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The Sillar Route Day Tour
The Sillar Route Day Tour
The Sillar Route Day Tour
The Sillar Route Day Tour

The Sillar Route Day Tour

By Tangol
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$38 per traveller
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Amazing tour to explore the Sillar Route in Arequipa
  • Learn about the Sillar from expert masters.
  • Opportunity to know where the sillar comes from
  • Admire unique desert landscapes
  • Discover the source of main building material of Arequipa

Activity location

  • Sillar Quarries
    • Quebrada Culebrilla
    • 04400, Cerro Colorado District, Arequipa, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Hotel Pickup
    • 04001, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru

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The Sillar Route Day Tour
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h4h
  • English

Live Commentary in English and Spanish. Select this option for the group tour.

Price details
NZ$38.34 x 1 TravellerNZ$38.34

Total
Price is NZ$38.34
Until Wed, 25 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedGuided tour of Sillar Route
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel Pick up
  • What's includedWhat's includedLive tour commentary provided in Spanish and English
  • What's includedWhat's includedFirst Aid Kit
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTicket entrances
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPay to master cutters

Know before you book

  • This activity is suitable for all ages.
  • You must be able to walk in unpaved or uneven terrain
  • This activity is not wheelchair accessible.
  • Hotel pickup is available from most centrally located Arequipa city hotels. Please arrange pickup from your hotel or a nearby location when you call to confirm your reservation
  • Please be ready and waiting in your hotel lobby 15 minutes prior to your scheduled pick-up time.
  • Children 2 and younger are complimentary if they are sitting on their parent's laps
  • This activity ends at tourist stop on Calle Zela, next to the Santa Catalina Monastery

What you can expect

After picking you up from the hotel in the morning, we are going to begin a very special tour: The Silllar Route.

We will take the road towards the district of Cerro Colorado until reach the “Canteras de Añashuayco”, located at the bottom of the Volcano Chachani, next to the River Chilli. This place has a wonderful natural, and cultural, landscape. Walking through the master cutters area, we are going to admire handmade art work, such as colonial facades and carvings.

Also, we will visit artisan workshops to learn about the work done with ashlar, and we will see how they work on it with ancestral instruments. You will have the opportunity to purchase local handicraft (optional).

Continuing with this amazing tour, we are going to visit the “Cantera de Culebrillas”, and we will explore this impressive natural ravine formed by the erosion of the water and wind. The ashlar (sillar) has been used for the constructions of important buildings in the city of Arequipa, declares a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

At the end of the tour, we will return to the city centre and drop you off at the touristic stop on Calle Zela, located next to the Monastery of Santa Catalina.

Cleaning and safety practices

Enhanced cleanliness measures
  • High-touch surfaces cleaned and disinfected
  • Vehicles and venues cleaned with disinfectants
  • Vehicles and venues kept vacant between travellers
Social distancing
  • Contactless ticket redemption
  • Social distancing measures in place
Safety measures
  • Personal protective equipment worn by staff
  • Masks required
  • Hand sanitiser provided
This information is provided by our partners

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESSillar Quarries
    • Quebrada Culebrilla
    • 04400, Cerro Colorado District, Arequipa, Peru

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEHotel Pickup
    • 04001, Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru