Full-Day Colca Canyon Tour from Arequipa with Buffet Lunch
From €43 per person
See availability →A full-day Colca Canyon tour from Arequipa, with condors at Cruz del Condor, colonial villages, hot springs, vicuñas and breakfast and buffet lunch included.
This full-day Colca Canyon tour from Arequipa packs the main sights of the valley into one long day, and the day starts very early with hotel pick-up. The road crosses Yura and stops only for breakfast, so that you reach Cruz del Condor in the morning, at the viewpoint above a canyon among the deepest on Earth, where condors glide.
The way back is slower and full of stops. The villages of Pinchollo, Maca and Yanque have colonial churches, and the Antahuilque and Choquetico viewpoints look over pre-Inca tombs and the terraced slopes of the valley. Along the route you come across traditional costumes, camelids, trained birds and a Colca Sour, a drink made from sancayo fruit.
Next is a break at the Chacapi thermal baths, then about an hour for lunch in Chivay. Heading back to Arequipa, the road climbs to a volcano viewpoint, the highest point at 4,910 meters above sea level, then passes the Tocrapampa wetlands with their birds, alpacas and llamas. In Pampa Cañahuas, inside the Salinas and Aguada Blanca reserve, herds of vicuñas graze.
- Tourist transport and a guide who speaks English and Spanish
- Breakfast and a buffet lunch of typical dishes
The Colca entrance ticket and the hot springs are paid separately.