Half Day AREQUIPA By BIKE

Overview

If you are planning to do physical activities to acclimate yourselves or to improve your physical condition this tour is considered as a good option to help you with that process.
Arequipa has a beautiful countryside full of terraces and traditional villages located outside the city center, refuge of old Arequipeans mixed with both Spanish and Peruvian customs, characterized by their wide straw hat and the way of life they lead, ranchers and farmers.

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USEFUL INFORMATION
Duration: Half day
Starting Point: Arequipa city center
Final point: Arequipa city center
Destination: Arequipa countryside
 Theme: Cycling & Cultural
Length: 32 km /20 miles Approx.
Difficulty: Moderate 3
Group size: Minimum 2 participants
Availability: All year Long
Recommended: All year Long
Rainy season: January – March
(it usually rains in the afternoon)
Requirement: Good Physical condition 

Itinerary

We present you this tour with two departure times 7:00 am or 13: 00hrs. this tour takes about 4.5 hrs, going from the city center to the Arequipas countryside, on our ride we will cross typical villages surrounded by terraces, colonial houses, museums and churches, all of them built with an special local material knows as sillar (petrified volcanic gases) we will pass through the most popular villages in our city (Sabandia, Yumina, Mollebaya y Characato).
This ride gives us the chance to know the interesting Arequipa’s urban side and be able to observe how the city is growing in direction to the volcanoes, besides understand a bit the way of thinking of its people its social organization in this multicultural society and on the other side, let’s get an impression of the lifestyle of its people on the farmland, their daily work based on livestock and agriculture using the land of their ancestors (pre-Inca terraces, water channels and irrigation systems, etc.). This tour give us a nice experience in a very healthy way interacting with locals as well as the environment that surrounds them.
The surface of the route presents us, several semi-flat sections with ascents and descents that in general are not extremely complicated, the route is 100% asphalt we have to cover 35 kilometers in total with traffic in different places especially to get out/in to the city center.

Arequipa By Bike Includes

· Briefing with the tour guide the day before
· Professional Mountain bike tour Guide 
   (Spanish / English)
· Half Suspension Bicycle
   (hydraulic brake disc)
· Helmet
· Windproof gloves
· Protective equipment
   (knee and elbow pads) 
· Repair kit
· Flexible Departure time
   (Superior Service) only
· Water and energy drinks
   (Superior Service) only
· Snacks, fruits, Chocolate, Nuts, Cookies, Etc.
   (Superior Service) only

 It Does Not Included

X Alcoholic beverages
X Hotel in Arequipa
X Gratuities for guide
X Sunglasses
X Binoculars
X Cycling Shoes
X Lunch on a typical restaurant
    Picanteria (optional)

What you need to bring?

· Small backpack
· Rain jacket or poncho
   (December to March)
· Comfortable Shoes
· Hat or cap for sun protection
· Sunscreen
· Snacks etc.
· Camera and extra batteries
· Sunglasses
· Extra money

 NOTE

· THE SUPERIOR SERVICE
   Everything is INCLUDED
· THE STANDARD SERVICE
   Shares a group with other participants
· Participants need good acclimatization over 2500m.
· Light clothing is better (summer)
· A day before all PARTICIPANTS will meet with tour guide at the hotel, to get more information and dispel doubts about any particular situation of this tour.
· To have a lunch at a traditional Picanteria (local restaurant) is only available for those who apply to Superior Service
· Our price does not include the transfer fee if you pay through Paypal
· EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED, THIS TOUR START AT THE CITY CENTER, THE PARTICIPANTS HAVE TO RIDE THE BICICLES WITH TRAFFIC IS SOME PLACES, ESPECIALLY TO GO OUT/IN OF DOWNTOWN

PERU ULTIMATE EXPEDITION
not only offers this option, if you like to be out of the ordinary and regular excursions, let us know to send you our secrets trips.
 Our group of experts is prepared to develop the trip on the way that you prefer, if there is any special activity that you want to do, contact us that we will kindly answer you.
We are experts in Mountaineering, Rafting, Mountain biking trekking in the deepest canyons in the world Colca and Cotahuasi, we also develop horseback riding, hiking, rock climbing, bird watching, and visits to the largest petroglyph deposit in the world, cave paintings or any other excursion that we can combine to create the best experience that you deserve.
We operate in Lima, Pisco, Paracas, Arequipa, Puno, Cusco Puerto Maldonado among others to obtain an immediate response from our travel agent, contact us at whatsapp number +51939394105 or our corporate email:
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