Colca Canyon Full Day Tour: Explore the World's Deepest Canyon and Experience Andean Culture

Embark on a full day tour of Colca Canyon, the world’s deepest canyon, and immerse yourself in Andean culture. Explore stunning viewpoints, spot condors, visit pre-Incan terraces, and relax in hot springs.

Duration: 14 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Abra Patapampa - You will have the opportunity to take photos and enjoy the view of the Andes mountain range from about 4900 meters.
  • Salinas y Aguada Blanca National Reserve - Travelers will have the chance to stop and see Alpacas and Vicuñas in their natural habitat. Also, with a little luck, travelers may have the chance to see Andean…
What's Included
  • Breakfast
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Lunch
  • Guide
What's Not Included
  • National Park Entrance (70 soles per person)
  • Hot Springs Entrance (15 soles per person, option)
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

The Colca Canyon is the deepest in the world and truly an incredible site. This tour is a great escape from the city and gives travelers the opportunity to experience Andean culture. Below is a general outline of our full day tour.
· You will be picked up from your hotel or hostel between 3:00am and 3:30am and drive north to Chivay where you will eat a…

Location
Abra Patapampa
Carretera 1SE, 30 Kms south of Chivay
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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620lucrezias
Sep 30, 2024
Fantastic experience in the canyon - Beautiful experience. We did the Colca Canyon day tour, it was great, we could see dozens of condors and stunning scenery. Our Guide, Nelson, was really good and super helpful. Recommendation to rely on Baby Lama!
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Mozart527
Aug 30, 2024
Very good experience - It was an amazing tour! The tour guide Nelson is very funny an the explanation are very good! This is an experience that you do not want to miss!
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Tara_s
Aug 28, 2024
A wonderful tour of Colca Canyon! - A wonderful tour to Colca Canyon! We were lucky to see several condors. The dip in the hot springs was nice and the area is clean with changing rooms and toilets. Most stops had toilets but no toilet on the bus. Make sure to allow time to adjust in Arequipa before heading to Colca Canyon which is 10,000+ feet above sea level. Bring altitude sickness medication and coca leaf products to help.
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Dario_g
Aug 20, 2024
Nice experience - A memorable day travellings in the valley of the condors. Nice walk and trekking and good experience at 5.000 meters having a local tea. Well organized.
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Traveller162014
Aug 17, 2024
Brilliant day - First I would like to thank our tour guide Nelson who was very friendly and informative throughout and made sure we had a fantastic day. The full day canyon tour is a long day as we were picked up at 3.30am and got back around 6pm. However I would say it is worth it. There were many stops included in the tour: a traditional Andean breakfast, Maca village, a small walk above the canyon with a view of the condors, natural hot springs (15 soles extra), a buffet lunch, a stop to have a cusco sour with a view (7 soles so quite cheap!), a stop at the highest point of 4900 metres with a view of all 7 volcanoes, and some time seeing some alpacas roaming in the natural reserve. Brilliant tour company and a memorable day.
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Sandeepsingh_s
Aug 16, 2024
Highly recommend - This was great. Thoroughly enjoyed. The guide had great energy. Tour was very well organised, got to see many condor and enjoyed the other activities like Quad Biking. Great value tour
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Cemitem
Oct 1, 2024
Rough and long ride but still a must do in Arequipa - This was our last guided tour in Peru after spending 20 days in this beautiful country. This tour is a rough one. There is a lot of driving. It takes 4 hours to get to the first site from Arequipa. We had to wake up at 2:30 am and get ready for a 3:00 am pickup. Of course, you need to travel 4 hours back to Arequipa as well. We made back around 5:00 pm. Thus, during this 14 hours of a trip, at least 8 hours is driving (~60%). Our minibus was packed. The seats were stacked up. A poor German lady was hardly fitting in since the guy in front of her laid his seat back. She handled it nicely. I would not have. Our guide Nelson tried to entertain us as much as he could. Our driver Alex was awesome. These two guys work hard for sure. The highlight of the trip was the short hike to the Condor site. We were lucky to see 20 or so Condors - some flying quite low. The other sites in this trip are so so. Maca is for petting alpacas. The hot springs is barely clean. Anyhow, I guess if you are staying in Arequipa and have a day, this is a must tour but set your expectations right. The ride is rough.
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A178jopedros
Sep 20, 2024
Insincere information. - Really the worst trip in all of Peru, at first they offer you thousands of things but at the hour it is not like this, they make you pay for things that they never explained and if you don’t they leave you literally on the street, the mobility totally full and without air conditioning, the food too expensive and without any flavor, all chaotic.
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Anabc8419uz
Aug 30, 2024
They're not operators, they referred us to another agency, bad service. - The worst experience, we requested to go out with your agency but great was our surprise to see that we were referred to another agency, they were not sincere in telling us that great detail, we felt cheated because they are not operators as they claim, the service was bad from start to finish.
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Tatim498
Aug 18, 2024
They are not operators as they claim to be. - They are not operators as they claim to be. We were referred to another agency with terrible transportation and a guide who did not speak any English. We did not understand the explanation or the places. We were like a blind man without knowing where we were going. If we had known this would happen, we would not have paid so much money. It is best to choose other options that offer the same thing but at cheaper prices.
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