A four-day vacation featuring an Arequipa city tour, with a visit to the Santa Catalina Convent, and a two-day adventure into the magnificent Colca Canyon, with an overnight stay in one of its traditional Andean villages.

Includes:

• Three night in the hotels of your choice
• Transport from and to airport
• English-speaking guides
• City Tour with Santa Catalina Convent
• Colca Canyon overnight excursion
• Entrance fees

Price per person Group Excursion Tourist Accommodations $300
Double room occupancy Private Excursion Tourist Accommodations $469
Private Excursion Luxury Accommodations $1,255

Day 1: City Tour and the Catalina Convent

Reception and transfer from the airport to the hotel. City Tour and Santa Catalina Convent: This excursion includes the visit to the Cathedral, the Compañia Church, the main square, and the convent of Santa Catalina. Then you will visit the Yanahuara Mirador, a scenic lookout that offers spectacular vistas of the city and the Volcanoes of Misti, Chachani and Picchu Picchu. In the hillside suburb of Cayma is a delighful 18th century church.

Day 2: Arequipa - Colca Canyon

Two-day excursion to Colca Canyon, an area with abundant pre-Inca and Inca terraces, small villages with people in their typical dress. Visit the Hot Springs La Calera. (B)

Day 3: Colca Canyon - Arequipa

Breakfast in the Hotel. Direct to Cross of the Condor (to see condors in flight). Pass through scenic Andean villages of Tapay, Pinchollo, Maca, and Yanque. Panoramic view of the active Sabancaya volcano. Lunch in Chivay. Return overland to Arequipa, passing the 16,000-foot (4,850m) Chucura peak and offering exquisite views of flora and fauna, including vicunas, alpacas and Huanacos. Lodging in the hotel. (B/L)

Day 4: Transfer Out

Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the airport. (B)



(B) Breakfast, (L) Lunch, (D) Dinner