Colca Canyon 2-Day Tour with Rim Hike and Quad Ride
From €206 per person
See availability →A 2-day Colca Canyon tour with hike and quad ride: lunch with a canyon view, an optional rim trail, a hotel in Cabanaconde and quiet viewpoints.
The 2-day Colca Canyon tour with hike and quad ride is built around places that mass-tourism routes skip: a lunch table with a view of the canyon, an old trail along its rim, and a night in Cabanaconde rather than Chivay. Transport on both days, an official guide and the hotel are included, and the tour ends back in Arequipa.
On the first day the road passes the Tocrapampa viewpoint, with llamas, alpacas and vicuñas, then Patahuasi for a short break and a mate tea. The Volcanoes Viewpoint shows the Misti, Chachani, Sabancaya and Ampato. Lunch is at the Granja del Colca viewpoint, looking over the canyon, and from there the optional 2.5-hour hike starts. The trail has gentle slopes, medium to low difficulty, and climbs only 80 meters in total, and it passes the Tapay viewpoint; with luck a condor flies overhead. Dinner and the night are in Cabanaconde.
After breakfast on the second day, an optional quad ride, with two people per vehicle, reaches the Achachihua viewpoint over the canyon and the Sangalle Oasis. Then a shuttle goes to Cruz del Condor for the condors, followed by the Antahuilque viewpoint over pre-Inca terraces and the Chacapi hot springs. Lunch in Chivay comes before the ride back to Arequipa.
Lunches, dinner, the entrance tickets and tips are paid separately. The tour is not suited to children under 3, people with heart problems or altitude sickness.