Begin your experience with a visit to Yanahuara, a traditional area of Arequipa known for its viewpoint overlooking the Misti, Chachani, and Pichu Pichu volcanoes, along with views of the surrounding scenic countryside.
Continue to the active Añashuayco quarries, where you walk through a canyon shaped by decades of stone extraction. Learn how sillar, the region’s white volcanic stone, is carved and how it became essential to Arequipa’s historic architecture.
The tour then takes you to the Culebrillas Canyon, where you enjoy a short walk through a narrow gorge formed by water erosion, with towering stone walls and ancient petroglyphs. Before returning to the city, pass by traditional apachetas and finish near the Arequipa Main Square.
