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Cotahuasi Canyon
 
Duration 4 days / 3 night Leaves All year round
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ITINERARY

DAY 1:                                            Arequipa - Majes Valley
Too early at 6 am. we pick you up from your lodge and travel by 4x4 vehicle for the Pan American road going by the "Valle de Majes" : Corire and Aplao, we rest in Ongoro that offers great natural beauty, here there is a kind of hostelry where often owners serve fried trout and shrimp; next we drive up by the mountainous and agrestal hills 4300 masl. and we got to Cotahuasi. Reception, dinner and stay overnight in the selected hostel.

DAY 2:                                     Waterfalls of Sipia
After-breakfast too early we will visit the SIPIA's giant-sized WATERFALLS . The journey to the one is for 3 hours on foot, where the river Cotahuasi flows with all its hasty falling from 50m. height , giving a rainbow that takes shape in the steam-driven clouds. We return the town of Cotahuasi. Sleep at the hotel.

DAY 03:                                                  Cotahuasi
Early in the morning  we leave  to visit the Cotahuasi Village ( 2,684msnm ), to admire their narrow little streets and paved with stones  and  whitened houses in majority and the fact that they take very evident the particular  impression . The road, parallel to the river, shows abundant yellow flowers of "retamas" that scatter their perfums ; once we arrive to Tomepampa, whose colonial church is notable by  its typical art; later a little suspension bridge on the river Cotahuasi guides us to Visbe and Taurisma villages; following the  main route we arrive to Alca ( 40 km. from Cotahuasi );  Next walking to Cahuana's ruins and return and visit the hot springs of LUICHO.


DAY 04:                                      Cotahuasi - Arequipa
After-breakfast we are ready to return to the white city of Arequipa, not without before pass  by the lagoon of Pallarcocha located at base of Corupuna Volcano and continue by the  charmed castles of Majes where we will listen to the mythological nymph's voice, and visit optional to "Toro Muerto Petroglyph" where there are many enigmatic  carved  volcanic-stones . Finally we return to Arequipa. Stay overnight.


INCLUDE:
 - Transport private.
 - First-aid kit.
 - 03 nights of lodge at hotel I rusticate,
 - 03 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 3 dinners,
 -Transportation,
 - Guide specialized, carrier

NOT INCLUDE: 
 - Drinks
 - Personal expenses.
 - Tips
 - National or international telephone calls.

 

 

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