About Us

Who we are

Colca Trek Adventures started to provide high-quality guided adventures to the Colca and Cotahuasi Canyons for over 25 years. Originally, Colca Trek was found in the early 1980's by MS.Sc Vlado Soto.

Expanded trips offer to our guests the chance of having an innovative trekking experience of South Peru; and now include climbing, rafting, and mountain bike.

We are so passionate of the Arequipa region, we are so lucky of sharing with visitors, and it is our goal to show to our guests the Arequipa region that we know as "AREQUIPEÑOS".

Colca Trek is dedicated to provide you with the best-class adventure travel experiences at affordable prices. Choose from a range of over 50 adventure choices in South Peru, which includes: climbing, hiking and biking trips, cultural tours, river rafting, horse ride expeditions, and much more.

Over the past 22 years our philosophy has remained the same: to enable travelers to immerse themselves in to our country; to learn to appreciate its people, cultures and wildlife and the delicate balance necessary for their coexistence.

Why Colca Trek?

• Experience - 22 years of specialist adventure travel know-how.
• We are Peruvian people.
• Value - Quality trips at affordable prices whit out intermediaries.
• Highly Recommended –Lonely Planet, Foot prints, Rouge guide, Raise know how, Moon, Lets Go to Peru and in all the travel handbooks we are number one COLCA TREK and our Manager VLADO SOTO.
• Many Choices - Multiple travel styles from grassroots to connoisseur.
• Companionship - Travel with a small group of like-minded travelers from different countries.
• Responsible Tourism - Trips designed to comply with sustainable tourism best practices.
• Respect - For their customers, the environment, and local communities.

In our guided expedition services we provide:

• Profesional guides with many years of experience climbing mountains in our region, they have a lot of experience working at high altitudes, this for climbing, about trek, bike or rafting and climbing, our team is professional and they will provide you with an incomparable experience with their experience, culture, nature and friendship, making your expedition more enjoyable and without losing our standards of quality.
• Our trips are designed to have the best acclimatization, having the possibility to trek to a smaller height before attempting to climb or trek a great summit such as the Ampato 6,315m. or the sours of the Amazon trek at 5,117m.
• The best common equipment:
  - Mountain tents
  - Base camp dinner tent
  - Tables and chairs
  - Complete first aid kit
  - Mobile Phones
  - VHF and UHF radios
• Food. Our meals are varied and well chosen. Fresh and delicious food is always available in our trips. Vegetables, fruit, meet, chicken and even fish are among our menu, as well as pastas, rice, potatoes rich in carbohydrates. Wine, pancakes, cheese and everything we need to make our trip pleasant. If you are vegetarian or have a special diet, no problem we prepare the best diet that you require.
• Mules, horses and donkeys. We have the best service to carry our gear, with the friendship of our "arrieros" (wranglers). We use mules and donkeys in all our trips in Perú.
• Porters. We can provide you with porters in all of our treks and high altitude expeditions.
• Hotels. We stay at three and four stars hotels (or the best available in the little villages) in our expeditions, which are included in our services.
• Parks fees and all the tikets are include in our prices.
• Transportation. In our expeditions we use the best qualified ground transportation, according to the road conditions and altitudes.
• Departures. You can choose the date of departure in a private trip (with a minimum of persons required) or register in some of our fixed trips.