Colca Canyon 2025 Updated Informations for Trekking and Hiking!
Hiking in one of the most awesome places: The Colca Canyon, for discovering the bottom of the second deppest canyon in the world.
Find the best trekking and hiking tours: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 days, the most important adventure destination for hiking in Peru in the southern city of Arequipa.
Admire the most beautiful landscapes for trekking and adventure activities from Arequipa, Puno or Chivay.
Adventure Trekking in the Andes of Peru
This is the best way to explore the depth of Colca Canyon. The beginning trails for hiking start in Cabanaconde or Pampa San Miguel.
The trekking into the Colca Canyon itineraries includes 2, 3, 4 days inside the Canyon. Private trekking includes special activities and the visit to the viewpoints non visited by the tourist mass, all the itineraries includes an experienced tour guide.
A journey to the Valley usually takes about 3 hours by tourist bus, across the high Andean plateau, reaching a high point of 4900 meters at the “Mirador de los Volcanes,” which offers fine views of several volcanoes that soar to more than 6,000 meters altitude.
Hiking Routes for Reaching Oasis – Sangalle
Discover different Colca Canyon trek and hiking routes through different small villages for discovering the bottom of the Colca Canyon.
Travelers can choice the best alternative trekking routes for starting from Puno, Chivay or from Arequipa city.
Slicing through the Peru High Andes like a giant fissure for more than 100km. This is the world’s second deepest canyon, approximately 3,400m at its deepest point; a shade shallower that the nearby Cotahuasi Canyon and nearly twice as deep as the US Grand Canyon.
However, the canyon’s walls are not as vertical as the ones of the Grand Canyon.
Since they are such major features of the landscape, the Colca and Cotahuasi canyons are both easily recognizable in even low-resolution satellite photos of the region.
The Colca Canyon is surrounded by Andean peaks (and at least one very active volcano), so the measurement is taken from the top of the peaks to the bottom of the canyon.
Attracting more and more visitors each year, in addition to the awesome sights, are the Andean condors.
This is home of the majestic Condor. Tourists can see the big condors at fairly close range as they fly through the canyon.
The canyon is the natural habitat of the great Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), a species that has seen world-wide effort to preserve it.
‘Cruz del Condor’ is a popular tourist stop to view the condors, the pass where condors soar gracefully on the rising thermals occurring as the air warms.
The condors hunt in the early morning and late afternoon, so it is best to be there during those times. At this point the canyon floor is 3,960 ft (1,200 m) below the rim of the canyon.
This is also ideal for Adventure Sports. In addition, the La Calera natural hot springs is a wonderful way to relax after a day’s touring. The hot springs are located at Chivay, the biggest town.
Colca Canyon Trek to Sangalle
The Oasis Sangalle Valley is located in the heart of the Colca Canyon. It is a space where there is vegetation and lodgings for tourists who wish to enjoy a good trip in the middle of this beautiful Arequipa landscape.
Sangalle is a very popular destination for trekking and adventure lovers. It is located on the edge of the Colca River and for reaching this place you must descend through the slope of the Colca Canyon along a horseshoe-shaped path.
The climate of this valley is warm and humid, which allows flora and fauna to develop normally. The area is mainly fruit growing and has a controlled vegetation growth making it an ecologically pleasant and natural area.
Contact our team and book a Colca Canyon trek tour for living the adventure inside the Colca Canyon! We offer Cocla Canyon small trekking groups for 2/3/4 days.