Highlights:
Colca Canyon, Cruz del Condor lookout, Condors Flights, amazing mountain scenery, local villages, Volcanoes.

Begin from: Arequipa
End in: Arequipa
Duration: 2 Days/ 1 Night
Physical Rating: Easy
Accommodation: Superior Tourist Class / First Class Hotels / Deluxe Class

Visit the second deepest Canyon in the world & and the flight of the condors:

Enjoy the Colca Canyon in two days; the easiest way to visit Colca Valley is to take the classical, 2-day group tour where winds are even stronger, is the Cruz del Condor. The Colca Canyon mild climate and altitude (2300m/7544ft) is an awe-inspiring site and the best place in South America to witness giant condors, is extraordinarily scenic. From snowcapped volcanoes to patchwork valleys of green, narrow gorges, and beautiful desert landscape, Colca Canyon, passing the Salinas and Aguada Blanca Nature Reserve, where you can glimpse vicuñas, llamas, and alpacas from the road. One of the most celebrated is the descent into the cnanyon itself, from the Cruz del Condor lookout.

Day 01 - Arequipa - Colca Valley

Pick up from your Hotel at 07:30; and departure by land on the excursion towards the Colca Valley driving across Pampa Cañahuas at the Aguada Blanca National Reserve, habitat of herds of Vicuñas and stopping at the Mirador de los Andes, the Crater of Chucura, the Mirador de Chivay, a beautiful pre-Columbian terraces still being cultivated by native Collaguas. After 4 hours arrival to the Lodge where you’ll have the lunch, in the afternoon free time to rest, stroll by the lodge or visit Hot Spring Thermal.

Meals Included: Lunch and Dinner

Day 02 - Chivay - Condor's Cross – Arequipa

Breakfast at the Lodge; early in the morning departure to the "Condor's Cross" (3287m/10781ft) from where the great Andean bird the Condor, may be spotted flying in circles above still farmed green pre-Hispanic terraces. Enjoy the impressive panorama of the Colca Canyon, one of the deepest in the World. On the way back to Chivay, visit to the Mirador of Chinina, where the famous Hanging Tombs and the bridge of Sifón that joins the Town of Yanque with Coporaque. After lunch in Chivay, we return to the City of Arequipa, arriving at 17:00 transfer to the hotel

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch