Colca Canyon 2-Day Trek to Sangalle Oasis, Ending in Puno
From €112 per person
See availability →A 2-day Colca Canyon trek ending in Puno: walk down to the river, sleep at Sangalle Oasis, climb out the next morning and carry on to Lake Titicaca.
The 2-day Colca Canyon trek ending in Puno is a rim-to-river walk with a night among palm trees at the bottom, and a one-way finish by Lake Titicaca instead of a return to Arequipa. A guide and transport come with it, and pick-up is from hotels close to the old center of Arequipa, early in the morning.
The road leads first to Chivay for breakfast, then to the Cruz del Condor viewpoint, where you watch condors and look down into a canyon more than 3,400 meters deep. The walk starts at Pampas de San Miguel, by Cabanaconde. The path drops for about three and a half hours to the Colca River, crosses a first suspension bridge and reaches San Juan de Chuccho for lunch. The afternoon continues through Malata and Cosñirhua to the Sangalle Oasis, where pools and palms surround the hostel and you sleep in a typical adobe bungalow.
The second day opens with a climb of around three hours back up to Cabanaconde and breakfast. A vehicle then runs to Chivay, stopping at a viewpoint over pre-Inca terraces and in the village of Maca. The hot springs, usually at Yanque, are optional, and so is a buffet lunch in Chivay. After lunch you change transport and ride on with another guide, with three stops on the way: a volcano viewpoint, llamas, and Lagunillas for Andean birds. The tour ends at Puno's main square.
- Transport, including Chivay to Puno, and a professional guide
- The oasis night in a bungalow, plus entrance to its pools
- Two breakfasts, one lunch and one dinner