Day 1: This adventure will begin in Arequipa with pick-up from your hotel between 7:00 AM and 7:30 AM. We will head for the traditional village of Cabanaconde in our tourist vehicle. During the tour, we will stop at the Volcanoes Viewpoint to enjoy a panoramic view of the volcanic chain of southern Peru. Next, we will also stop at the Antahuilque viewpoint to enjoy the view of the Colca Valley and the pre-Inca terraces. Continuing on, we will head to the Granja del Colca, a tourist viewpoint where we will have lunch with a panoramic view of the Colca Canyon. We will then continue our journey and arrive in Cabanaconde around 2:30 in the afternoon. We will check into our hotel, and later in the afternoon, we will take a quad bike ride to the Achachihua viewpoint to enjoy a beautiful view of the canyon and the Sangalle Oasis. Here, we will also be able to see an ancient wall over 1,000 years old that surrounds what was once a village of the Caba culture. All of this will be accompanied by a beautiful sunset. Afterwards, we will return to the hotel for dinner. We will then spend the night at our accommodation.
Day 2: At 7:00 a.m., we will have breakfast and then head to the Condor Cross viewpoint, where we will spend an hour enjoying the flight of the condor and the beautiful view offered by this viewpoint. We will then continue our tour and head to the Chacapi hot springs, where we will enjoy these medicinal thermal waters. We will then head to the town of Chivay for lunch. After lunch, we will continue our return journey, making a stop at Toqcra Pampa to enjoy the scenery and observe South American camelids such as llamas, alpacas, and vicuñas. Our tour will continue in this manner until we reach the city of Arequipa at approximately 5:00 pm. The tour ends 2 streets away from the main square in Arequipa.
This two-day tour of the Colca Canyon by car is different from the tours offered by other tour operators. We will visit more sites and enjoy more activities.
We will also visit the Achachihua viewpoint.
We will explore the Achachihua Fortress.
We will also visit the Cruz del Condor viewpoint.
We will take a quad bike ride to Cabanaconde's most iconic viewpoint.
We will enjoy the sunset from the Achachihua viewpoint.
We will spend the night in the traditional village of Cabanaconde, unlike the other tour operators, who spend the night in the town of Chivay. Cabanaconde is a very beautiful village; in fact, it is the most beautiful village in the Colca Canyon.