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AREQUIPA CITY - VALLEY 3 DAYS / 3 NIGHT
First day: Arequipa city ( 2330 m a s l - 7544 feet a s l ), city and countryside tours
*Transfer
from the bus or airport to accommodation
*9:00-12:30 City tour:
Cathedral, 2 churches ( La Compañía Church ), Santa Catalina monastery,
Juanita mummy museum ( a offered girl in a very honorous way in order to calm the volcanoes )
*2:30-5:30
Countryside tour:
time with many palm trees )
Sachaca ( a tower for the complete view of the city ). In its lowest part, we are at 2250 m a s l - 7380 feet a s l.
and
Founder Mansion
The "Loncco" route is a stretch circuit by villages in points that seem to remain
between the Inca and colonial eras:
Traditions (such the parties), people, intensive agriculture, the
breeding of cattle ( cows , horses and sheeps ), the good weather ,
gentle mountains, the extreme tranquility and pure
always green nature like an oasis : intensive irrigation fields,
full of
underground water sources
and archaeological
steps of
intensive agriculture
The "lonccos"
( Former Arequipeñans who speak
"loncco", a
still existing dialect , a mixture of Spanish,
Quechua and the disappeared language of the province: the
Puquina (a pre-Inca local kingdom before the XIth century) .
2380 m a s l-7806 feet a s l. We make this walk by the back valley of the main one: Yumina where we find some
fresh springs: "Lourdes"
Then we return to the departure point by car for beginning the trip by the other towns of this circuit; at first:
Characato, a typical flat countryside village surrounded by a extended area of agriculture fields and farms.
*9:45-10:45: The way to the desert or green out, towards the limits of the city, passing by Yarabamba: an oasis town
among the hills and arriving at Quequeña, an oasis at the mountain.
*10:45-11:30 The way to Sogay, one of the furthest, smallest and most well conserved town from the pre-inca and
colonial time in Arequipa region, located in the middle of a great extended territory of countryside.
All by car.
*11:00-12:00: Walk to the water falls and a bit of old rock art.
*2:00-3:00 Lunch
*3:00-5:00 Return to Sogay walking
*7:00 Return and arrival at home or the downtown.
*8:00 Fun.
The other option after 9:30: Puquina-Churajón ( The second day )
It's possible of not taking this last tour and choising the left way, passing in this way through Mollebaya, another
village in the middle of a flat territory of countryside with a few houses , continuing the ascention up to Polobaya,
separated by desert and very close to the Pichu Pichu volcano (a large chain of volcanoes to the eastest point )
with the opportunity to visit important pure pre-Inca remains and terraces .
A variation for walking more
The second day, it's possible to pass a nice morning taking a walk by Sabandía resort since another farm village:
Paucarpata, a disitrict on the top of a small hill which is completely covert by steps .
century. We begin at 8:00 hour by the green way passing among so many green intensif agricultural fields and
terraces, for crossing the short river and arriving at the back valley ( Yumina and its springs ).
At least, we have lunch and descend to the main street. The advantage of this tour is not passing so much time by car.
Here there's a short view of Paucarpata: the beginning of this variation.
Recommendations :
light clothing, sun protection ( cream, glasses...) water, comfortable shoes & camera,
mosquito repellent.
Majes
valley tour
passing by some green irrigations like oasis , flooded by the water taken from mountain's rivers ( like Colca )
and dams systems, developing good agriculture and cattle raising. Stop in Majes irrigation ( 12 000 Hs ) for tasting
milk products.
Arrival in the valley.
*10:00-11:30
Visit in “Toro Muerto” ( “Deth bull” ),
one of
the biggest deposit with
observing the
great variety of representations of
than 5000 volcanic rocks. They were made out by a very important military pre-inca culture: Wari ( Vth and Xth
centuries ) and by Incas ( XIIIth and XVth centuries ).
*12:00-14:30
a.m.:
Taking a walk in a typical valley's town. Lunch and relax.
tasting wines and "piscos" and going back by the same way.
*16:00-17:00: Visit in the Jurassic park (dinosaurs prints of 150 millions years ago ). Oswaldo, a local boy, discovered
them and there are also two big toys of dinosaures.
*17:30 Return Arequipa or beginning the tour to Cotahuasi Valley.
THE NEXT DAY:
EARLY, TRANSFER OUT TO BUS STATION OR AIRPORT FROM YOUR ACCOMMODATION
Recommendations :
light clothing, sun protection ( cream, glasses...) water, comfortable shoes & camera,
mosquito repellent.
It's recommended for all these tours to have "change" for buying little things.
The price includes:
the guide, transports, all entries tickets, lunch in Majes valley.
contact us by e-mail
fer_moscoso@tesorosperutours.com
cell phone 51-54-959823845 portable phone: 51-54-448456