DAY 01: Arequipa / Hot springs / Chivay
We pick you up at the hotel or terminal terrestre in arequipa At 8:00 a.m. we will have departure to Cabanaconde in the Colca Canyon, about 6 hours driving from Arequipa. On the way we have a stop for breakfast, later we continue to La Cruz del Condor (this is the best place to see the Canyon and the Condors) here we have another stop, after we go 20 mim more by transportation, then our trek down hill starts. We trek downhill from 3.300 m.a.s.l. to reach the bottom (4 hours approximately), at an altitude of 2.100 m.a.s.l.
We will have lunch and some resting time in San Juan de Chuccho, a village with vegetation and some fruit trees.
We continue to Cosñirhua and Malata little towns (beautiful places with vegetation, a museum, its very old spanish style church, and very friendly local people). Then it is time to start the descending hike, this time to the deepest part of our trek to reach "Sangalle", a village at the altitude of approximately 1.900 m.a.s.l. In this place you can enjoy the swimming pool of temperatured water of about 20ºC.
At night we will have dinner, and we stay overnight in bungalows made of bamboo.