CITY TOUR AND RAFTING IN THE RIVER CALLED CHILI. 02D/01N IN DOUBLE ACCOMODATION FOR US$ 99.0

Day 01: Arequipa. CITY TOUR
Duration: 3 hours.
09.00 am passengers will be collected from your respective hotel to visit:
La basilica cathedral of arequipa, where we can visit the two jewels of the city of arequipa; the belgian organ and the pulpit of french origin made in l'ile by a famous french artist busines rigot.
La iglesia de la compañía de jesús (the church of jesus’ company); a beautiful church with an impressive frontage of half-caste, baroque style, here we can find elements of native and european decoration, where we can interpret the iconography of this epoch.
La cúpula de san ignacio de loyola y los claustros de la compañía (the dome of san ignacio de loyola and the cloisters of the company), in this dome we see a polychrome decoration made with natural dyes and see a beautiful painting of bernado vitti, (artist jesuit) that represents san ignacio of loyola in the storta. Inside the church we can appreciate the works of another interesting artist - diego portales; it is presumed that he was a pupil of pedro pablo rubens in europe. Diego portale painted pictures such as jesus’ entry to jerusalem and the last supper; in the middle of the table you can see andean elements as a guinea pig.
El monasterio y convento de santa catalina (the monastery and saint catalina convent of siena); which dates back to the end of the 16th century. it represents to the spanish influence; this place is considered to be a citadel inside the city of arequipa. it is rich in architecture and painting. it the year 1970 a part of the monastery opened itself for visitors .it has a current area of 20 426.00 square meters. in its day there were 500 women of whom 180 were religious and the rest there were the maidens (servants) who were serving the nuns. Even now nuns still live in the northern area of the convent.
it is well-known for lodging women of the colonial epoch and some of these women had been forced by their own families to devote themselves to the religion. Ideally it was also a way of sheltering of the society male chauvinist of the colonial epoch.
on this tour we will combine the visit of the colonial part of arequipa with the surroundings which is found located in a quarter of colonial style: yanahuara and also we will visit the lookout point of carmen alto where there exists pre-incan terraces, an excellent lookout point of the chilina valley and the three volcanoes, misti chachani, pichu pichu.
Note: If you have more time we can add a visit to the countryside of arequipa. a combination between the city tour and the countryside tour we call it the combined visit and the time of this tour is approximately 5 hours.
Day 02: Arequipa. WHITEWATER RAFTING IN CHILI RIVER - AREQUIPA PERU.
Duration of the tour : 4 hours.
Rapids : Rapids III – IV.
The rafting on the Chili River begins in the region of Arequipa, We leave every day at: 9 am and 1 pm, it is recommended to do the rafting on the Chili River during the months of March to December.
The distance from your hotel to the Chili River only 45 minutes is needed. We will go by car to begin the rafting. On this trip the rafting it 7 km between Charcani and Carmen Alto, the duration is one hour and a half of time on the river.
• The temperature of the river is between 8 and 10 degrees centigrade.
• The difficulty grade of the rapids is between 3 and 4.
• In order to do the rafting trip you need half a day to complete it.
• Professional Rafting guide.
• Safety kayak.
• snacks: water and chocolates.
• Private transport to and from river.
• Transfer to from hotel.
• Self bailing rafts: helmets, life jackets, safety lines, paddles, etc.
After finish the tour return to each hotel or hostal.