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Colca Canyon Slideshow
Top Hotels in Colca Canyon
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Casa Andina Classic - Colca Chivay
155 reviews -
Hotel Kunturwassi Colca Cabanaconde
58 reviews -
Hotel El Refugio Colca Canyon
24 reviews
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Inkari Eco Lodge Chivay
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Pozo del Cielo Chivay
75 reviews
Colca Canyon
Travel Blogs from Colca Canyon, Peru
A long way down
This is a top pick! From Arequipa one of the main attractions is the Colca Canyon, apparently the 2nd deepest canyon in the world (twice as deep as the Grand Canyon) although I'm not exactly sure how you measure these things. We decided not to do one of the many tours from ...
Condor-man
This is a top pick! ... there are about 70 condors in the area... I´m not sure if that means just at this particular location or throughout the entire Colca Canyon. We made a few pit stops along the way to take some photos of the canyon and to walk a little bit along the ...
Okay Waykis!!!
This is a top pick! ... but it now feels like I´m experiencing the Peru I envisioned before coming down here. We left Arequipa, via mini-bus, for the Colca Canyon. Since we were climbing to altitudes that were about 4000 metres above sea level, we had the chance to try out ...
Walking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
This is a top pick! ... Anna within the group, not only for her naturally perfect Spanish but also for the additional information she could provide on Peru and Peruvian culture. Angelique and Lydie, two French ladies who helped reconfirm that not all the French are bad! ;-) ...
Flight of the Condor
This is a top pick! After a few days chilling out in the gorgeous town of Arequipa we decided to get on with the show and go to the Colca Canyon. The Colca Canyon is the second deepest in the world, thought to be twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the USA and the home ...
Cocha Canyon Trek - Day 105-107
This is a top pick! ... in the early morning light. As the sun rose higher in the sky the light slowly engulfed different sections of the canyon, revealing beautiful landscapes. I took some awesome pictures on the climb, the light was absolutely perfect, it was really quite a ...
A canyon, a condor, a convent
This is a top pick! ... , four of us (Rich and I with Guillaume and Ole) set about exploring the city and investigating options for a trek in Colca Canyon. A few hours´ legwork later, we´d settled on a three-day, two-night trek with Colca Aventuras along an alternative route ...
Jinxed by a floating tortoise.
This is a top pick! ... England, Keren, Jonathan and Avi from Israel, Lee and Ron from New Zealand, Jane and Connor from Ireland, Judith and Adolfo from Peru, Fabia and Marco from Switzerland and finally Don and Brian (father and son) from the US. All of them fantastic people, ...
Up, up and up
This is a top pick! ... up and up and watch as the valley gets brighter and more different with the light. We can start to see the trees at the top (canyon is 1km high) and I am starting to feel like it will all be ok. As we near the top I even overtake another girl who left ...
The Motorcycle Diaries....Part 2
This is a top pick! ... how to ride. And between the two of us, we agreed that this was probably the coolest day we've had in Peru so far. We started out being half lost trying to get out of the city but once we found the highway going ...
Flight of the Condors
This is a top pick! ... 2nd deepest canyon in the world, it is nothing less than inspiring. And to top it all off, my photos don't suck. This is the just the beginning of a three day trek into the Colca Canyon....the actual hike down(and back) is the next ...
The Inca Trail
This is a top pick! *************************************** September 2004 Acclimatised in Arequipa visiting the Santa Catalina Monastery. One of our friends was the patsy in a simple scam. Our friend asked the tour guide where the toilet was and a smatly dressed ...
Condors, Canyons and calve muscles
This is a top pick! ... up and down. Naturally there is no transport, apart from mules, in the whole valley. Was not as stark a drop as the Grand Canyon though. The path was very stony and rocky and dusty and the temperature increased as we descended and the sun rose. It was ...
5th anniversary AND 8 months together constantly..
This is a top pick! ... 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, vicarunas and elpacas. We see ...
Trekking in the World's 2nd Deepest Canyon
This is a top pick! ... at this altitude and how it's possible that a 65 year old man can be faster than me. This is not the deepest part of Colca Canyon. That section would be 10,530 feet deep(3191m) and twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in Arizona. And they ...
The Soar of the Condor
This is a top pick! ... ready for the specified 6:15 time, but our bus driver and guide weren't, this is typical Peruvian behaviour. We drove out towards the Colca Canyon, stopping at a little village that put on a dance show each day for the tourists. Mmmmm, I took a walk in ...
The Longest Day
This is a top pick! If he was still alive I would tell that Dr Atkins bloke to take a hike - into the Colca Canyon in Peru. When I left the States I was a "healthy" 13 stone (or 182lbs in American money), which is positively Biafran by US standards. I don't know what I weigh ...
Freaky Dancin'
This is a top pick! ... in that one. All in all a very entertaining evening but very early as we would have to be up at 4.45am tomorrow for our visit to Colca Canyon and perhaps to see the Andean Condors. The freaky dancing tonight though had made Bez's look ...
Flight of the condors
This is a top pick! ... the 2 am public bus to get down here for the Cruz del Condor. The Cruz del Condor is one of the major attractions of Colca Canyon. This is apparently the last natural population of condors in South America. These birds have up to a 3 m ...
Super Fit Shaun
This is a top pick! Tuesday April 19th 2005 6am meeting outside the SAS offices on the Plaza De Armas, carrying our rice sack full of the things the porters are carrying (up to 8kg, which includes hired sleeeping bag and roll mat), and onto the SAS bus. Only 9 people in ...
The Climb of The Deepest Canyon In The World!!!
This is a top pick! Hello from the World's Deepest and Biggest Canyon: The Colca Canyon of Peru We started our hike with a 3.30am pick-up from our hostel in Arequipa. We then made the 2 hour journey to Chivay for breakfast, before driving to Cruz Del Condor. Here is a great ...
The toughest trek ever
This is a top pick! ... hasn´t really helped. I had to wake up at 5.30am to catch the tour to view the Andean Condors and trek to the Colca Canyon. I felt like death this morning, and struggled to utter coherent sentences and have breakfast. We drove for 2 hours to the ...
Bring on the Altitude Sickness
This is a top pick! ... was exactly what I needed to recharge the batteries. Today we took the long road to the second deepest canyon in the world... Canon Del Colca is 3191m deep, 193m less than that of its neighbour, Canon del Cotahuasi. I enjoyed Arequipa and its main ...
Another World
This is a top pick! ... We raced through a Salvador Dali painting for four days. Then I woke up. That can't have been the same planet surely? BIZARRE. Colca Canyon wasn't bad either, but it's only the second deepest in the world. It used to be the deepest but they ludicrously ...
Surprise in the Sacred Valley
This is a top pick! Finally we were off in the direction of my childhood fantasy, Machu Picchu. Emily, Tanja and I were in good company with Martin (Germany) and Julie and Maria (Denmark). Martin was acting as our tour guide and it was nice to leave all the organising to ...
Oh the PAIN!!!
This is a top pick! ... ambitious, or maybe just naive, to think that I could trek for 3 days in the deepest, or second deepest (it`s controversial) canyon in the world. I don`t think I really understood the concept of `steep mountains` until now. Day 1: Getting to the ...
Colca Canyon
This is a top pick! Day 313 - 314 - Arequipa - Colca Canyon - Arequipa With the conclusion of our trip impending and the nominations for the inevitable awards ceremony (see it here live, hosted by yours truly) flooding in, there's a new favourite for the category of ...
What Goes Down Must Come Up
This is a top pick! ... amazing place to spend a few days to challenge our bodies and minds. We came away with a great respect for what Colca Canyon holds deep inside its walls and great pride that we can handle any path put in front of us. And I ...