Sillar Route tour
4.5 hours through the sillar quarries and the Culebrillas petroglyphs.
- 4.5 hours
- Moderate
Destination
Arequipa tours: Colca Canyon, the Sillar Route and Salinas
From Arequipa you can explore the sillar quarries of the Culebrillas ravine, Salinas Lagoon with its flamingos and Colca Canyon, an Andean landscape on a monumental scale, with Cruz del Cóndor.
What is there to do in Arequipa?
In the afternoon, the Sillar Route tour visits the Añashuayco quarries and the Culebrillas ravine, where you see how the stonecutters extract and carve the city’s volcanic stone.
Higher up is Salinas Lagoon, a salt flat at 4,300 m above sea level with flamingos, vicuñas and alpacas, and the Lojen mini volcano. And then there’s Colca Canyon, in one day on the Colca Canyon day trip or in 2 days and 1 night, with a night in Chivay: the Mirador de los Volcanes, the hot springs and the condors in flight at Cruz del Cóndor.
Tours in Arequipa
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Salinas Lagoon and Lojen mini volcano
Salt flat at 4,300 m, flamingos, vicuñas and Lojen’s hot springs.
- Moderate
Colca Canyon day trip
One day: Cruz del Cóndor, Chivay, Maca, Yanque and Chacapi hot springs.
- Moderate
Colca Canyon 2 days, 1 night
2 days: Volcanoes Viewpoint, Chacapi hot springs and Cruz del Cóndor.
- 2 days
- Moderate
Guides about Arequipa
Colca Canyon: in one day or two, and when to see the condors
Where it is, when to see condors, the tourist ticket and one day or two.
Things to do in Arequipa: the White City, the Sillar Route, Salinas and Colca
The sillar city, Salinas and Colca: sights, altitude, a 2- or 3-day plan.