Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Arequipa (Colca Canyon), Peru

Druk — Summer / year-end holidays in Peru, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Andean rainy season

  1 jan – 31 mrt · meestalMoesson

  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.

Druk — Summer / year-end holidays in Peru, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Andean rainy season (1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Semana Santa, Summer / year-end holidays in Peru

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa

  20 mrt – 20 apr · meestalPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Andean rainy season (1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal))

Druk — Semana Santa

• Seizoen

  Clear season on the volcanoes

  15 apr – 30 nov · meestalDroog seizoen

  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 meiBedevaartseizoenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Semana Santa (20 mrt – 20 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Virgen de Chapi pilgrimage, May break in Peru

• Natuur

  Condors at Cruz del Condor

  1 mei – 30 sep · meestalVogelseizoen

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (meestal)), Virgen de Chapi pilgrimage (1 mei)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In juni begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (meestal)), Condors at Cruz del Condor (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Fiestas Patrias, Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) in Peru

• Feestdag

  Fiestas Patrias

  28–29 julNationale feestdagDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (meestal)), Condors at Cruz del Condor (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Semana de Arequipa, Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) in Peru

• Festival

  Semana de Arequipa

  14–16 augGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (meestal)), Condors at Cruz del Condor (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), Fiestas Patrias (28–29 jul)

Druk — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (meestal)), Condors at Cruz del Condor (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal))

Druk — October break in Peru

In oktober begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In november begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Wititi dance festival, Chivay, Summer / year-end holidays in Peru

• Festival

  Wititi dance festival, Chivay

  5–11 decReligieus feestDruk

  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. Bron ↗