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.

Customer Ratings
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Kim_h
Oct 8, 2025
Long but well-organized tour - It was a long trip but well-organized. We had frequent restroom breaks. The bus is comfortable. Our guide, Pablo, was attentive and provided lots of information. He also answered individual questions thoroughly. Furthermore lunch was yummy. The only recommendation is to send information regarding pick up the evening before the activity.
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Marc_c
Sep 16, 2025
Highly recommended excursion - The excursion was amazing, the magnificent landscapes and our guide Angel explained everything and helped us at all times with altitude sickness
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Benoit_b
Sep 15, 2025
This tour was fantastic.... - This tour was fantastic. The guide was very knowledgeable and the experience was better then I expected
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Jasmine_l
Sep 9, 2025
Highly recommend if you want to see Colca Canyon in one day. - This was an exceptional tour. Albeit a very long day, it was organised very well and allowed us to explore the area in one day!! We truly enjoyed it. Our guide Angel was fantastic, funny and knowledgeable. First of all, we got picked up at our hotel at 3 am. We then headed to the mountains. I think we arrived at our first stop where we had breakfast at around 6 am ish. We then visited Maca, stopped at a couple of stops to admire the beauty of the Canyon. We got to try the cactus fruit. We then hanged out at the viewing platform for condors. We saw a few gliding up close and it was so cool! After that we did hot spring which was so nice and wished we could stay for longer. We only had about 20-30 mins (taking away the time to change and store things away). Lunch buffet was awesome - so many varieties. We had a very full belly. After that it was a 4 hour drive back to Arequipa.
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Kimberley
Aug 5, 2025
Petfect day to see many condors - Excellent coordination and pick up everything well explained by our guide Paula who was very enthusiastic. Our needs were met and everything was explained we also saw lots of condors authentic Peruvian people
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Damasio
Jul 30, 2025
Simplesmente fantástico. - Excellent. This agency, located in the heart of Arequipa, organized a 16-day bus tour for our group. It was spectacular. The route was the best possible; the tours, all very good; the good bus; the attentive and respectful driver; the booked hotels excellent and well located. We recommend
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Ricardoha4037op
Jul 27, 2025
Travel to Arequipa as a couple - In advance thank you for the quality of Service offered, we are very delighted with the attention, transport units, the treatment of your staff, punctuality and places visited
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Aliceha7001of
Aug 13, 2025
Even my 14 year old enjoyed this - This was a fantastic trip which was well worth the early start. The driver was excellent (even parallel parking a bus on a narrow street) and our guide was friendly and knowledgeable. We had condors sopping over our heads and the hot spring were incredible. Even my 14 year old enjoyed it! I would have liked to bit more time at the reserve nacional de salinas and some more information on the way back but other than that it was great.
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Byronhotelbasilica
Aug 28, 2025
NORMAL TOUR, INDELICATE STAFF - The normal tour like all the companies, unfortunately I forgot a chompa, and they didn't return me, I phoned several times the agency they didn't answer me I wrote an email they didn't answer either, so I lost my chompa, it's not the right way to treat a tourist
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Baptistes602
Aug 1, 2025
Bad experience - Bad experience with this company today, we are sold a mini tour van to make the round trip to cabanaconde with guide twice as expensive as a traditional bus guide and mini van. On the return after eating we are changed and transferred from mini bus to a traditional bus without asking our opinion. The guide of this bus explains that we are not his customers and that therefore we will have to sit last. So we pay twice the rate for a mini van with guide that we don't have. Of course everything is denied by blocked by the agency. Pass your way if you want to avoid unpleasant surprises.
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From $38
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).