DAY01
Sillar Route Tour: Añashuayco Quarry and Culebrillas Canyon (Half Day)
We begin at 9:00 a.m. with hotel pick-up from central Arequipa. Our first stop is Añashuayco Quarry at 9:30 a.m., where we admire sillar stone murals, learn about local stonecutters’ work, and enjoy impressive views of the quarry canyon formed by stone extraction—an ideal setting to understand sillar’s origin and importance. Next, we head to Culebrillas Canyon at 10:30 a.m., walking through the canyon to see rock walls up to 20 meters high and spotting petroglyphs carved into the stone—remarkable evidence of pre-Hispanic art. We return to Arequipa around 1:00 p.m. after a morning full of history, tradition, and striking landscapes.
