DURATION: 5D/4N Trekking of high altitude. (Not summit))
DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT PASSENGERS IS ACCLIMATED FOR HIGH ALTITUDES, PREFEREABLE COMING AFTER CUSCO OR PUNO AND BETTER IF THEY HAVE MADE LONG WALKS IN THOSE PLACES.
DAY 1: AREQUIPA/CHIVAY
07:00 Leave of Arequipa in our car towards Chivay, the capital of the Colca Valley, in route we will appreciate the reserve of Aguada Blanca in Pampa Cañahuas, wild Vicunas, small lagoons with birds like Guallatas or Andean goose, black Ibis, Flamengos, Kara Kara Halcon, etc. Lookout the volcanoes: See Misti volcano, Chachani, Pichu-Pichu, Ampato, Sabancaya, Hualca Hualca and Mismi. Beautiful view of the Colca Valley and its terraces.
Brief walk by the zone like acclimatization.
Arrival to the City of Chivay, time for lunch (not including) in the evening visit the thermal springs and pools of “La Calera”.
DAY 2: COLCA CANYON / LA GRANPAMPA
05:30 Wake up, breakfast, and at 06:30 leave trough the left bank of the Colca river until the Lookout of “ la Cruz OF CONDOR “, See the depth of Canyon, in that point 1,000 m. approx The majestic Flight of the Condor, TAPAY VIEWPOINT (Extraordinary view to the bottom of the Canyon where are located little villages like Tapay, etc.) visit the typical villages like Yanque, Maca, etc. Some “Stones scale model”, pre Inca tombs, beautiful typical embroidered dresses, incredible amount of pre Inca terraces still cultivated with Andean growings like Potato, Corn, Quinoa, Kiwicha, Olluco, etc, Return to Chivay time for lunch and immediately leave towards the north trough the villages of Sacsayhuaman and Tuti, to arrive until the Granpampa approx at 15:00 hrs. Here we have our first camping AQUENTA. Dinner and overnight.
DAY 3. GRAN PAMPA / MISMI BASE CAMP
Early breakfast and we start the trekking towards the snow-covered Mismi. Walk about 4 hours, up to 5,000m then walk down towards the camp site to 4.900 above the see level. From where an excellent View of the snow-covered Mismi and the mountain range of the Chila.
Box Lunch.
Arrival to the “CARHUASANTA” we will appreciate a water spurt that comes out from the cracks the vertical rocks: This it is the SOURCE OF THE AMAZON, the waters come from the melting of the snows of the summit and from a frozen lake close to the summit.
Amazonas River is the longest river in the world, With 6,780 Km long. (Longer than the Nile)
Rest and walk down in 20 minutes to the camp site.
We will camp in CARHUASANTA at the foot of the Mismi to 4.900 ms approx. Dinner. Camping.
DAY 4: BASE MISMI / CHIVAY
Breakfast, 08:00 If you wish you can make a second ascent towards the small lagoon of the Mismi return to close to the campsite and continue a hike for two more hours. (Box Lunch). 14:00 hrs. Arrival to Aquenta where our car is waiting to transfer us to Chivay. Arrival to Chivay. Lodge.
DAY 5: CHIVAY/COLCA/AREQUIPA
Breakfast, In the morning visit the right bank of the Colca, the typical village of Coporaque and “ the Amphitheatre” Semi - circular Terraces and a narrow canyon in Chininia with Vista to the snowed ones, time to have lunch in Chivay in the evening return to Arequipa
Include:
• Private car.
• Bilingual guide specialized.
• Cook, Carp Dining room, Table and banks.
• Full field equipment: Comfortable carps FERRINO, NORTH PHASE, insulators (matresses),
• Kitchen, set of dishes, places setting, etc.
• Feeding it completes the days of TREKKING 1 Breakfast, 2 cold lunch and 2 suppers, water without gas to drink
• Asémilas stops to take to the equipment and meals.
• Camping. indicated nights.
• Lodging in hotel in Chivay Colca hotel In or similar, deprived bath, water it warms up. The indicated nights.
• Maps, Geographic maps
OPTIONAL: Walking sticks.
NOTE:
Each passenger will take himself his small backpack with his minimum equipment as well as their water and lunch. Also each participant should bring his own sleeping bag ( or otherwise he can rent here). It is recommended that they bring good walking shoes (hiking, thermic clothes, snow cap and sun glasses)
