DAY 1 AREQUIPA – CHIVAY

We´ll begin our excursión from Arequipa at 8:00 am, we pick you up from your hotel with our transport to Chivay. After 2 hours driving we cross by the National Reservation of Vicuñas (Salinas and Aguada Blanca). Then we stop at Patahuasi, where we can appreciate the Misti Volcano. Here we have to drink a “Coca Tea” (Mate de coca) to avoid altitude sickness, in this stop there is a market of local handicrafts, then we continue driving in the bus till 4,900 m.a.s.l and from there we enjoy our stunning view of all the volcanoes of the area, such as  Misti, Chachani, and Ampato (the mountain where Mummy Juanita was found), and also we can see mountains like Sabancaya, Halka Halka, Chucura and more. We continue in our transport and we arrive to Chivay at 13.30 (the capital of Colca/Caylloma region). Here we have lunch in a traditional restaurant, then we have 30 minutes free time in town after that we visit the Calera Hot Springs, swimming pools and spending the night in Chivay

DAY 2 CHIVAY  - CRUZ DEL CONDOR - AREQUIPA

We have breakfast at 6:00 am., we take the way to the Cruz Del Condor with our transport; this will take us around 2 hours driving. During the way we stop to take pictures of the villages of the other side of the canyon, like Coporaque, Ichupampa and Lari, finally we arrive to Cruz del Condor view point. From here we can appreciate the Colca canyon and the impressive condors fly, after this we return to Chivay on the way we will visit interesting villages like Pinchollo, Maca and other places. After having lunch in Chivay, we return to Arequipa arriving at 17:00 hours.