Adventure Tour in Arequipa

Description Adventure Travel Packages Arequipa

With the “Arequipa Adventure Tour Packages”, you will be able to know this beautiful city that is built almost entirely in sillar, a kind of white volcanic stone. This is the reason why Arequipa is called the White City, this tour is ideal for those who want to know the history and have an unparalleled adventure.

In this tour we will visit: The Plaza de Armas of Arequipa and its bronze basin with a sculpture made of copper of a little elf with a trumpet, the Mirador de Carmen Alto Plaza and Mirador de Yanahuara tours, which is a set of beautiful ashlar arches built during the nineteenth century, a panoramic view of its three volcanoes Misti, Chachani and Pichu Pichu, the zoo, Zoo Mundo that houses 340 animals of 88 species that were recovered from traders or abandoned, the Tingo Spa, the Via Paisajista and the Founder’s Mansion, then we will go to the Sabandia Mill.

You will be able to know the tourist places of Arequipa in only one day, the biggest complex of rock art of America, the PETROGLIFOS DE TORO MUERTO, which are an important lithic complex and the Castle. This tour is ideal for those who love adventure and for those who like rock art. The Colca Valley with its wonderful landscapes and the Mirador de la Cruz del Condor, we will be able to delight ourselves with the flight of the Condor, this majestic bird in danger of extinction that inhabits the canyon. Its varied fauna will also allow the traveler to enjoy the presence of animals such as alpaca, vicuña, viscachas, foxes, pumas, eagles, hawks and owls.

Have a unique and exciting experience on the Chili River, a short river with little flow, but with many class II, III and IV rapids suitable for rafting, an exciting sport. Besides appreciating the natural ashlar walls of this beautiful canyon.

Enjoy the Arequipa Adventure Tourist Packages

MAIN POINTS OF VISIT

• Arequipa (2,335 masl)
• Sabandia Mill (2,399 masl)
• Majes Valley (200 – 800 masl)
• Petroglyphs of Toro Muerto (400 – 800 masl9)
• Chivay (3,635 masl)
• Cruz del Condor viewpoint (3,800 masl)
• Chili River (3,750 masl / 9,750 fasl)

Day 1: Arequipa – Historical Center – Yanahuara Viewpoint – World Zoo – Founder’s Mansion – Sabandia Mill – Arequipa

• We have 3 schedules so you can know the monumental case and surroundings of this beautiful city: 09.00 am, 11.00 am and 2.00 pm.
• We will pick you up 15 minutes before the start of the tour, to the HOTEL that is located in the circuit of the Arequipa region.
• This tour is done in a panoramic bus and lasts 4 hours; the whole tour is inside and outside the city of Arequipa, we will start at the Plaza de Armas and the places to visit are: colonial buildings, museums and main streets of Arequipa city tour.
• In this tour we will visit: Plaza de Armas Arequipa and its bronze basin with a sculpture made of copper of a little goblin with a trumpet, it is said that it once had wings, but over the years it was lost, this sculpture is known as Tuturutu. There is a myth about the Tuturutu that says that it represents a soldier of the XVI century. Another legend says that “El Tuturutu” was a character of short stature who enjoyed the confidence of the Inca Mayta Capac for being his official messenger to the ayllus and soldiers, “The name Tuturutu was taken from the sound of the instrument used by this character to announce to the Inca about the arrival of a chasqui or an encomienda”. The Tuturutu of so much day and night, one morning he woke up dead and petrified by a cold wave and since then he became the permanent watchman of the Arequipa region.
• We will also go to the excursion of Arequipa as Mirador de Carmen Alto Plaza and Mirador de Yanahuara, which is a set of beautiful ashlar arches built during the nineteenth century, by the location in which it is located, is a must-see place, because it allows to admire the beautiful white city of Arequipa, having a panoramic view of its three volcanoes (Misti, Chachani and Pichu Pichu). We can also observe engraved writings of illustrious people of the city of Arequipa.
• We will make another stop at the OUTLET INCALPACA and the zoo, Zoo World of tours Arequipa houses 340 animals of 88 species that were recovered from traders or abandoned. It has 3 hectares of extension, we can find the spectacled bear, a protected species for being in the process of extinction; lions recovered from a circus a year ago; Peruvian otorongos and monkeys of various species. An area that attracts attention is the one that houses the penguins and the exotic fish aquarium where you can see piranhas, motor rays, discus fish, electric eels, needlefish, among others.
• We will pass by the Tingo Spa, the Via Paisajista and the Founder’s Mansion, then we will go to the Sabandia Mill.

Hotel: CORREGIDOR

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH & DINNER – PASSENGER

Day 2: Arequipa – Majes Valley – Toro Muerto Petroglyphs – Arequipa

• 04.50 hrs We will pick you up at the hotel in the circuit of the Plaza de Armas.
• 05.00 hrs We move by bus to the town of Corire, this is the closest town to the petroglyphs 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 rocks abound in this site because there are two volcanoes relatively close, the Chachani and the Coropuna. These blocks are engraved using the bas-relief technique and according to iconographic 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 produced in a traditional hacienda.
• In the afternoon we will go to the TORAN annex. In this place we will be able to observe pre-Hispanic cemeteries and also the south zone of the valley of majes. Return to Arequipa city tours.
• 19.00 hrs Arrival to Arequipa, we will leave you near the main square.

Hotel: CORREGIDOR

BREAKFAST, LUNCH and DINNER – PASSENGER

Day 3: Arequipa – Chivay – Baños La Calera – Arequipa

• 02.30 hrs We will pick you up from your hotel in downtown Arequipa.
• We will take a direct trip to the town of Chivay, where we will arrive at approximately 6.00 am.
• Continental breakfast, we will make a stop on the way to regain strength.
• We continue to the excursion Mirador de la Cruz del Condor where we will stay approximately 1 hour, to appreciate the flight of the condor and part of the depth of the canyon.
• We will make stops at different viewpoints (Antahuilque, tombs and models of Choquetico).
• Arrival to Chivay, we go to the thermal baths.
• Time for lunch (NOT INCLUDED).
• Return to Arequipa city tour, on the way we will make a stop at the Mirador de los Andes, where you can see the mountains, Cordilleras and snow-capped mountains, as well as other types of animals such as vizcachas, migratory birds and vicuñas in Pampa Cañahuas we can appreciate the National Reserve of Vicuñas.
• 18.00 hrs We will arrive to Arequipa approximately and we will leave you at your hotel.

Hotel: CORREGIDOR

BREAKFAST – HOTEL / LUNCH – PASSENGER / DINNER – PASSENGER

Day 4: Arequipa – Rio Chili – Arequipa

• 07.50 hrs We will pick you up at your hotel in the circuit of the Plaza de Armas. We have departures at 08.00 am; 11.00 am and 2.00 pm.
• We will board the mobile and we will move to the sector called the Gruta de la Virgen de Chapi de Charcani in Cayma, at this point and before starting we will give you an instructive and safety talk for the development of our activity and the correct use of the equipment.
• The descent of the river is for a stretch of 6 km., time of the adventure 1h 30 min. aprox.) In boats with capacity for 06 pax + 01 instructor guide.
• At the agreed time, transfer from the hotel to Arequipa Airport.
• Flight AREQUIPA/CUSCO.

BREAKFAST, LUNCH and DINNER – PASSENGER