Colca Canyon Day Trip from Arequipa Ending in Puno
From €58 per person
See availability →Combine the Colca Canyon with a move to Puno on this day trip from Arequipa: condor watching, a walk on the rim, hot springs and a long drive through the national reserve.
This Colca Canyon day trip to Puno packs the canyon, the highlands and a change of city into one very long day. You leave from your hotel reception in central Arequipa before sunrise and drive for three hours to Chivay, where breakfast starts the sightseeing.
On the way into the canyon you pass hundreds of agricultural terraces that local people still use to grow grain. At the viewpoint you have an hour to watch the flight of the Andean condor, and a short stroll beside the rim lets you peer further down. Afterwards there is time in volcanic hot springs at 36 degrees Celsius, then a typical lunch of local products back in Chivay, which is optional and paid extra.
The second half is a six-hour ride across the national reserve, stopping at:
- The volcano viewpoint
- Areas where llamas, alpacas and vicuñas graze
- The Lagunillas viewpoint
The trip finishes in Puno, near the main square, with no return to Arequipa. A guide, tourist transport, breakfast and first aid equipment are included; park entrance, hot springs and lunch are not. It is not suitable for people with heart problems, high blood pressure, vertigo or respiratory issues.