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Hike to the Ruta del Sillar and Culebrillas in Arequipa

By Evans Tours Expeditions
8.0 out of 10
Very good
Free cancellation available
Price is S$15 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • VISIT THE TRADITIONAL VIEWPOINT OF YANAHURA
  • WE WILL VISIT THE SILLAR QUARRIES
  • WE WILL VISIT THE CULEBRILLAS CREEK
  • AT EACH POINT WE WILL STOP TO TAKE PICTURES AND THE TOUR GUIDE WILL EXPLAIN

Activity location

    • Arequipa
    • Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • C. Álvarez Thomas 115, Arequipa 04001, Perú
    • Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

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Hike to the Ruta del Sillar and Culebrillas in Arequipa
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English
Price details
S$15.07 x 1 AdultS$15.07
Total
Price is S$15.07

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tourist transport
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tour guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entrance ticket to quarries 5 soles per person
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entrance ticket to culebrillas 5 soles per person

What you can expect

08:45am to 09:15am - During this time we pick you up from the hotels located in city centre Arequipa.

09:15am - We start our tour to the Sillar Route which is a tourist route with a lot of history and living culture, where we visit quarries and areas where the sillar originated. The first point where we will stop will be the Añashuayco Quarry; which we will arrive in 45 minutes approx. It is currently in exploitation, the quarrymen perform their work from very early; in the place we can appreciate a huge canyon with cliffs (ignimbrite walls) that are several metres high, formed by the extraction for the formation of the ashlars. At this point we will tell you the history of the ashlar, the elaboration and the use that has always been given to it. In this quarry you will be able to appreciate a Megatallado of the Church of the Company of Jesus made by the stonemasons themselves. We will also be able to visit some of them so that they can explain to us how their daily work is and they can make us experience cutting ourselves one of their stone blocks.

Then we will move to the Quebrada de Culebrillas, which is 30 minutes away from Añashuayco. Arriving at this point we will make a walk of approximately 20 minutes inside the small canyon that was formed by the passage of water, which has walls of 15 to 20 metres, as we go into it the walls of the canyon are increasing in height. At the end of the walk we will be able to observe petroglyphs made by the Wari culture more than a thousand years ago. Before returning to the city we will observe the Apachetas which are stone formations placed one on top of the other that are a symbol of gratitude to nature and also attraction of good luck which cause a mystical feeling.

Location

Activity location

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    • Arequipa
    • Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • C. Álvarez Thomas 115, Arequipa 04001, Perú
    • Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru