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Chivay Slideshow
Top Hotels in Chivay
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Casa Andina Chivay
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Inkari Eco Lodge Chivay
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Pozo del Cielo Chivay
66 reviews
Chivay
Travel Blogs from Chivay, Peru
Condor-man
This is a top pick! ... . I could easily stay at the one we were at for a good week. In comparison, our new hotel... now in the provincial capital of Chivay... is the worst of the worst. But the hot water bottles they give you before you go to bed were a bit of a novelty. ...
5th anniversary AND 8 months together constantly..
This is a top pick! ... to each other! Up earlyish for our trip booked through Miguel for 3 days to the canyon. Today we get a tourist bus to Chivay a town towards the canyon. Have a number of stops on the way to get pics of the volcanoes, mountains, wetlands, llamas, ...
Freaky Dancin'
This is a top pick! ... and Erica a bag, we could not however agree on sizes or designs so sorry Ellie, still no Christmas presents. When we finally arrived at Chivay the capital of the region we had an eat as much as you can buffet of Peruvian food, it was about £3 each and ...
Flight of the condors
This is a top pick! ... down from the pass. Mostly a dull ache behind the eyes. It isn´t pleasant. We stopped once more over Chivay before heading down. People began to protest that they had had enough stopping for the day. We descended to ...
Zu Fuss durch den zweittiefsten Canyon der Welt
Wieder fit und nuechtern starteten wir am Tag nach unserem Kater um 6 Uhr morgens mit dem Bus von Arequipa nach Capanaconde, dem Einstiegspunkt in den Colcacanyon. Der Colca Canyon ist mit 3400 Metern mehr als doppelt so tief wie der Grand ...
Cañon Del Colca,Chivay,Cruz Del Condor and Coca
... tiny 5 stringed guitar) are also used. The next day we were up at 5 a.m. to prepare for our drive from Chivay through the Colca Canyon area. We passed through the small town of Yanque where we had views of the sacred mountain ...
It's that condor moment.......in the Colca Canyon
... get up close and personal with some alpacas and llamas and views of the volcanoes. Then we began our descent into the Canyon towards Chivay. The scenery is spectacular and the canyon immense. Our hotel in Chivay is the Pozo Del Cielo and we are the only ...
Finished the ride at the hot springs in Chivay
Yaurie to Yanque After a good rest we left Yaurie and headed on the road south towards Chivay. The first thing you notice is the giant open cut Copper mine on the outskirts of town, although not attractive it does provide some much needed employment in ...
Colca Canyon Trekking - day 3 of 3
... everyone ordered a second serving of scrambled/fried egg. The bus took us passed the Condor Cross (didn't stop) and another lookout to Chivay and the local thermal baths. The baths were really nice and hot, which did really well to our stiff bones and ...
You say Chivay...we say Colca Canyon!
... the high altitude was the reason for all her blonde comments! But Hannah puts it down to just Lauren being Lauren...what a ditz! Chivay was a quaint little town set on the Colca Canyon, a massive canyon that spread for miles. We walked (and got very ...
Condor Canyons
The photos that I took did not capture the glory of the condor. I will have others coming via e-mail in the future from some of the people I met visiting the condor valley. Also included is a mummy from the dessert. In the highlands there have been ...
The flight of the condor
From Arequipa we drove to Chivay. We crossed the altiplano and saw loats of lamas, alpacas and also vicunas which are a rare member of the camelid family. We went up and over a pass of 4,900m. We didn't suffer with the altitude but one of our party is ...
Colca Canyon - dan 1.
... ne bi bilo čudno. 4.900m nad morem. Halloo? Nastavljamo voznju, spustamo se u dolinu rijeke Colca i prolazimo gradić Chivay. Tu ćemo se vratiti kasnije, na ručak i spavanje, ali sada hitamo prema mjestu promatranja kondora. Radi ...
Off to Colca Canyon!
... ! Then, went to the hotel, which I won't be calling it a Hotel :) and went to sleep. Budget: Colca Canyon Tour (2 day / 1 night): 87 USD Hot Springs: 10 soles Dinner in Chivay: 18 soles Pictures of my trip to Peru: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jlcalgary ...
A tour to the (second) deepest canyon in the world
... for Rachel, 4100 masl was as high as the road went and we descended via an incredibly windy road to the village of Chivay, a mere 3600 masl. The rest og the tour group had lunch at a restaurant but being cheap we ate our pre-prepared sandwiches in the ...
Volcanoes, vicuñas and hot springs
... I bought a nice pink scarf from a persistent lady selling her alpaca merchandise - a bargain for 10 soles. Eventually we arrived in Chivay, a little town that is clearly geared up for the tourists. The square in the centre had a handful of extremely ...
Condor Spotting
... tea we still feel dizzy and short of breath when walking!!!! Our hotel in Colca is literally in the middle of no where, very rural Peru and the scenery is stunning, huge mountains with snow cap peaks in the not too far distance. We took a 90min hike up ...
Early Morning Condors and Rum!
... , we got the local 3 hour bus to Chivay, not really knowing what to expect - we arrived in teh little dusty town of Chivay in Canyonland and found a little hostal with an alpaca in the courtyard, and chose the middle of the range room with hot water from ...
Colca Canyon
... are really lucky, like me) and a runny tummy. Not the best really... We reached our hotel, the Mamayacchi, in a little village near Chivay and were treated to the most amazing view from our lovely room (see the photo). It was a welcome contrast to the ...
Colca Canyon Condors
We left Arequipa around 9am on Sunday and began our journey to the other side of the volcanoes to Colca Valley. The views of the mountains were spectacular. Due to the altitude we stopped on the way for a cup of Colca tea, which looked, smelt and ...
Arequipa to Chivay
... , our stop for the night. There was another stop with local girls and lambs and alpacas to hold for photographs. The town of Chivay was a bright patch of green nestled amongst steep valleys of brown rock. It began to rain as we got to the hotel, but ...
Conquering the Andes
... . However, my appetite was ruined, when the local guide from the Belgian group seriously questionned my possibilities of making it from Chivay to Puno the following day due to the farmers blocking the road. And I questionned him back, because I had not ...
Chivay dan maar?
We hebben besloten om niet door te reizen naar Cabanaconde maar om de bus terug te pakken naar Chivay. Daar kunnen we overnachten en dan door naar Puno. We zitten dan minder afgelegen en Astrid is sowieso niet fit genoeg om te gaan lopen in de Colca ...
Cycling down from 4,800 metres
... venture was nuts. When we eventually reached the Mirador we both popped out of the taxi to go for a walk before I biked back to Chivay. The altitude had an immediate effect on us both in that our chests felt really tight and we struggled to get our ...
Condors and Llamas in the Colca Valley
... whole trip was brilliant! We were in a group of 16 people from various countries in a little bus. We basically slowly traveled to Chivay in the Colca Valley with lots of stops for beautiful view points along the way. We saw lots of llamas, vicuñas, ...
Colce Canyon, 1000 Höhemeter zum Zmorge
... Agentur, super!). Bienvenidos en America del Sur! Nach offiziell 5h holpriger Fahrt plus de uebliche 1h Verspaetig (in Bolivie und Peru, Arg. und Chile isch meistens puenktlich gsi.) bin ich in Cabanaconde acho. Nach em Zmorge simmer 1000 Hoehemeter in ...
Colca Canyon
... alpaca goods as well as meeting with some of the villagers. We also crossed over a pass of 4800m before entering the town of Chivay. We spent the rest of the day walking around town and visiting some of the local markets. During the evening, we went ...
Colca Canyon
It was a 5 hour very dusty drive to Colca Canyon. The road wound up through the volcanoes and the scenery was very dry and barren. We drove through a pass at 4,800m and stopped for a short walk. This is the highest we had been on the trip and we all ...