Toro Muerto Petroglyphs Tour

Description Tourism Petroglyphs of Toro Muerto

With the “Toro Muerto Petroglyphs Tourism” tour, you will be able to visit the largest rock art complex in America and the Castle in just one day. This tour is ideal for those who love adventure in Arequipa and for those who like rock art.

LOS PETROGLIFOS DE TORO MUERTO, are an important lithic complex located in the district of Uraca, in the province of Castilla, within the department and region of Arequipa; on the sloping territory of the Toro Muerto ravine -known in ancient times as Quilcapampa- in a mountainous desert area, near the Arequipa Majes Valley at about 400 and 800 meters above sea level.

The PETROGLIFOS, are located in an extension of approximately 3876 meters long by 250 meters wide; and are a total of 6000 blocks that are engraved under the bas-relief technique and that would have its dating, according to studies of iconography, in the year 800 A.D. and were discovered only in 1951. The site has been considered in the valley of Arequipa as the shelter with the largest extension of rock art in the world.

Enjoy Tourism Petroglyphs of Toro Muerto

MAIN POINTS OF VISIT

• Arequipa (2,335 masl)
• Majes Valley (1,410 masl)
• Toro Muerto (400 – 800 masl)

Day 1: Arequipa – Majes Valley – Corire – Toro Muerto

• 04.50 hrs We will pick you up at the hotel in the circuit of the Plaza de Armas of Arequipa.
• 05.00 hrs We move by bus to the town of Corire, this is the closest town to the petroglyph tours of Toro Muerto.
• Our first visit is to TORO MUERTO, a place where we will find more than 6,000 thousand stones engraved with phytomorphic, zoomorphic, anthropomorphic and geometric shapes. We will have the opportunity to know in situ the historical legacy of our pre-Columbian cultures such as: Wari, Chuquibamba and Inca. This visit will last 03 hrs.
• They are manifestations of rock art in the Majes Valley distributed in an area of 5 Km2, extending between 400 and 800 meters above sea level. It is perhaps the richest area in rock art in the world. Volcanic stones abound in this tourist site of tours in Arequipa because there are two volcanoes relatively close, the Chachani and Coropuna. These blocks are engraved under the bas-relief technique and according to iconography studies, they are dated to 800 A.D. and were discovered only in 1951.
• Lunch in Corire (optional, picnic lunch based on shrimp).
• After lunch, we will visit a traditional wine cellar, where we will taste the finest wines and piscos elaborated in a traditional hacienda tour petroglyphs.
• In the afternoon we move to the TORAN annex. In this place we will be able to observe pre-Hispanic cemeteries and also the southern part of the valley of majes. Return to Arequipa.
• 19.00 hrs Arrival to Arequipa, we will leave you near the main square.

BREAKFAST, LUNCH and DINNER – PASSENGER