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District in Arequipa, Peru

Paucarpata District

Paucarpata District is one of the twenty-nine districts of the Arequipa Province in Peru.

Paucarpata District
Paucarpata District · Josesupoc
The place

Paucarpata District is one of the twenty-nine districts of the Arequipa Province in Peru. It is noted for its terraced agricultural hills, called andenes in Spanish.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Paucarpata District

Airports
Rodríguez Ballón (AQP), 12 km · Inca Manco Capac (JUL), 192 km
  • Juliaca → Paucarpata District
    180 km · quickest by road, 6h 17m · S/43–55
  • Cusco → Paucarpata District
    326 km · quickest by air, 5h 49m · S/190–300
  • Lima → Paucarpata District
    770 km · quickest by air, 4h 49m · S/290–450
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No local-transport research exists yet for Paucarpata District

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Paucarpata District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inCharter trains to Juliaca and Puno are only available for groups of 40 or more.
  • Go nextThere are many travel agencies, but only a few tour operators without commissions.
  • Go nextThe Colca Canyon: Theoretically possible as a day trip but not recommended; count a minimum of two days.
  • Go nextTrekking Colca Canyon without a guide or a tour is also possible and costs less.
  • Go nextThe trek beyond can be dangerous if you're not an experienced mountaineer.

From Wikivoyage: Arequipa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    OllantaytamboPE

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    356 km
  2. 02
    RurrenabaqueBO

    8 ways of moving, 37 sources

    489 km
  3. 03
    HuacachinaPE

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    510 km
  4. 04
    Uyuni and the Salar de UyuniBO

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    681 km
  5. 05
    San Pedro de AtacamaCL

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    809 km

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Next door to Paucarpata District

Paucarpata District is 13 km from Arequipa, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.