2 Days NON CLASSIC
 COLCA  MAGICAL

Arequipa is a beautiful city founded in 1540 on a place specially chosen for their natural beauty and warm weather this beautiful city is located at 2350m at the foot of Misti, a gigantic conical volcano with 5825m. Arequipa is known as the white City, full of fine colonial buildings and has stunning natural landscapes like Colca and Cotahuasi  canyons  the deepest in the world.

“TRAVELING FIRST LEAVES YOU SPEECHLESS AND THEN TURNS YOU INTO A STORYTELLER”

USEFUL INFORMATION
Duration: 2 Days -1 nights
Starting Point: Arequipa- Puno or Cuzco
Final point: Arequipa- Puno or Cuzco
Destination: COLCA CANYON - Geopark
 Vicuña National Reserve
Theme: Cultural & Adventure
Difficulty: Easy
Group size: Minimum 2 participants
Vicuña National Reserve height: 4000 meters / 13200 feet
Chivay town: 3650 meters - 12000 feet
Sumbay Caves: 3900 meters - 12870 feet
Andes Look Out Point: 4910meters/16.200 feet
Availability: All year Long
Rainy reason: January to March
Requirement: Regular Physical condition

Itinerary

Day 1
AREQUIPA - NATIONAL RESERVE (SALINAS Y AGUADA BLANCA) - SUMBAY CAVES - MIRADOR DE L.OS ANDES 4910M - CHIVAY TOWN - HOT SPRING
7:00am We pick you up from your hotel, bus station or airport and then we begin our journey to the Colca Valley following the road that goes to the traditional Yura village, We also pass near to Quiscos valley and after 2:00hrs of travel We enter to Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reserve, here we stop to enjoy the beautiful landscape, take pictures and know the life and behavior of the South American camels over 4000m (13.200feet) (Llamas, Alpacas, Vicuñas and Guanacos) also to enjoy a delicious Inca tea, which is going to help you mitigate the symptoms of altitude sickness, and of course to buy souvenirs made with alpaca wool then keep going gradually higher to visit a very interesting place known as the Sumbay Painting Caves (Paleolithic Era 6000 - 8000 BC). Situated to 91 km North West of Arequipa city, to get there we go on a bumpy road until an abandoned ghost town named Sumbay, we take pictures to this weird place then we walk through nice rock formations and narrow rocky canyon up to the Cave, finally we will find the rupestrian rock arts, showing the most significant representation of these first men (hunting scenes, taming scenes and a great number of animal in different attitudes such as Vicuñas, Guanacos, Pumas, Ñandu, Also figures of humans and rare figures carved on the walls).

Later on we go continue on main road to get to the wetlands where more wildlife species are living such as (birds, rabbits, Andean foxes).
After that we get to Patapampa a natural viewpoint and the highest place of the entire route where we will see the Mismi volcano considered to be the origin of the Amazon River also the amazing Ampato volcano for having preserved the mummified body of  Juanita the Inca Princess, sacrificed more than 6 centuries Ago as well as the second most active volcano of Peru Sabancaya giving a nice show for all the visitors, then 30 minutes later we will arrive to Chivay town (3651m) the most important of all Colca Region, here we enjoy the traditional lunch with a wide variety of local food then we transfer to your hotel to take a rest and to have the afternoon free but if you book optional activities the tour guide will pick you up later.

After the optional activities we could return to the hotel if there is time or go directly to the restaurant
7:00 pm time for dinner in a traditional restaurant with folkloric music and some local dances
8:30 pm transfer only for those who booked the visit to the PLANETARY.
9:00 pm transfer to the hotel to rest.

Accommodation: Chivay town
Chivay height: 3650 meters/12,045 feet
Today Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Vegetarian food: Available

Day 2
CHIVAY - CONDORS LOOK OUT POINT - GAYSERS - MACA - CHIVAY - MOLLEPUNKU CAVES - ENCHANTED CASTLES - COLCA WINDOW - NATIONAL RESERVE - AREQUIPA

6:00am breakfast and then we continue our journey following the left bank of the Colca River where the countless fields (pre inca terraces) full of crops, such as corn, potatos, quinoa, amaranth and abundant vegetation make this landscape incredibly beautiful, one hour after we get to the lookout point named  Condor Cross, to observe the largest flying bird in the world, whose scientific name is (Vulture Gryphus) or simply Andean Condor here we get the best pictures of the impressive mountains as well as the walls and depth of this amazing Canyon with beautiful green remote villages located in its interior part. Then at the indicated hour we visit the Gayser of Pinchollo which is 9km far from the main route, it is situated at the base of Hualca Hualca Volcano, once we get at the place, we take a short walk to get very close to the Gayser , take pictures and admire how powerful it can be and of course enjoy some local fruit and snack in this particular place, then we have to return to the main route to continue doing some stops in places of great tourist interest, like Maca village, its colonial church, handicraft market, etc. After we go for lunch in Chivay town, one hour later the car pick us up to go to the high valley, where we will see the Enchanted Castles also Mollepunku caves another great place which show a theme in which the domestication of south American Camelids is represented, then we will pass by the Window of Colca to enter into the national reserve, 3 hours later we will be back in Arequipa city arriving approximately 7:00 pm

Condor cross height: 3700 meters/12,210 feet
Today Meals: Lunch
Vegetarian food: Available
Optional walk: Over the nesting area of the condors
1 hour (available to superior service)

NON CLASSIC COLCA  MAGICAL INCLUDES

· Pick up from the Hotel, bus station or airport
   (Superior Service) only
· Flexible Departure time
   (Superior Service) only
· Private vehicle
   (Superior Service) only
· 1 Night in a 3 stars Hotel
   (Superior Service) only
· Entrance ticket to the Colca canyon
   (Superior Service) only
· Entrance ticket to Sumbay caves
   (Superior Service) only
· Entrance ticket mollepunku caves
   (Superior Service) only
· 1 breakfast
· 2 traditional Buffet Lunches
   (Superior Service) only
· 1 Dinner in Chivay
   (with Live Folk Music)
   (Superior Service) only
· Water and energy drinks
   (Superior Service) only
· Snacks, fruits, Chocolate, Nuts, Cookies, Etc.
   (Superior Service) only
· Oxygen and first aid kit
   (Superior Service) only
· OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES
   Available to (Superior Service) only
· First aid kit for all participants and our assistant staff
· Food and lodging for camp staff

It Does Not Include

X  Breakfast on the first day
X  Entrance to the hot springs
X  OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES
X  Tips for the Guide and staff
X  Travel insurance
X  Transfer to Puno or Cusco

What do you need to bring

· Small backpack 40lt
· A complete change of clothing
· Sweater and jacket
· Jacket for rain or poncho
   (December to April)
· Water bottle
· Hat or cap to protect from the sun
· Sunscreen cream
· Sunglasses
· Bathing suit for the hot springs
· Extra money
· Humor

NOTE

· SUPERIOR SERVICE
   Everything is private
· STANDARD SERVICE
   Shares a group with other participants
· You should apply to only one of the optional activities, and enjoy it to the fullest, without feeling rushed
· The Superior Service includes all the entrance tickets and does a complete tour, it also uses private vehicle to visit all the places mention in the itinerary
· Vegetarian food is available
· Our price does not include the transfer fee if you pay through Paypal
· We offer a Discount of $15.00 per person for foreign students under 25 years of age who have a student card with a valid expiration date at the time of their excursion and also for regular students between 8 and 17 years old
· This discount will also apply to people from countries belonging to the Andean Community (CAN) Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador
· Special discounts for Peruvians $20.00 per adult and $25.00 per student
· NO discounts will be applied in the high season months (June, July and August)
· To receive the discount benefit, we need you to send us the photo or high quality scan of the card. We also need to view the high quality image or passport scan of the student under 17 and children under 8 years old
· Departure time could be More flexible for SUPERIOR SERVICE
· We have a price for SOLO traveler
· THIS EXCURSION CAN ALSO START FROM PUNO or CUSCO CITIES It is not necessary to go to Arequipa city, we can take you directly to the Colca region - The colca valley is situaded 3 hours far from Arequipa city center, We finish this excursion in Arequipa city (ask for information)

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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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