Colca Canyon Two-Day Trek to Sangalle Oasis and Back
From €77 per person
See availability →A Colca Canyon 2-day trek from Arequipa: Cruz del Condor, a long descent to the Sangalle Oasis for a night with a pool, then the climb out and hot springs on the way home.
This Colca Canyon 2-day trek lets you walk to the bottom of the canyon rather than just look into it. It starts and ends in Arequipa, and a night at the Sangalle Oasis sits in the middle.
On the first day you leave Arequipa very early, have breakfast in Chivay and then spend 40 minutes looking out from Cruz del Condor. A vehicle then takes you to San Miguel, where the walking begins. The path drops for three hours into San Juan de Chucco, a village where you stop for lunch. A further three hours of rises and dips bring you to the Sangalle Oasis for dinner and a night in a hotel that has a swimming pool.
Day two starts with a three-hour climb to Cabanaconde, where breakfast is waiting. On the way back to Arequipa there are halts at the Antahuilque lookout over the Colca Valley, at the Chacapi hot springs where warm water eases the legs, at Chivay for the last lunch, at the Volcanoes Viewpoint and in the Salinas and Aguada Blanca Reserve, home to llamas, alpacas and vicuñas. The tour finishes just two blocks short of Arequipa's main square.
- Transport on both days, a guide, two breakfasts, one lunch and dinner
- Hotel at Sangalle Oasis
- Not included: hot springs ticket, canyon entrance, the last lunch and drinks
Pick-up is also possible in Chivay and Cabanaconde. Not suitable for children under 15, people with heart problems or a fear of heights, or anyone over 60.