Small-Group Arequipa Countryside Tour Including La Mansion del Fundador

Sightseeing  :  Peru  :  Arequipa  :  Arequipa  :  Half-day Tours

Explore the Arequipa countryside while on this 4-hour tour. Discover Chilina and La Mansion del Fundador (Founder's Mansion) with you group of no more than 15 people and an English-speaking guide. Get panoramic views of the city from Mirador de Sachaca and cross the Iron Bridge before returning to the city at the end of the day. Start your tour with a pick up from your central Arequipa accommodations or meeting point. Then, travel through the valley of Chilina, where you can appreciate arequipeñas terraces and watch the river Chili serpentinal travel with the Misti volcano at his head. Continue the tour by visiting the traditional village of Paucarpata before driving to the mill Sabandia, stone mill built in the year 1785, where the typical architecture of the region, which remains dominated ashlar.

After walking through the mill will move, transfer to one of the most traditional houses in the region, La Mansion del Fundador (Founder's Mansion), also built in ashlar residence on the edge of a cliff. Leave the mansion and head towards the "Mirador de Sachaca", where you will have a lovely view of the city and its three volcanoes. Conclude the trip by crossing the "Iron Bridge", a work designed by the famous French architect Gustave Eiffel. Return to the Plaza de Armas at the end of your day.