• Carry coca tea with you, you can put it in a bottle.
• Sangalle’s water is good to drink, at least for us.
• To save money buy: bread, cheese and honey.
• Buy bananas in the towns.
• On third day from Sangalle to Cabanaconde start walking at sunrise.
• Leave your luggage in Arequipa.
• Carry sunscreen, hat, sunglasses and comfortable shoes.
• If your physical condition is not good, take a mule.
• Breath Pimiento.
• Carry caramels.
• On the way up, there some trees at the top of the canyon, they are a good reference on how far you are.

After asking  for directions at house of Rivelino we started walking for 1 hour untill Cosñirhua.

Walking wasn’t all that great cos neither of us could breath.

At Cosñirhua we bought bananas and honey, delicious!!!
The prices here are cheaper than in San Juan but more expensive than in the city.

When we arrived to Malata we realized that the Colca Canyon towns were celebrating their anniversary.

In the canyon you can see a lot of different cactus and people harvesting tunas (the fruit not the fish!!!)

In Malata we met Carlitos, a really nice guide, we continued walking with him and his group to Sangalle. Carlitos does his tours at a good pace, he explains well and is a really good cook. We totally recommend him. If you want his detail contact us!

On the road to Sangalle there a lot of nice lookouts, from where you can see the waterfalls and the oasis. We stayed at Las Palmeras.

From San Juan de Chuccho (House of Rivelino) take the wide pathway and if the path is bifurcating take always your right. There is a point where you start to go upwards following a small river (on your right) continue this way until you see a bridge, cross it and then you will start to go upwards.

Cosñirhua, the next town after San Juan is right after you finish this road (1hour).
Malata is 20 minutes after Cosñirhua. After Malata the road star to go down until you reach Sangalle Oasis. This path is more narrow than the ones you walked before. Be careful cause it’s slippery (1 hour)