Colca Canyon Two-Day Tour with Hot Springs, Ending in Puno

This Colca Canyon 2-day tour is a one-way journey: you start in Arequipa and finish in Puno, with the canyon in the middle. A bilingual guide (Spanish and English) travels with you in shared tourist transport, collecting you from hotels in the centre of Arequipa.

The first day climbs through the national reserve of Salinas and Aguada Blanca, where vicuñas graze at Pampa Cañahuas, then passes Alto Sumbay and Tocrapampa. The highest point is Pata Pampa, at 4,910 m above sea level, with the volcanoes Mismi, Huallca Huallca, Sabancaya and Ampato in view. Chivay comes next, where lunch is up to you, and the afternoon can include the Chacapi hot springs. The evening is free.

On day two you set out early for the Condor Cross viewpoint to watch Andean condors in flight. The route then passes through Yanque and Maca villages, with halts at the Antahuilque and Wayrapunku lookouts, where pre-Inca farming terraces cover the slopes. After lunch in Chivay, the road leads to Puno with stops at the Volcanoes Viewpoint, Patahuasi for hot herbal teas, Tocrapampa and Lagunillas. The tour ends near Plaza de Armas in Puno.

• Included: shared transport, a bilingual guide, a basic first aid kit and an oxygen balloon
• Not included: lunches, dinner, accommodation and the hot springs entrance