Fullday: Salinas Lagoon from Arequipa

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9 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: English and 1 more

This lagoon is located at 4300 m. high, it is surrounded by the volcanoes Misti, Ubinas and Pichu Pichu. The salinas lagoon is located within the national reserve of aguada blanca and salinas and is therefore a protected place.

What's Included

Pick up from your hotel in Arequipa
Transportation
Guide in English or Spanish
Meals not specified in the itinerary
Entrances
Drop off at hotel

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

Pick up from accommodation in Arequipa city center, for accommodation outside this area, a meeting point will be set.

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Meeting point

Pickup from your accommodation in Arequipa city center, or a meeting point will be set.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 9 hours (approximately)
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    Salinas y Aguada Blanca National Reserve

    Transfer from your hotel in Arequipa at 7:30am and we will travel for 4 hours approx. Laguna de Salinas is a high salt Andean lake that receives the waters of an endorheic basin, located between snowy mountains and volcanoes. Open bogs known as bofedales surround the lagoon, being an important plant formation for grazing native camelids such as vicuñas and llamas, as well as habitat for the endemic fish Orestias agassizii and Chilean flamingo. In the Lagoon you can observe birds during and after the rainy season in that period where the artisanal collection or salt collection begins. When the lagoon is dry, the charm is different, we see the blue sky surrounded by volcanoes with a dry white lagoon full of salt. Here we can see the three different species of flamingos, this can be seen only in this lagoon and not in another part of the world. To be more specific, this does not happen even in the most famous “flamingos lake” in Africa (nakuru and naivasha, in kenya) since there can only be observed two species. During the day we will have a box lunch in the middle of nature. Then we return to the city of Arequipa. Arrival to the city of Arequipa approx. 05:00 PM

    9 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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