Sillar Route Tour in Arequipa: Quarries and Culebrillas
From €18 per person
See availability →Take the Sillar Route tour in Arequipa for a half-day among the Añashuayco quarries, where ashlar is carved, and the petroglyphs of Culebrillas Gorge.
The Sillar Route tour in Arequipa leads to the quarries where sillar, the ashlar stone of Arequipa, is cut and carved. It is a half-day excursion with hotel pick-up, transport and a bilingual guide, starting from hotels in or near the historic center.
The first stop is a viewpoint over the two volcanoes that surround Arequipa. The road goes on to the Añashuayco Quarry, where you watch how the ashlar is worked and carved. About thirty minutes further along, Culebrillas Gorge opens up, a water-cut canyon with walls up to 20 meters high. A walk of about 20 minutes leads inside, ending at the rock carvings left on the canyon walls, the petroglyphs that close the route. Then the transport returns to the city.
- A volcano viewpoint over Arequipa
- Añashuayco Quarry, with the stone-carving process
- Culebrillas Gorge and its petroglyphs
Entrance to the Sillar Route and to the gorge is paid separately, and meals are not part of the tour. The tour is not suited to wheelchair users or visually impaired travelers.