Hva som skjer i Arequipa (Colca Canyon), Peru gjennom året

Travelt — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Sesong

  Andean rainy season

  1. jan – 31. mar · vanligvisMonsun

  The rain comes as heavy late afternoons rather than all day, and it puts cloud into the Colca in the mornings. Dirt roads out to the canyon and the volcanoes wash out from time to time.

Travelt — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Andean rainy season (1. jan – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Semana Santa, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

• Helligdag

  Semana Santa

  20. mar – 20. apr · vanligvisPåske og stillehelgMye folkBestill tidlig

  Arequipa's Holy Week processions are among Peru's most elaborate, centred on Yanahuara's centuries-old Procession of the Holy Sepulchre and the Easter Sunday burning of Judas effigies in the plaza; hotels fill early for it. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Andean rainy season (1. jan – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Semana Santa

• Sesong

  Clear season on the volcanoes

  15. apr – 30. nov · vanligvisTørrsesong

  From April the cloud lifts off Misti, Chachani and Pichu Pichu and stays off, which is also the window for climbing them. Nights on the altiplano roads are well below freezing.

• Festival

  Virgen de Chapi pilgrimage

  1. maiPilegrimssesongMye folk

  Tens of thousands walk the desert road to the sanctuary at Chapi through the night of 30 April, many of them the whole 45 km from the city. The southern exit is a procession for two days. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Semana Santa (20. mar – 20. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Virgen de Chapi pilgrimage, May break i Peru

• Natur

  Condors at Cruz del Condor

  1. mai – 30. sep · vanligvisFuglesesong

  Condors ride the first thermals out of the Colca between eight and ten in the morning, and the dry months are the ones without cloud in the canyon. Common rather than guaranteed.

Fortsatt på gang: Clear season on the volcanoes (15. apr – 30. nov (vanligvis)), Virgen de Chapi pilgrimage (1. mai)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i juni.

Fortsatt på gang: Clear season on the volcanoes (15. apr – 30. nov (vanligvis)), Condors at Cruz del Condor (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Fiestas Patrias, Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) i Peru

• Helligdag

  Fiestas Patrias

  28.–29. julNasjonaldagMye folk

  The national holidays on 28 and 29 July sit inside the school winter break, which fills the buses to Colca and Puno and the hotels in the centre. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Clear season on the volcanoes (15. apr – 30. nov (vanligvis)), Condors at Cruz del Condor (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Semana de Arequipa, Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) i Peru

• Festival

  Semana de Arequipa

  14.–16. augStor festivalMye folk

  The city was founded on 15 August and takes most of the first half of the month for it: the Corso de la Amistad through the centre, bullfights, a climb up Misti and a folk-dance festival to close. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Clear season on the volcanoes (15. apr – 30. nov (vanligvis)), Condors at Cruz del Condor (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Fiestas Patrias (28.–29. jul)

Travelt — skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet, en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Clear season on the volcanoes (15. apr – 30. nov (vanligvis)), Condors at Cruz del Condor (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — October break i Peru

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Clear season on the volcanoes (15. apr – 30. nov (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Clear season on the volcanoes (15. apr – 30. nov (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Wititi dance festival, Chivay, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

• Festival

  Wititi dance festival, Chivay

  5.–11. desReligiøs høytidMye folk

  The Colca Valley town of Chivay, a half-day's drive from Arequipa, marks the Virgen de la Inmaculada Concepcion and Peru's national day of the Wititi, a UNESCO-listed courtship dance, with processions and folk parades. Kilde ↗