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Colca Canyon and Arequipa

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4 days (Arequipa)

Destinations visited: Peru, Arequipa, World

Grading:

Adventure touring level

Grading Definitions

Discovery & Cruising

These are our least demanding trips. These journeys of discovery and cruises involve little or no extended activity and are suitable for people with a basic level of fitness and good health. The itinerary may take place in remote areas (with basic facilities) and may involve long travel days on various types of transport. Sightseeing may be conducted on foot and all participants should be capable of carrying their own luggage from vehicle to hotel rooms. These adventures do not go above 2500m and rarely involve camping.
Suggested preparation: Once or twice a week, we recommend you walk on undulating terrain for an hour, for at least 2 -3 months prior to departure.

Adventure Touring

Suggested preparation: Two or three times a week, we recommend you walk on undulating terrain for an hour or more, for at least 3 months prior to departure.

Introductory

These trips involve trekking or walking, cycling, rafting or sea kayaking for up to five or six hours a day at a slow but steady pace and should never be misinterpreted to mean they are easy trips. These trips do not spend time at altitudes above 4000m and are usually a week in duration. You will need a reasonable level of fitness and good health.
Suggested preparation: 30 minutes of aerobic type exercise, (either cycling or jogging) three times a week for three months leading up to your trek. For trekking, hill walking with a daypack in variable weather conditions is also recommended. For a cycling adventure, road cycling twice a week for three months prior to departure is recommended.

Introductory to Moderate

These trips involve a combination of what is described in our INTRODUCTORY and MODERATE levels. The emphasis is on introductory activity with several moderate stages

Moderate

These adventures involve trekking, cycling, rafting or sea kayaking for up to 6 or 7 hours a day at a steady pace. These trips may spend successive days at altitudes not generally exceeding 5,500m and are usually between 10 and 15 days in duration. You will need a good level of fitness and be in good health.
Suggested preparation: 45 minutes of aerobic type exercise, three to five times a week for the three months leading up to your trek. Hill walking with a pack in variable weather conditions or road cycling is also recommended depending upon the activity you plan to undertake.

Moderate to Challenging

These adventures involve trekking, cycling, rafting or sea kayaking for up to 6 or 7 hours a day at a steady pace. These trips may spend successive days at altitudes not generally exceeding 5,500m and are usually between 10 and 15 days in duration. You will need a good level of fitness and be in good health. Suggested preparation: 45 minutes of aerobic type exercise, three to five times a week for the three months leading up to your trek. Hill walking with a pack in variable weather conditions or road cycling is also recommended depending upon the activity you plan to undertake.

Challenging

These adventures involve trekking, cycling or rafting in remote areas in variable weather conditions for up to 8 to 10 hours a day (possibly more subject to weather conditions and altitude). This may include spending successive days at altitudes not generally exceeding 6000m. These trips may often be over three weeks in duration. You will need an excellent level of fitness, be prepared to carry a daypack weighing up to 8kgs (and in some cases a full pack) and be completely comfortable in adverse weather conditions.
Suggested preparation: One hour of aerobic type exercise, four to five times a week for three to six months prior to departure. Hill walking with a pack in variable weather conditions or on/off road cycling is also recommended.

Entry Mtn/Exploratory Treks

These adventures are classed as expeditions. They involve either extreme trekking and or basic mountaineering. Expect remote and poorly defined trails in variable weather conditions for up to 12 hours a day (possibly more subject to weather conditions and altitude). This may include a number of demanding high pass crossings and evacuation may be difficult from remote areas. Suitable for first time mountaineers wishing to take the step from trekking into the realm of mountaineering. Prior experience trekking at altitude is preferable but not essential and you should be comfortable in adverse weather conditions. Prior technical mountaineering experience is not necessary. Terrain will involve low angle snow slopes. Ropes may be used during treks for glacier travel and steeper sections of ice and snow. When mountaineering, basic mountaineering instruction is given by our mountaineering guides.
Suggested preparation: For grade 8-10 mountaineering expeditions you will need to be very fit and healthy. A minimum of 1 hour of aerobic exercise per session, four to five times a week is essential. Running and cycling in hilly areas is particularly beneficial as are multi day walks on the weekends. This is the ideal time to try out your boots and other gear to make sure you are prepared and ready for your expedition. If you are considering Intermediate or advanced level trips, you will need to discuss your preparation leading up to the trip with our expert staff.

Intermediate Mtn Expedition

Participants should be competent and self sufficient in the outdoors and have experience in multi day trekking at altitude. Prior experience on an entry level mountaineering expedition is highly recommended. The terrain will involve low to moderate angle snow slopes and traveling on crevassed glaciers. Experience using ice axe and crampons is preferred but not essential.
Suggested preparation: For grade 8-10 mountaineering expeditions you will need to be very fit and healthy. A minimum of 1 hour of aerobic exercise per session, four to five times a week is essential. Running and cycling in hilly areas is particularly beneficial as are multi day walks on the weekends. This is the ideal time to try out your boots and other gear to make sure you are prepared and ready for your expedition. If you are considering Intermediate or advanced level trips, you will need to discuss your preparation leading up to the trip with our expert staff.

Advanced Mtn Expedition

These are our most challenging expeditions. Clients must have prior mountaineering experience. Most are participatory expeditions & involve load carrying, setting up of camps, cooking and campcraft. Altitude is generally greater than 6500m. Some of these expeditions also involve “technical” climbing and are for experienced alpine climbers / mountaineers only. Technical expeditions involve steep climbing at high altitude (including rock climbing). Participation on one of these expeditions is subject to acceptance by one of our high altitude mountaineering guides.
Suggested preparation: For grade 8-10 mountaineering expeditions you will need to be very fit and healthy. A minimum of 1 hour of aerobic exercise per session, four to five times a week is essential. Running and cycling in hilly areas is particularly beneficial as are multi day walks on the weekends. This is the ideal time to try out your boots and other gear to make sure you are prepared and ready for your expedition. If you are considering Intermediate or advanced level trips, you will need to discuss your preparation leading up to the trip with our expert staff.

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Explore one of world's deepest canyons and the 'white city' of Arequipa

Arequipa is the home of the beautiful Santa Catalina Convent and the gateway to one of the world's deepest canyons, the Colca. Explore the Colca, which is twice the depth of the Grand Canyon and we hope to view the huge Andean Condor soaring in the early morning thermals overhead.

Highlights

Tour of Arequipa
Spectacular views of Colca Canyon
Visit the deepest canyon in the world

Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive in Arequipa

Upon arrival into Arequipa, you will be met and driven to the hotel. The city is known as the white city because of the lovely pale volcanic rock that is used for many of its buildings. The afternoon is free to wander this interesting city.

Day 2 Arequipa to Colca Canyon

After an early breakfast we board our private vehicle for a spectacular drive past the perfect cone shaped Mount Misti. At 5822m this towering volcano provides a spectacular backdrop to the city of Arequipa. We ascend around the back of Misti to the dry semi-desert where we often see herds of wild vicuña and cross a high pass before an immediate and spectacular descent into the canyon to Chivay. We spend the rest of the day visiting parts of this massive canyon – which is arguably the deepest in the world!

Day 3 At Colca and return to Arequipa

An early start to go visit the famous Condors Nest where we get a chance to see these magnificent birds (the heaviest flying bird in the world) gliding below and above us. After a last look at the Colca area we depart for the drive back to Arequipa.

Day 4 Morning sightseeing tour, trip concludes in Arequipa

This morning we enjoy a half day guided tour of the city and the famous Santa Catalina Convent which is one of Peru’s most fascinating colonial religious buildings. Following your morning tour, you have the option to transfer to the airport, where services conclude.

Additional Information

Inclusions

3 breakfasts and 2 lunches
local bilingual driver/guide
comfortable well located hotels
private transportation
sightseeing and site entrance fees as listed

Summary

3 nights lodges/hotels

Trip Main Activities

Adventure Touring

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Accommodation Summary

Equipment Required

Specialist gear required include walking boots and day pack (a comprehensive gear list is provided in the pre-departure information provided on booking).

What You Carry

In your daypack you will need to carry extra warm clothing (depending on the altitude, location and weather), a rainjacket, water bottle, film and camera gear, valuables and personal items such as sunscreen, lip-eze etc.

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Great trip...shame about the company!

queenie_88 -1 1 -1 does not recommend this, January 31, 2012

We booked our 2 day 2 night trip with Escandinavia Travel and Adventure (they are right on the Plaza del Armas in Arequipa - Portal San Agustin 131 Int. "B" Cercado, Arequipa).

The trek was pretty gruelling especially going down...but the scenery was amazing and we saw Condors. The accommodation at the bottom was pretty basic but the food wasn't too bad. Our guide was quite distracted as he was ill but he was ok.

The problem was the tour company. When we returned we had booked busses with them to La Paz. We got from Arequipa to Puno fine...but in Puno no-one was waiting for us as they had promised and we hadn't been booked onto any bus! We tried calling but the number was disconnected. I did manage to email them and they have since replied saying that they are not prepared to refund us a penny. We wasted 2 hours waiting at that bus station and then had to pay to get on the local busses to La Paz as all others were full. We had also paid a huge amount for the bus which we never got to catch.

We think it’s awful that a supposedly reputable company would do this and we would urge everyone to avoid ESCANDINAVIA TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE!

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