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Cañon de Autisha (Autisha Canyon): The Ultimate Guide

By: AuthorDaniel Piggott  

Posted onPublished: August 20, 2022

SOUTH AMERICA | PERU

Cañon de Autisha is a stunning place to visit near Lima in Peru. It’s fairly well-known by locals, who tend to visit on the weekends. But, this beautiful area is barely known to foreign visitors. Certainly, visiting this place isn’t a mainstream tourism activity for tourists. Commonly, locals do a full-day Cañon de Autisha tour, from Lima, which involves trekking, rappelling and puenting (bungee jumping). During our time in Peru, Beck and I decided to join the locals and do a Cañon de Autisha tour from Lima.

In this guide, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about visiting Cañon de Autisha. Given the fun activities and beauty of the area, the canyon certainly deserves a higher profile with tourists. By reading this Peru travel guide, we hope to inspire you to do a Cañon de Autisha tour.

Visiting Cañon de Autisha in Peru

Cañon de Autisha, also known as Autisha Canyon, is one of the most popular natural attractions for locals to visit from Lima. The canyon is 170 metres deep and is a well-known place for adventure sports and activities. But, as far as we’re aware, it’s not a location familiar to tourists. Indeed, during our Cañon de Autisha tour, there were no tourists in our group, nor, in any other groups. Similarly, at the time of visiting, we couldn’t find any blogs written about visiting the canyon. So, how did Beck and I find out about this place?

Basically, in between our hiking trips in Cusco and Huaraz, and, before and after our Amazon trip (read our Tahuayo Lodge and Amazon Research Center Lodge reviews), we found ourselves in Lima. With some time to kill, we looked at some day tour options from Lima. One of the most popular trips we read about, from Lima, was to Marcahuasi. But, we’d heard mixed reviews and it was only really possible to visit as an overnight trip. So, Beck and I kept looking for another day trip option, preferably to a natural attraction.

We then stumbled upon multiple online tour agencies, prominent on social media, promoting cheap weekend group tours. Luckily, our time in Lima coincided with the weekend. So, these cheap group tours were a viable option. There were many to choose from. But, many trips involved too much travel time on a bus (Cordillera Raura, Cañón de los Perdidos, etc.) Essentially, the best options were day tours to Cordillera de la Viuda, Marcapomacocha and Cañon de Autisha. After some further reading, and with tour availability, we chose to visit Cañon de Autisha. So, where is it?

Cañon de Autisha Location Description and Map

Cañon de Autisha is located in the Huarochiri Province, which falls in the Lima region. The canyon is located around 66km northeast of the capital city. Given some of the winding and bumpy mountain roads in between Lima and Autisha, the drive takes around 4–5 hours.

How To Get To Cañon de Autisha

The most popular and easiest way to visit Cañon de Autisha is by doing a tour from Lima. A full day tour includes roundtrip transportation in a minivan. Transportation in between the sites for trekking/rappelling and puenting, at Cañon de Autisha, is also conveniently sorted. So, getting to and around the canyon is all taken care of. Certainly, it’s easy to get to Cañon de Autisha by taking advantage of the transport offered on a day tour.

Although, it’s possible to visit independently if you’re the intrepid type. But, given logistics, doing a day trip independently is just about impossible. To get there and visit independently, it would have to be over two days. Even then, trying to fit in trekking, rappelling and puenting at Cañon de Autisha over two days, doing an independent trip, would be difficult.

Basically, we don’t recommend visiting independently. In fact, given that Cañon de Autisha is basically unknown to tourists, it’s possible that no tourist has ever visited independently before! So, if you’re brave enough to try, be our guest!

A bus travelling from Autisha to Chosica

Getting There Independently

In terms of visiting without an organised tour, it’s essentially the same as how to get to Marcahuasi independently. You’ll need to firstly catch a two hour public bus or colectivo from Lima to Chosica. Then, a three hour public bus from Chosica to San Pedro de Casta; but, alight earlier at Autisha.

Lima to Chosica Bus: depart from Paseo Colón or Vitarte in downtown Lima. Costs are between S/5–10 ($1–2.50USD). There’s not much information online about this service. A colectivo from Lima to Chosica seems to be the more popular option.

Lima to Chosica Colectivo: departs from three locations in downtown Lima (see interactive map below). We’ve read that people doing this journey have arrived in Chosica by 9am. So, we assume the Lima to Choscia bus departs around 6–7am. Costs are similar to the bus, around S/5–10 ($1–2.50USD).

Chosica to San Pedro de Casta: you’ll likely get dropped at Parque Echenique de Chosica in the centre of town. From there, make your way north, around 120 metres along Jr. Libertad. There, you should find the bus service. If you’re unsure or get lost, ask a local. We’ve heard there are only two or three departures per day at 7am, 9am and 12pm. But, ask ahead to confirm departure times. Of course, you’ll need to alight at Autisha, before the bus continues all the way to San Pedro de Casta. Costs around S/10–15 ($2.50–4USD).

Cañon de Autisha (Autisha Canyon): The Ultimate Guide (travelmademedoit.com)

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