Colca Canyon & Arequipa Tours

Arequipa, located in southern Peru, is that nation's second largest city. It is also the capital of the Arequipa Province, and is 633.8 miles from Lima. The city lies in the highlands at the foot of the snow-capped volcano El Misti. El Misti is currently inactive, but erupted strongly between 1438 and 1471. Several smaller eruptions have occurred since then, most recently in 1784. Arequipa has over 80 volcanoes which can be found in the Valley of Volcanoes. Arequipa has many fine colonial-era Spanish buildings built of sillar, a pearly white volcanic rock used extensively in the city, and from which it gets its nickname La Ciudad Blanca ("The White City"). The Colca Canyon is an impressive geological formation in the Volcanic Mountain Range, stretching for 100 km and descending to a depth of 3,400 m. of height, which is considered the second deepest of the world. There are many volcanoes, impressive in terms of height and activity, such as Mt. Ampato rising 6,310 m above sea level, and Mt. Coropuna, 6,425 m.a.s.l. The river and valley were well-known to the Incas and their predecessors, and the Spaniards laid out townships along the valley, no doubt planning to use Rio Colca valley as the route to Cuzco and other Andean locations.

The Colca Canyon is home of this majestic Condor and tourists can see the big condors at fairly close range as they fly through the canyon walls. The canyon is the natural habitat of the great Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), a species that has seen world-wide effort to preserve it.

Traditional Colca Canyon & Arequipa Programs

Join our Arequipa tours, treks, and expeditions and enjoy the magic of the Incas and the beauty of the Andean nature.

Trekking, Mountaineering, Climbing Programs

We offer hiking, trekking, mountaineering , climbing programs mountains and volcanos all year round for all levels in Arequipa.