivay or nearby, thermal baths, a folkloric dinner show, colonial villages and condors in flight.
The classic Colca Canyon tour from Arequipa takes two days and is built for a slower pace: one night in Chivay or a nearby town, clean mountain air and time to soak in hot water. A bilingual official guide leads the way.
Day one takes the Yura highway beside the snowy Chachani to Pampa Cañahuas, in the Aguada Blanca and Salinas National Reserve, where vicuñas, llamas and alpacas live. At the Tocra bofedales you may spot migratory birds and, with luck, flamingos, and the road passes the crater of the extinct Chucura volcano and the volcano viewpoint, at 4,910 metres above sea level. After settling into your hotel and lunch, you visit the Chacapi thermal baths at Yanque, with waters between 35 and 38 degrees, and finish with dinner and a show of typical dances.
Day two begins early at the Cruz del Condor, with an optional short walk if the weather allows. On the return you stop at Pinchollo, Maca and Yanque for their colonial churches, and at the Choquetico and Antahuilque viewpoints for the terraces and pre-Inca tombs. After lunch in Chivay the tour heads straight back to Arequipa, or you can switch to a bus to Puno with a supplement.
- Tourist transport and bilingual official guide
- Hotel pickup in Arequipa
The hotel, extra meals, the compulsory canyon ticket and the hot springs are extra.