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The Ashlar Route

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Visit a quarry where this famous stone can be extracted, and combine this with a visit to see the petroglyphs in Culebrillas.

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Price per person

S/ 39.00

Duration

4 hours

Schedules

8:30 am to 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Meeting point

Agencia Perú Baby Lama (Portal San Agustín 135, Arequipa)

Includes

  • Shared transportation
  • Spanish-speaking guide
  • Drop off at city's downtown

Does not include

  • Pickup at your accommodation (urban area)
  • Food
  • Entrance fee to cantera de Añashuayco (S/ 5 per person, payment in cash)
  • Entrance fee to Culebrillas, Pretroglyphs area (S/ 5 per person)

Weather

  • Subject to weather conditions

What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes
  • Hat to protect against the sun
  • Sunglasses
  • Sunscreen
  • Snack
  • Water
  • Comfortable clothing

Description

Description

We will embark on the Ashlar Route by departing the city towards the Añashuayco quarry. Here, our guide will give us a number of talks about the process of extracting ashlar, a stone used in the majority of the buildings around the Plaza de Armas of Arequipa. We will also receive information about the chiseling, carving, and large-scale chiseling done by the stonemasons.


Afterwards, we will go to the Culebrillas Gorge, a quarry that is not being mined, but which we are able to walk through for 20 minutes via a small canyon formed by water erosion. At the end of the tour, we will see some petroglyphs that we can admire and photograph while our guide tells us about them. Then, we will go back to Arequipa to end the tour.

Frequently asked questions

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