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Arequipa, Peru — Plaza de Armas, Arequipa 2006Hans Brian Brandsberg Berg · CC BY 2.0 ↗
16.40° S
71.54° W
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Peru
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America/Lima
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PEN
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Arequipa Sillar City and Colca Canyon: Ticket and Timing

Arequipa's white centre is carved from sillar, a 1.65-million-year-old volcanic rock. How to read it, then plan Colca: the S/70 Autocolca ticket, the 151 km road and a day or overnight trip.

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