You will be picked up from the bus station or your hotel in Arequipa at 4:00 a.m. by private bus. After three hours of travel, we make a brief stop in Chivay, then we will continue until we reach the view point “Cruz del Condor”. We will stop here for approx. 1 hour to watch the condors fly and enjoy the beautiful view over the canyon. Then we will go to Cabanaconde, at 3,287 meters above sea level. Here we will have lunch and get ready for the hike. First we will pass by the viewpoint called Pampa San Miguel, from where we will be able to see the trails where we will walk.

From here we start descending into the canyon towards the village of San Juan De Chucho. This takes 4 hours approx. on the way we will cross the Colca river through a suspension bridge, during the hike, the guide will inform you about the flora and fauna, medicinal plants and the culture of the people living in the canyon. We will finish this day in Cosñirhua, a village 1 hour walk from San Juan De Chucho, in Cosñirhua we will have dinner and spend the night in a house of a local family and you will be able to see their daily life.

After breakfast we will continue our hike through the canyon. On the way we will pass through Malata, a small village, after 2 hours of walking we arrive at Sangalle, better known as the Oasis, in the Oasis you can relax and swim in the pool. After lunch we will have time to explore the area, then we will have dinner and spend the night in bungalows, the accommodation has shared bathroom.

In the morning, around 04:30 am, you will have a coca tea and we will start the hike to Cabanaconde, where we will have a breakfast, after that we will go back, but we will stop at the condor cross view point, here you will have a beautiful view of the geological shape of the canyon and the condors overflight. You will return to Cabanaconde to take the bus to Chivay, on the way we will make a stop to see Inca and pre-Inca agricultural terraces from the Wayrapunku viewpoint.

In Chivay you have the option to visit the hot springs for an hour, the medicinal water has a temperature of 38°C. Then you can have lunch in Chivay before returning to Arequipa. We will arrive in Arequipa at 6:30 pm. approx. so we will take the bus back to Cusco around 8 pm, so you will be in Cusco the next morning around 6 am.