We leave Arequipa City aprox 7:30 am. We will follow tha same road to Cuzco and Puno and we will enter to the National Reserve of Salinas and Aguada Blanca, in this reserve we protect more than 160 varieties of birds, four southamerican camelids, reptiles, andean deers, foxes, mountain cats and pumas. We will stop in a restaurant to use facilities and also to drink an inka tea ( muña, chachacoma, coca) excellent for altitud sicknes, continue with our tour we will pass the wet lands or bofedales, and then the highest point Patapampa ( 4,925 .m.o.s.l.) from this point we have a great view of two
mountain ranges of the Andes, Ampato volcano. From here we will start to descend to Chivay a town that its the Capital of Caylloma Province, after lunch we will go to our hotel and then in the afternoon we will visit hot springs and at night we can enjoy a Fokloric show with typical dances of the región.
The second day after early breakfast, we will leave to the Condor Cross Viewpoint, on the way we will visit towns like Yanque and Maca and to appreciate the amazing terraces with more than 2,000 years we have some viewpoints, also we will know where is the fardest source of Amazon river, we will drive until we rich the begining of the Canyon, a viewpoint known as the Condor Cross , Colca Canyon is considered the third deepest Canyon in the world. If we are like we will enjoy the flying of the Andean Condor consider the heaviest flying bird in the world, After all this we will retorn to Chivay, have some time to visit the local market, after lunch w ewill return to Arequipa City. We will arrive aprox 4:30 pm.
COLCA VALLEY AND CANYON 2D/1N
