3-Day Tour to Cotahuasi Canyon in Arequipa
Arequipa, Peru
Trip Type: Multi-day Tours
Duration: 3 days
This 3-day tour departs from your hotel in Arequipa and will take you to see Cotahuasi Canyon.
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This 3-day tour departs from your hotel in Arequipa and will take you to see Cotahuasi Canyon.Day 1: Cotahuasi - Taurisma - Hot Springs Luicho - Ride
8:00am: After breakfast, drive to a local mobility issues bound for the northern part of Cotahuasi Canyon to visit the countryside and the traditional village of Taurisma. We will cross a suspension bridge to see a forest of broom and other plants area located alongside the river Cotahuasi, then visit the town of Taurisma and its main square where we see four cedar trees over 300 years old, then we return along the same bridge to take a local mobility.
Relaxing in the Thermo-medicinal waters Luicho, 38°C to 40°C, soothing, healing properties conducive for relaxation.
Time for lunch and in the afternoon enjoy a ride from the thermal baths to the town of Antabamba, for about 2-hour at 360°.
We will appreciate beautiful landscapes formed by the Cotahuasi river, mountains, fields, herbs and more, once you reached the people of Antabamba visit and taste a snack prepared with natural local produce.
Then we return along the same path to the village of Alca to take public mobility at 6:00 pm.
Arrival in Cotahuasi at 7:00pm dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Cotahuasi - May - Ruins Huana - Quechualla 'Deepest part of the Canyon'
Lodging and breakfast at 6:30am.
We'll take a public minibus towards the deepest part of the canyon for 2-hour to the small town of Mayo; there will begin a hike up a trail Quechualla 8 kilometers (approx. 4 hours). The tour is crossed by 3 bridges and view.
Archaeological Remains of Huaña with pre-Inca hanging tombs and numerous terraces. Forest characteristic for its giant cacti cactus 8 meters high and longirostro bat habitat. The Inca Trail, stretches of Capac Nan, strategic road network that linked the coast with the capital of the Empire be observed.
Arrival Quechualla (1700 m.s.n.m.) appreciate streets and typical houses and diversity of fruit plants organic production (pacay, cherimoya, lucuma, grapes, tuna, etc.) that visitors can pick and taste from the tree. typical lunch.
Time to enjoy some wine tasting and pisco, appropriate and pleasing to tacar variety of organic wines and pisco.
Dinner and overnight in home-Quechualla.
Day 3: Quechualla - Waterfall Sipia - Cotahuasi - Arequipa
Breakfast in Quechualla and return to Cotahuasi on the same path until May, then a mini bus to Cotahuasi, with a stop at the waterfall Sipia spectacular attraction, emblem of the canyon. Arrival in Cotahuasi having visited the Valle de Piro.
Enjoy some time for lunch in Cotahuasi.
In the afternoon visit the Ecomuseum of vegetables and city tour in Cotahuasi, which highlight the narrow streets and adobe houses with gabled roofs and shop for souvenirs.
8:00am: After breakfast, drive to a local mobility issues bound for the northern part of Cotahuasi Canyon to visit the countryside and the traditional village of Taurisma. We will cross a suspension bridge to see a forest of broom and other plants area located alongside the river Cotahuasi, then visit the town of Taurisma and its main square where we see four cedar trees over 300 years old, then we return along the same bridge to take a local mobility.
Relaxing in the Thermo-medicinal waters Luicho, 38°C to 40°C, soothing, healing properties conducive for relaxation.
Time for lunch and in the afternoon enjoy a ride from the thermal baths to the town of Antabamba, for about 2-hour at 360°.
We will appreciate beautiful landscapes formed by the Cotahuasi river, mountains, fields, herbs and more, once you reached the people of Antabamba visit and taste a snack prepared with natural local produce.
Then we return along the same path to the village of Alca to take public mobility at 6:00 pm.
Arrival in Cotahuasi at 7:00pm dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Cotahuasi - May - Ruins Huana - Quechualla 'Deepest part of the Canyon'
Lodging and breakfast at 6:30am.
We'll take a public minibus towards the deepest part of the canyon for 2-hour to the small town of Mayo; there will begin a hike up a trail Quechualla 8 kilometers (approx. 4 hours). The tour is crossed by 3 bridges and view.
Archaeological Remains of Huaña with pre-Inca hanging tombs and numerous terraces. Forest characteristic for its giant cacti cactus 8 meters high and longirostro bat habitat. The Inca Trail, stretches of Capac Nan, strategic road network that linked the coast with the capital of the Empire be observed.
Arrival Quechualla (1700 m.s.n.m.) appreciate streets and typical houses and diversity of fruit plants organic production (pacay, cherimoya, lucuma, grapes, tuna, etc.) that visitors can pick and taste from the tree. typical lunch.
Time to enjoy some wine tasting and pisco, appropriate and pleasing to tacar variety of organic wines and pisco.
Dinner and overnight in home-Quechualla.
Day 3: Quechualla - Waterfall Sipia - Cotahuasi - Arequipa
Breakfast in Quechualla and return to Cotahuasi on the same path until May, then a mini bus to Cotahuasi, with a stop at the waterfall Sipia spectacular attraction, emblem of the canyon. Arrival in Cotahuasi having visited the Valle de Piro.
Enjoy some time for lunch in Cotahuasi.
In the afternoon visit the Ecomuseum of vegetables and city tour in Cotahuasi, which highlight the narrow streets and adobe houses with gabled roofs and shop for souvenirs.
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