START: At 06:00 hours

 

We’ll go with the northeast direction of the city of Arequipa by the road that connects the cities of Arequipa and Puno for a lapse of 1 hour 45 minutes approximately, until arriving at the pillones bridge and continuing until the forest of puruña.

 

This magical place: "The Forest of Stones of Puruña (Imata) is a strange original rock formation, which is constituted by a set of natural stone columns that take the appearance of a mysterious enchanted and petrified forest. Hundreds of years, simulating different silhouettes that resemble prehistoric animals, monstrous silhouettes, forms of animals, is an abstract art form of nature, which invites to interpret the shapes that the rocks have taken, its originality allows those who visit the forest of stone admire such beauty.

 

Constituted by a set of stone columns of ignimbrite material that is the product of the  sedimentation of currents of the material expelled from the volcano, it’s constituted of ashes, lapilli and blocks, the components are solidified among themselves, it can be called tuphic expulsions of volcanic material of all the sizes, the work done by the erosive forces of nature (rain, wind and sun), make it a fascinating place.