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Cahuara Destination Guide

Explore Cahuara in Peru

Cahuara in the region of Arequipa is a town in Peru - some 426 mi or ( 685 km ) South-East of Lima , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Cahuara is now 10:30 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " America/Lima " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Arica, La Paz, Vizcachane, Utunco, and Sihuincha. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Arica . Where to go and what to see in Cahuara ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Colca Canyon

Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru, located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Arequipa. It is Peru's third most-visited tourist destination with about 120,000 visitors annually. It is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States at 13,650 ft (4,160 m) depth, and is promoted as the "world's deepest canyon", although the canyon's walls are not as vertical as those of the Grand Canyon.

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Located at -15.60 -71.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Canyons and gorges of Peru

Cabanaconde District

Cabanaconde District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru.

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Located at -15.62 -71.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
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Sabancaya

Sabancaya is an active 5,976-metre stratovolcano in the Andes of southern Peru, about 100 kilometres northwest of Arequipa. It is the most active volcano in Peru and is part of a 20-kilometre north-south chain of three major stratovolcanoes, including the extinct and eroded 6,025 metres Nevado Hualca Hualca at the northern end, the dormant 6,288 metres Nevado Ampato to the south, and Sabancaya in the middle.

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Located at -15.78 -71.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: Active volcanoes, Arequipa Region, Stratovolcanoes, Subduction volcanoes, Volcanoes of Peru

Muyurqa Lake

Muyurqa (Quechua muyuy to turn, to move circularly / to turn a body around its axis, -rqa verbal suffix, "twisted", hispanicized spelling Mueurca, erroneously also Mucurca, Mururca), complete Quechua name probably Muyurqa Qucha ("twisted lake"), is a lake in Peru located in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Cabanaconde District. It lies west of the Sabancaya volcanic complex. The lake is about 5.8 km long and 1.57 km at its widest point.

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Located at -15.76 -72.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 26 km away
Tags: Arequipa Region, Lakes of Peru

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