Arequipa's activities point in two directions: up at the volcanoes ringing the city — Misti, Chachani, Ampato, all above 5,800 metres — and out to the Colca Canyon, three hours north, where the condors ride the morning thermals at the Cruz del Cóndor.
Colca is sold either as a rushed one-day round trip, which means four hours in a minibus each way, or as a two- to four-day trek down into the canyon and back out. The trek is much the better experience and much the harder morning: the climb out of Sangalle starts around 4am.
Most of the operators sit within a couple of blocks of each other on Jerusalén.