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Travel Blogs from Cabanaconde / Colca Canyon, Peru
Canyon del Colca
... 'un couple londoniens, de deux suissesses, et de notre charmante guide Maria. Plan de match Jour 1 Descente de 4h dans le canyon à partir de Cabanaconde. (ouh les genoux... Seb tu n´aurais pas survécu... á moins de te t´avoir loué une mule). ...
Treck dans le canyon
On loue les services d'un guide pour faire un trek de 3 jours dans le canyon. Albert, 17 ans, est ne a Cabanaconde et connait le canyon et ses habitants comme sa poche! On commence par une descente de 5 heures jusqu'au premier refuge, au fond du canyon, ...
Trek del Colca, journee 3
... ;chauds venant du fond du canyon pour s'elever immenses et grandioses. De la nous prenons un bus pour Cabanaconde (3290 m) d'ou nous pouvons descendre dans le canyon mais il y a d'autres controles du "boleto" et nous decidons de rentrer dans l'apres midi. ...
The World's 2nd Deepest Canyon
About 5 hours north by bus of Arequipa sits Colca Canyon which is officially the World's Second Deepest Canyon and home to the huge condors of the Andes. We would like to point out that 5 hours by bus in Peru covers the equivilant distance of popping to ...
It´s only second deepest by 200 meters...
... , and they all have barkers screaming the destinations of the line nonstop. my ears hurt) The ride to Cabanaconde (one of the larger towns in the Colca Canyon area) was incredible. From about two hours away to the moment we pulled up to our hostel, a ...
Colca Canyon
... recover from New Year we decided to drag ourselves out to the countryside and headed to a tiny town called Cabanaconde at the top of the Colca Canyon (wiki entry here . Arequipa was stuffed with places offering trekking tours there but we decided to do ...
Le Cañon del Colca
... 2 heures. C'est bon, on a bien valide les bus, on peut rentrer en Europe !! (maaaaaaaaiiiiiisssssooooonnnn !!) Enfin, arrives a Cabanaconde (rien a voir avec un poste de police), une douche chaude (nous avons decouvert grace a James le mot anglais ...
And The Donkey Says... “Buck Up, Sweet Pea
... give the edge to the ravaged, desiccated body of the murdered virgin. After a day or two there we continued on to the Colca Canyon, famous for its rare condor population and being the second deepest canyon in the world (behind only Cotahuasi, also in ...
Colca Canyon near Cabanaconde
DAY 1 - we only had two days to see the Colca Canyon and because we wanted to walk to the bottom and then out, we had to opt for a tour that left Arequipa on the first day at 3 am and arrived at the canyon at about 8 am. The first stop on the bus was at a ...
colca canyon
Der Weltgroesste Canyon, das weltwunder suedamerikas, der dritthoechste wasserfall etc pp... Sehe ich hier staendig...alles bloedsinn... colca canyon ist nichtmal i den top 5 in wikipedia. War aber trotzdem nett, wenn auch nix besonderes...reichlich ...
Flight of the Condor
... back the cane. We wandered down the valley in an effort to avoid their noise. Cruz del Condor is a 1000 metre deep canyon with indescribably beautiful mountain scenery. We walked half a mile, waited half a minute then whoosh, there they were. Several of ...
Cabanaconde and the Grand Canyon Cock Up
Leaving the Condors at 11am, they disappear elsewhere at this time, we began walking to the next village, Cabanaconde, the base for trekking the Colca Canyon. Mistake number one was bothering to try to walk to Cabanaconde. We thought it was an hour, in ...
Cabanaconde et Cruz del Condor
Apres 6h de bus cahotiques (pour faire 250km!), nous arrivons a Cabanaconde, petit village au bord du Canyon de Colca, au nord d'Arequipa. Ambiance vraiment differente de la ville, quasiment aucune voiture, des mules a chaque coin de rue, et des ...
Fresh Coffee in Colca Canyon
... hours northwest of Arequipa, 2.5 - 3.0 hours of which involved land travel designed solely for vehicles of hoofed architecture, the town of Cabanaconde (Caba) was our take-off point for a two day stint into the 2nd, yes 2nd , deepest canyon in the world. ...
Arriving above the canyon
... that head to Cabanaconde which is basically where you want to be if you intend doing some trekking by yourself in the colca canyon. The ticket price is 15soles and the journey was probably a little over 6 hours from Arequipa station. Not much else ...
Curt´s trip: hiking the Colca Canyon
... , after a welcome dip in the local hotsprings. By 6pm, we reached Arequippa and quickly found a hostel for the night. After dinner with Emily and Marina, we called it a night. It had been a long tiring trip out to the Colca Canyon, but worth it for sure. ...
Trekking im Colca Canyon
Nachdem wir hier vor 4 Tagen Nachmittags angekommen sind, haben wir kurz entschlossen unsere Trekkingtour in den Colca Canyon für den nächsten Tag gebucht. Und das war wirklich ein Glücksgriff. Ausser uns war nur noch ein junges dänisches Pärchen ...
Colca Canyon
The last couple of days we`ve been hiking in the Colca Canyon, which was beautiful, but also very heavy! Very, very heavy! Wendy has turned already 27 so that explains a lot (lives starts at 40 according to Bird)! But these two made it up to the village ...
canyon hiking
We took a side trip from Arequipa to Cabanaconde in the Colca Canyon. It is suppose to be 2 times deeper than the Grand Canyon and the deepest canyon in the world, but it is hard to tell because it looks so different. It was covered in vegetation ...
3 AOUT
... le Canyon de Colca. (2ème canyon le plus profond du monde). Nous passerons la journée dans la petite ville de Cabanaconde au sommet du canyon. Nous dormirons dans un petit hôtel "Valle Del Fuego". Il faudra se lever tôt le lendemain pour commencer la ...
Mad dogs and English men, and an Ozzy thrown in as
4 day trek: Cabanaconde, Llahuar, Fure, The Oasis, Cabanaconde We took off on our own to explore the second deepest canyon in the world. we found peace and tranquility, beautiful people, dramatic landscapes and waterfalls and a whole heap of sunshine! ...
Colca Canyon Trek
... we were spending the 2nd night. This climb was apparently the test for the last day which is the big climb out of the canyon back to Cabanaconde. After a little rest we had to climb down for about an hour to reach the oasis. It was an area of ...
Hiking down and then all the way back up
... to Cabanaconde. Although it was a public bus, most of it was filled with gringos who were with various tour companies heading to Colca Canyon for basically the same three day trip we were taking. Along the way the bus kept picking up more ...
2 Tage Trekking im Colca Cañón
... Allen ist die Freude über das Geschaffte anzumerken. Gruppenfotos werden gemacht. Dann geht es noch eine halbe Stunde Richtung Cabanaconde zum Frühstück. In einem kleinen Restaurant stärken wir uns bei Kaffee, Rührei und Brötchen mit ...
Colca Canyon
... il avait plu les jours d'avant, ce qui a rendu le canyon d'autant plus beau! Nous avons donc pu découvrir les deux facettes du Colca Canyon, tant aride que verdoyant. Max nous a gentiment attendu au pont, où nous ne couperons pas à la taxe d'entrée de ...
Kräfte zehren im Colca Canyon
... . Nach einigen Anpassungsschwierigkeiten wegen der Höhe, machen wir uns nach einem super Frühstück gestärkt den Colca Canyon (der grösste Canyon der Welt) hinunter nach Sangalle. Die Aussicht und die Schluchten sind gigantisch und ab und zu bekommen ...
Canyon Country
... South Africans, two French, an Italian, a Kiwi, a Columbian and our helpful and knowledgeable guide Roy. From Cabanaconde we began the descent into the canyon. Colca Canyon is 100 km long and ranges from 1000-3000 metres in depth (over twice as deep as ...
Colca Canyon
Colca Canyon - For years there was raging controversy over whether or not this was the worlds deepest Canyon at 3191m, but recently drawn in a close second to the neighbouring Canon del Cotahuasi, which is 163m deeper. Got picked up my guide at 5.30am ...
Canyon country
... Belgium and his GF Elodie from France as well as another Frenchman named Boris) we decided to head out to Cabanaconde – the best start for the canyon treks – on the afternoon bus. Unfortunately due to heavy traffic in Arequipa, we got to the ...