アレキパ発 シジャル・ルート＆クエレブリージャス峡谷終日ツアー

Organisation for pickup terrible. Booked hotel pickup at 8.30am. Company messaged to say 8.50am pickup in plaza de armas so walked there. Then got a call in Spanish so couldn't understand. Then another message to say picking up from hotel 40mins late. Rushed back to hotel. Sillar quarry sculptures were great but not enough time for photos and to get through it all due to late pickup. Canyon walk is full of biting insects which they don't tell you when you book. Need to advise insect repellant required. Also in another dusty quarry just for tourists.

This trip is a waste of time. Not just this particular Sillar route trip but all similar trips because there is nothing really to see. The whole thing has been constructed for tourists: 1) you drive to the edge of the city for photos of the view surrounded by tacky souvenir stalls 2) you then drive 20 Mins into the industrial district to go to a dusty stone quarry where some isolated sculpture s have been made for tourist photos out of the soft white stone. There is not any context for them and they are a modern creation - surrounded by tacky souvenir stalls. You do not see the sculptors working. Mostly the quarry is used for cutting stone blocks for the town. 3) Next you drive down the road for a 20 minute route march “hike” following coach loads of other tourists into a small canyon, full of tourists and mosquitoes to see some stone pictures of llamas and condors which may have been created by pre Columbian people (no context as to why they would be in a small canyon in the middle of nowhere), or, you know, created / added to last week. Again the area is surrounded by tacky souvenir stalls. Save your money and time and choose a different tour. There is literally no reason for this one.

I went on a business trip and got away for the attractions of Arequipa. What a beautiful city! If you are planning to visit Arequipa, enjoy the city too ✨

I highly recommend this tour the place is amazing and full of history. The view from the city is unbelievably so beautiful and you can take lovely pictures

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