2 Days HORSEBACK RIDING TOUR
(Colca Valley & Geopark)

 Overview

The Colca Valley considered the first tourist destination in Arequipa region, show us a dazzling nature, great living culture and delicious cuisine, in this magical place you will be able to enjoy nature, experiential tourism and adventure, it has a great diversity of flora and fauna, where the Andean Condor stands out, the terraces in the colca valley represent one of the most impressive landscapes on the continent, besides the enormous natural and cultural heritage, clearly highlighting the survival of two fundamental Ethnic groups Collaguas and Cabanas.
Most of our time we are thinking about people who is looking for outdoor adventure, in general Peru offers wonderful opportunities to horseback ride through the most beautiful scenery, one of our favorite places to ride friendly horses is in the Valley of fire (colca valley) in Southern Peru, it is the perfect place for a wide range of adventure activities.
 We present to you excursions from half day to 7 days of exiting horseback ride, everything will depends on your time and experience.

“COME WITH US AND BE PART OF THIS UNIQUE AND UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE”.

 USEFUL INFORMATION

Duration: 2 Days / 1 night
Starting Point: Arequipa - Puno
Final point: Hotel - Arequipa - Puno or Cusco
Destination:  Geopark - Colca Valley
 Colca Canyon - Vicuña National Reserve
Theme: Horseback Riding, Nature & Culture
Total Riding distance: 50 km / 31.25 miles
Riding Grade: Moderate
Group size: Minimum 2 participants
Abra Patapampa: 4910 meters /16203 feet
Vicuña National Reserve height: 4000 meters / 13200 feet
Chivay town height: 3650 meters /12045 feet
Availability: All year Long
Rainy season: January - March
Requirement: Standard Physical condition
Weight Limit: 95 kg - 209 pounds

ITINERARY

FIRST DAY 
AREQUIPA - NATIONAL RESERVE - YANQUE village - COLCA VALLEY - CABANA NATION

Today we leave early in the morning, we pick up our clients from their hotels in our private or shared transportation according to your reservation request.
(Superior Private Service) at 5:30 am
(Shared service group) between 3:00 am / 3:15 am.
We begin our 3hrs journey towards the Colca Valley, following a totally paved road and as soon as the sun rises, we will open our eyes to wake up in a unique Andean landscape surrounded by volcanoes and imposing mountains, observing through the window of the car several corrals with hundreds of South American camelids probably still inside or maybe about to go out in search of Andean grass, source of their food, later on we get pass the highest point of the entire tour named Patapampa 4910 meters then we descent 1300 meters approx. to enter to the Colca valley and get to Chivay town the place for us to have a traditional breakfast and after enjoying it, we continue by car to our ranch to meet the Chalan and horses, but before we departure we have time to prepare ourselves and get important instructions to have a good performance during the horseback ride.
This exiting 5/6 hour excursion, consist on a long ride through the Colca valley and will be led by the chalan and the tour guide, the scenery is just amazing show us a great contrast of bright colors, beautiful mountains, pre-Inca terraces, colonial churches, villages among others, the trail takes us through different sectors up and down, eminently terrain of a high Andean valley, around midday we will get to a very peaceful village named Lari where we stop to rest, stretch our legs, and get our cold lunch, 30 minutes later we continue riding between the terraces, going up and down very close to the Colca River we get cross it through a bridge to pass to the left side of the valley, and then go uphill to enter into an area of the cabanas nation the place for us to spend the night in a family homestay once we get here we will have free time to rest, take a shower or walk in town, dinner will be served around 7:00pm it is the perfect moment to have an interesting conversation with our tour guide which will explain you about the culture, ethnic groups, traditions and everything that is still preserved in the canyon as well as a briefing about the agenda for the next day.

Yanque height: 3550 meters - 11715 feet
Paso Lari : 3800 meters /12.540 feet
Pinchollo height: 3550 meters - 11715 feet
Accommodation: Home stay family Pinchollo village
Meals: breakfast, box lunch, dinner snacks
Vegetarian food: Available
Riding length: 39 km / 24.37 miles
Riding Time: 5-6 hours

SECOND DAY
CABANA NATION (Pinchollo) - CONDOR CROSS LOOKOUT - CHIVAY - AREQUIPA

6:00am breakfast is served and after that we do the last part of this beautiful 2 days horseback ride, we meet the horses then we ride for about 2 hours until the famous lookout point named Condor Cross in this area we have a big chance to observe the fly of a primitive bird considered as the king of the Andes (the Andean Condor the second biggest flying bird in the world) which is usually seating on big rocks on the cliffs of the canyon or just gliding. We are going to stay here for a while enjoying the view of one of the deepest and most impressive canyons in the world.
At this place it is time to say thanks and good Bye to the Chalan and horses, they will go back home, and we have to return to Chivay, doing some tourist stops along the way, to visit a handicraft market, a colonial church, thermal baths to relax the muscles etc. later on, we get to a very nice restaurant to have a traditional buffet lunch, and after that we take our way back to Arequipa 3.5 hours later we will arrive to the city center.
End the service.

Condor cross: 3785 meters /12.490 feet
Meals: breakfast, traditional buffet lunch
Vegetarian food: Available
Riding length: 11 km / 6.87miles
Riding Time: 2 hours
thermal bath: Yanque Village

INCLUSIONS | EXCLUSIONS | RATES

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

 
WHAT'S EXCLUDED?

X Hotel in Arequipa
X Accident insurance
X Alcoholic beverages
X Sunglasses
X Water / Snacks
    Standar Service
X Entrance to the hot springs
    Standar Service
X Tips for guide and camp staff

What You Need To Bring/Carry

· Day backpack
· Rain jacket or poncho
   (December - April)
· Comfortable shoes
· Sweater or jacket
   (Something warm)
· Bottle of water
· Flashlight and batteries
· Hat or cap
   (to protect you from the sun)
· Sun's cream
· Snacks
· Sunglasses
· Extra money
   (tips and souvenirs)

NOTE

Superior Service is recommended because the program is more flexible en general

Our tour guides are experts and have a great passion for horseback riding, they are English and Spanish speakers and will be riding with you all the time besides to give you support during the expedition

The briefing of this expedition is usually in your hotel at 7.00 pm if you want to change it, just request it at the Booking time

To have experience in long horseback riding, is required to apply for this excursion.

We take care of our horses because we love them, they are very quiet and friendly, we consider them part of our family.

A minimum of 2 participants is required to organize this excursion

If you are more than 2 people get a different price

The times quoted in this itinerary are approximate

We strongly recommend apply to Superior Service to have a support vehicle, if in case you wish to stop for any reason, (it usually happens when people get tired) everyone have the chance to take a break to rest in our vehicle and resume the excursion at any time you wish.

Rainy season January - March

Departure time more flexible for Superior Service

We have a price for SOLO traveler

We present two payment channels Paypal and Wester Union

Our price does not include the transfer fee if you pay through Paypal

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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.
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