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Peru

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The Sillar Route

Arequipa Tours

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Duration: 04 hours

Book our Sillar Route and enjoy a tour full of history, lively culture and adventure. Discover why Arequipa is also known by the name of "The White City", since when in Arequipa we have been using Sillar as a construction material for houses, churches and mansions. Find out how is the extraction of this stone called Ignimbrite, how the ashlars are formed and meet one of the stonemasons who work hard day by day and carry a tradition that goes from generation to generation. Take impressive photographs in the ashlar quarries, impressive landscapes that we only have in this part of Peru.

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Price includes

Pick up from your Hotel in the center of Arequipa
Tourist stops throughout the tour
Tourist transport for the entire tour
Professional Spanish and English guide throughout the tour

Price excludes

Entrance to the Añashuayco Quarries: S /. 10.00 (soles per person)
Entrance to the Culebrillas Quarries: S /. 5.00 (soles per person)

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Day 1: The Sillar Route
08:00am to 08:30am – In this period of time we make the pick-ups from the hotels that are located in the center of Arequipa.

08:30am – We begin our journey towards the Sillar Route, which is a tourist route with a lot of history and living culture, where we visit quarries and areas where the ashlar originated.

The first point where we will stop will be the Añashuayco Quarry; which we will arrive in 45 minutes approx. It is currently in operation, the stonemasons carry out their work very early; in the place we will be able to appreciate an immense canyon with cliffs (ignimbrite walls) that are several meters high, formed by the extraction for the formation of the Ashlars. At this point we will tell you the history of ashlar, its elaboration and the use that has always been given to it. In this quarry you will be able to appreciate a Megacarving of the Church of the Society of Jesus made by the stonemasons themselves. We can also visit some of them so that they can explain us what their daily work is like and they can make us experiment by cutting one of their stone blocks ourselves.

Then we will move to the Quebrada de Culebrillas, which is 20 minutes away from Añashuayco. Arriving at this point we will do a walk of approximately 20 minutes inside the small canyon that was formed by the passage of water, which has walls of 15 to 20 meters, while we enter it the walls of the canyon are increasing in height. At the end of the walk we will be able to observe petroglyphs made by the Wari culture more than a thousand years ago. Before returning to the city we will observe the Apachetas that are stone formations placed one on top of the other that are a symbol of gratitude towards nature and also an attraction of good luck which cause a mystical sensation.

11:30am - We will start the return journey to the city of Arequipa.

12:30pm – We will arrive at the center of Arequipa and we will leave you near the Main Square.

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