Half Day Trek To Volcan Misti

It was an interesting acclimatization walk. The guide knew the trail and took care of all good..................................................

I can recommend this company. Good and responsive management, good guides. It was a pleasure to walk. Car was just in time near my hotel, guide was nice and competent.

Great Tour, amazing views and excellent guide. Everything was well organized by experienced stuff. Tour guide Marco was responsive to the wishes of participants, but also took care not to overtax them.

We had a great time. Need to be in shape because the trail is steep, a bit loose and the starting altitude is ~11,000 ft. Guide were fantastic! Views were excellent. Did this in November so the trail was dry. Also did the 8am slot to avoid starting in the heat of the day.

Yesterday we went on a fantastic half day trek with Saul to the volcano Misti. Saul helped and guided us very well and besides that the surroundings were really beautiful! I would recommend this trip to anyone!

I booked a "two day trek up volcano Misti" directly through the operator (Peru Adventure Tours). My guide and I camped on the mountain overnight and continued early hours next morning to the summit. I made it to over 18k feet but unfortunately did not summit. It had been communicated beforehand that I would need a tent, "mattress" and sleeping bag. The "mattress" was one inch thick and barely made any difference. The sleeping bag was too small for me (and I'm medium size), I could only get the zipper 3/4 the way up, and it smelt. For those reasons I wasn't able to sleep, which made me not feel hungry or wanting to eat before going for the summit, which made me feel drained of energy. I believe that if I had gotten some sleep, I would have been able to summit. If I were to do it again, it would be just the trek starting at midnight, without camping on the mountain (you can request that). My guide, Karol, was absolutely amazing! She is 100% the real deal. Very experienced with mountaineering, and very knowledgeable. She did everything she could to make my experience awesome, and with a constant smile. She has a very sweet personality but don't let that fool you, she is a bad ass on the mountain!

The tour guide was too. We had a beautiful view and on the way back a great sunset. I liked that there were no other tourists.

This trek was one of our top highlights visiting Arequipa. After our driver Leandro took us through some non-trivial terrain to reach the trail head, the two of us hiked with our guide Marco Antonio for roughly two hours up to ~4150m. After this we took a great path down through a basalt field. We really liked the flexibility of this hike, as there was no fixed distance we needed to reach, however we were able to really challenge ourselves and face the enormity of Misti up close! The views throughout are awesome. This is a great complement/alternative to Colca that is only one hour away, much more intimate (we did not run into anyone else on the volcano!), and slightly more challenging, depending on your fitness level, experience at higher elevation and how hard you want to push. I highly recommend this trek!

This trek was one of our top highlights visiting Arequipa. After our driver Leandro took us through some non-trivial terrain to reach the trail head, we hiked with our guide Marco Antonio for roughly two hours up to ~4150m. After this we took a great path down through a basalt field. We really liked the flexibility of this hike, as there was no fixed distance we needed to reach, however we were able to really challenge ourselves and face the enormity of Misti up close! The views throughout are awesome. This is a great complement/alternative to Colca that is only one hour away, much more intimate (we did not run into anyone else on the volcano!), and slightly more challenging, depending on your fitness level, experience at higher elevation and how hard you want to push. I highly recommend this trek!

My tour was cancelled because not enough people signed up. This is understandable, but Peru Adventures repeatedly ignored my inquiries regarding whether there was a tour at a different time that I could join instead. I even tried going to their office in Arequipa, but no one was there even though it was during their business hours. I purchased this tour via Trip Advisor, who made the tour non-refundable -- if you purchase on their parent company's website (Viator) who operates the tour, you can cancel for free within 24 hours. I told both Trip Advisor and Peru Adventures that I couldn't cancel for a refund and Trip Advisor said not to worry. They said they had to call Peru Adventures about the issue, despite the fact that all my communications with Peru Adventures were on Trip Advisor for anyone to read! After many phone calls with customer service, I finally received an email that my refund had been denied! I then wrote back that I could of course get my credit card company to reverse the charge once I show them the messages between myself and Peru Adventures proving that the tour didn't happen. After that, they approved the refund immediately. In summary, I would not count on this tour and I wasted hours of my time trying to get a refund when the refund should have been processed automatically. If you book this tour, make sure you have a good credit card company or you may not get your money back!