På gång i Arequipa (Colca Canyon), Peru under året

Mycket folk — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Andean rainy season

  1 jan – 31 mar · vanligtvisMonsun

  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.

Mycket folk — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Andean rainy season (1 jan – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

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

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  20 mar – 20 apr · vanligtvisPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Andean rainy season (1 jan – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Semana Santa

• Säsong

  Clear season on the volcanoes

  15 apr – 30 nov · vanligtvisTorrsäsong

  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 majPilgrimssäsongTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Semana Santa (20 mar – 20 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Virgen de Chapi pilgrimage, May break i Peru

• Natur

  Condors at Cruz del Condor

  1 maj – 30 sep · vanligtvisFågelsäsong

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (vanligtvis)), Virgen de Chapi pilgrimage (1 maj)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (vanligtvis)), Condors at Cruz del Condor (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

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

• Helg

  Fiestas Patrias

  28–29 julNationell helgdagTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (vanligtvis)), Condors at Cruz del Condor (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

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

• Festival

  Semana de Arequipa

  14–16 augStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (vanligtvis)), Condors at Cruz del Condor (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Fiestas Patrias (28–29 jul)

Mycket folk — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (vanligtvis)), Condors at Cruz del Condor (1 maj – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — October break i Peru

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Clear season on the volcanoes (15 apr – 30 nov (vanligtvis))

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

• Festival

  Wititi dance festival, Chivay

  5–11 decReligiös högtidTrångt

  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. Källa ↗