Approximately at 7 a.m. we pickup the passenger at their hotel, then we leave to the Colca Valley.We leave before the classic tours and before the classics travel agencies.
Approximately after a two hours' trip, we will find the main route that goes to the Colca Valley. In this sector, that is named "Pampas Cañahuas" we will be able to watch the "vicuñas" which are non-domesticated camelids that live freely onto the "Aguada Blanca y Salinas" National Reservation.
In this part of our trip, it is possible to use the rest rooms placed in "Chasqui Pampa".
After this, we willl go to the "Bofedales of Tocjra Pampa" where we will be able to watch different kinds of birds like black ibis, andean duck, "guayatas", "the pajaro bobo", Andean gulls, etc.
Near this place we will be able to find herds of "llamas" and "alpacas".
In this part of our trip we will be at a height of 4850 meters over the sea level (In a place named "Mirador de los Volcanes"). Here, we will have an outstanding view of the different volcanoes (also called "the volcanic belt of Southern Peru) and a partial view of the Center Andes Mountain Chain.
After approximately 4 hours of travel and visits we will arrive to the Colca Valley, specifically to the town named Chivay, which is the biggests one, where we will be able to enjoy thermal waters with a temperature of 38 Celsius degrees, also, also we can visit the museum next to the thermal waters. After lunch we will continue our trip towards Cabanaconde village placed at 3287 meters over the sea. In the way we will be able to watch and to photograph pre Inca terraces known as "andenes", ceremonial stones, the colonial church of the village of Yanque and finally we will arrive to the "Cross of the Condor".
Comments.- Before to get to Cabanaconde town, we can do trekking of 45 minutes in the condor cross, in this trek are two good viewpoints that allow us to see the depth of the canyon and its prolongation.
This small trekking is between the cure viewpoint and the Condor cross. This trekking is highly recommended by our customers.
To do this trekking you need to cancel the visit to the hot springs of Chivay and to have enough time to walk.
After lunch ,we visit the colca valley wihout tourists , remebember the classic tours sleep in Yanque or in Chivay city and the next day all travel agencies and tourists leave in the early morning to the condor cross , and they do the same stops at the same time along the Colca valley and in the viewpoints and villages are full tourists,cars and buses.
The noise of tourists and the noise from motor cars they can not enjoy the visit and the nature.
With the special program of Pablo tour we visit the colca valley in the afternoon . |
We do the visit of the Colca Valley in the afternoon ´cause in the morning there are hundreds of tourists. We sleep in the town of Cabanaconde and not in Chivay, because in Cabanaconde there are also good hotels and the village is more typical (fewer tourists). On the second day we don't get up at 4:30 a.m to see the condors, because we go two times to the Cross of the Condor. The first time is in the afternon of the first day of our trip, where, frequently, some condors could be seen. The second time is in the morning of the second day, but we can get up at 7 a.m.and not at 4:30 a.m because the distance of Cabanaconde to "Cross of the Condor" is reached in just 25 minutes.
If you sleep in Chivay you would have to wake up early in the morning in order to reach the Cross of the Condor in 2 hours (or 42 kilometers) including visits. Stay in Cabanaconde in the chosen hotel. |
At 7 : 00 am, we leave from our hotel and after 4 min. by car we walk 10 min. And we arrive to the best view point of colca canyon ( Achachihua view point) Here there are not tourists, from here you can see : the Oasis inside the canyon and also the huaruro Waterfall ( the righ bank of the colca river) , the treasure of the pre-inca trails.
7:30 we go to condor cross (25 min. By car) Here we stayed about one hour trying to see the flight of the condor.
Then we continue our journey towards Pinchollo and before getting to Maca town, we take a divert and we cross the Colca river towards the right bank of the river Colca.
The right bank of the river Colca .- This part of the Colca Canyon is less visited by tourists and not visited for the classic tours .In this part of the valley there are typical towns of colonial style which are not visited by tourists, these towns are: Lari / Ichupampa / Coporaque. In these towns you can walk and explore through the typical streets and appreciate the quiet life in the Andes.
Here, between Ichupampa and Coporaque we stop in a particular and different viewpoint: “ Occolle viewpoint "since this place we can appreciate a series of terraces that takes shape of an amphitheater.
And for people who like to walk, here can do trekking between 45 min in an hour.
Then we’ll continue by Chivay town. Having lunch, to continue towards Arequipa city. The time we get 4 or 5 pm.
This choice is intended for people who like to do something different, being in the middle of pre-Inca terraces, and enjoy a part of the Colca Canyon that is not visited by the classic tours. Directed towards people who like to do good sightseeings in typical villages without many tourists. |
