Colca Canyon Day Trip: Condors, Maca and Hot Springs
From €23 per person
See availability →A Colca Canyon day trip from Arequipa with an English-speaking guide: condors at Cruz del Condor, the church of Maca, optional hot springs and the Patapampa viewpoint.
On this Colca Canyon day trip from Arequipa, the whole valley unrolls past the window, one viewpoint after another. After hotel pickup and roughly three hours on the road, you stop for breakfast at the start of the valley.
The first lookout is Muyurina, above farming terraces that are still worked today, with llamas and alpacas grazing nearby. Next comes Antahuilque, with a wide view of the valley, and then the Cruz del Condor, where you spend about an hour watching Andean condors above the deep canyon.
Heading back, you stop in Maca, a traditional village known for its colonial church, where you can taste a Colca Sour. Then there is about an hour at the hot springs to rest after the early start, followed by lunch before the return drive. The road climbs to Patapampa, at 4,910 metres above sea level, a viewpoint facing the snow-capped peaks of the Andes, and passes through the Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reserve, where llamas, alpacas and vicuñas live. You are back in Arequipa around five in the afternoon.
- Hotel pickup in the central area
- Tourist transport and English-speaking guide
- Breakfast, first aid equipment and assistance during the tour
Lunch, the park entry and the hot springs are paid separately. The tour does not suit people with heart or respiratory problems, mobility impairments or altitude sickness.