Planetarium and Observatory Colca — Attraction in Coporaque

What an incredible night we had at the Colca Observatory. It started off quite cloudy with poor visibility and we were advised to wait a while to do our tour by Luis, the guide. During the time that we waited, we got chatting with him and he told us so much about his culture and the history of the observatory as his assistant monitored the weather conditions, and in an hour the skies had cleared and we were able to do the tour. We saw Jupiter, Saturn, and many other stars and constellations with amazing clarity through the telescopes, and all were explained in great detail by our guides. They are such friendly, kind, and knowledgeable people and I strongly encourage anyone spending a night in Chivay to stop by the observatory. Truly a tour that’s out of...

Very nice and knowledgeable host Edgar. He offered us tea and invited us inside. It was cloudy so we had to wait a little, but we got the tour later. He showed us the planet Saturn, the Moon, different stars and astrological signs (Scorpio, Pegasus, Northern Triangle...). As we still haven't seen everything because of the clouds, he lowered the price to 15 soles per person. Normal price is 25 soles per person. You also have to be careful to go at a right hour, as they offer English and Spanish tours depending of the hour. We were unlucky and arrived on a Spanish tour, but it was interesting, because we were still able to...

I would highly recommend this experience! Luis was so passionate and helped explain everything to me. I saw binary stars and star clusters, 3 different coloured stars, Venus, many constellations - including my own zodiac. He got me blankets to help keep me warm, took some amazing photos with the stars and even walked me part of the way home as I was alone. Very genuine guy, with amazing enthusiasm. I had lots of questions as I was new to stargazing and he was more than happy to answer any question no matter how silly. It’s a very unique and special experience everyone should take advantage of when out in the middle of the...