Your Travel Experience with South American Tours DMC
Arequipa Main Squire
Start your city tour by admiring the beautiful landscapes, fields, and pre-Inca terraces from the Yanahuara and Carmen Alto viewpoints. Surrounding the White City, the majestic snow-capped volcanoes stand tall: Misti, Chachani, Pichu Pichu. While visiting Yanahuara, you will have the chance to taste a typical Queso Helado, an Ice cream made of milk, coconut, cinnamon and vanilla.
As you make your way towards the center, visit “La Compañía de Jesús” Church that dates from the 17th century. Admire its fine façade and the impressive and beautifully carved cloisters. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage site, the historical center boasts colonial splendor: admire its grand Cathedral, the impressive water fountain, and the main plaza’s numerous arcs made of “sillar”, a white volcanic rock.End your tour at the Andean Sanctuaries Museum and
learn about the frozen mummy Juanita. She was a young Inca girl who was found in the Andes Mountains in 1995.
Juanita Mummy Museum
The original Sarita and Juanita Mummies are not currently exhibited at the museum, a replica is shown instead. Archaeologists took them out for their conservation and have not informed when will the original mummies will be back again.
Please take into account that the museum is closed on Sundays.