Arequipa

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• After picking up all the participants we depart from Arequipa at 3:30 am and drive to Chivay where we stop for breakfast and later continue to the Condor's Cross which is the best place to watch the Canyon and the famous Andean Condor birds.

• After driving 3 1/2 hours, we stop in Chivay to enjoy breakfast. Later, we continue to one of the most popular points of the canyon, u201cCondoru2019s Cross,u201d where we stop for about 40 minutes to watch the Condors fly. We will continue for another 20 minutes by bus, then our trek downhill begins. We trek downhill from 3300 meters above sea level to reach the bottom which takes approximately 3 u00bd hours, at an altitude of 2100 meters above sea level. We have lunch, dinner and stay overnight in San Juan de Chuccho village which has a tropical climate with a lot of vegetation.

• 08:00 am after breakfast, we continue to the town of Cosu00f1irhua to see the production of honey made by the local people and taste the honey. It is possible to see archaeological ruins left by Pre-Inca cultures around the area. Going on, we reach the town of Malata and its old Spanish church design. Then we descend to the deepest part of our trek to Sangalle Village at 1900 meters above sea level.

• Oasis Sangalle is a tiny town which is located in the deepest part of the Colca Canyon. Locals have made out of this place, lodges for the travelers to rest after the trekkings. It is beautiful and has a lot of vegetation around and also it's pretty close to the river.

• 05:00 am trek uphill to Cabanaconde which takes approximately 3 hours. On arrival, we have breakfast in Cabanaconde and then take our transport to Chivay on the way back to Arequipa. At approximately 12:00 pm we arrive to Chivay towards the hot springs.nnu200bnnIn Chivay, we have a typical lunch of the region and then head back to Arequipa. On the way back, we descend from 4830 meters above sea level to 2325 meters above sea level passing through a National Reserve and Pampa Cau00f1ahuas, which is a habitat for the 4 kinds of South American camelids. (Llama, Alpaca, vicuu00f1a and guanaco). We return to Arequipa at approximately 17:30 pm.

• After the breakfast in Cabanaconde we go to the hot springs, which are located close to Chivay. The entrace costs 15 soles and it's not included in the price. In the Hot Springs you will find different pools with water temperature from 30u00baC up to 60u00b0C. Coming into the Hot Springs is optional but it's definetly a nice experience.

• In the way to Puno we stop into the reserve in a place called Pampa Cau00f1ahuas to see Volcanos but also camelids as Alpacas, Llamas and Vicuu00f1as. The stop is only 15 - minutes but you will see volcanos and camelids during more than 1 hour.

Good to know

• Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

• Not recommended for pregnant travelers

• Service animals allowed

• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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