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Chivay Slideshow
Chivay
Travel Blogs from Chivay, Peru
Endurance test
The three day trek started with a 03:00am pick up from the hostel in Arequipa. Then we drove to Chivay, one of the bigger towns on the edge of the Colca Canyon. Here we had breakfast and continued into the canyon towards Cabanoconde. On the way we ...
My Bday in the Colca Canyon.....
... to ease the ascent we were about to make to 400 metres above sea level to Patapampa), yanque, Achoma, Maca, Pinchollo, i especially liked Chivay and the La Calera thermal baths there, but i was a bit over the locals trying to sell you Alpaca clothing!! ...
Coca tea and coca leaves...
... which was quite a contrast to much of the country. We then headed up to La Calera hot water springs about 20minutes from Chivay. These springs consisted of about 6 thermal springs from water bubbling up from under the earth. I was very reluctant to ...
Remontée du canyon de Colca, le supplice !
... en patience, et j'ai attendu 10 minutes. Les trois personnes du cockpit essayaient de me parler mais je n'étais pas très causant... A Chivay, on est finalement descendu tous les deux. Un type nous a abordé à la sortie de l'autobus, nous proposant un ...
Colca Canyon
Day 1 We set off on our Colca Canyon trek at 3am....hee despite none of our alarms going off. Dennis {from London} and Anna {from Australia} who we met at the hostel also booked the trek. 3 hours later we stopped for a delicious big breakfast....not! A ...
Inca skulls in caves.
... ot the dead. The tombs had more than one person and the more important ones had had the openings bricked up. Back in Chivay, by complete contrast we went to the hot minersl baths and spent a good hour just soaking and drinking cocktails under ...
Canyons, condors and a little bit of Star Wars
... feeling of riding, not sitting on the back, is like flying. Wind in your face, open to the elements and free. Arriving in Chivay (a small town on the eastern edge of the canyon) we managed to find the cheapest hostel we had come across in Peru (10 sole ...
Road-blocks galore and an unexpected hike
... than that. The hot springs were really nice and relaxing. Afterwords, it was back on the bus to go into Chivay for lunch. I had another uninspiring meal of bad spaghetti and okay soup. The bus ride toward Arequipa began at about ...
El Cóndor pasa
... en el camino del regreso. Quisimos llegar temprano a la Cruz del Cóndor, mirador una hora y media adentrado desde la ciudad de Chivay, entrada al Colca. Llegamos a eso de las 8 de la mañana, sólo para ser recibidos por una lluvia helada que nos ...
Colca Canyon
This trip started of at 3.30am from Arequipa driving to Chivay, a town close to Colca canyon. Here we had breakfast in a random restaurant before journing further to Cruz del Condor - which is a look out point for Condor. Amazing just as we were about to ...
Peru - Chivay, Colca Canyons
... geofferd hebben om de goden goed te zinnen. Voila, dat heb ik geleerd vandaag. Rond 13u30 arriveerden we hongerig in Chivay, hier eerst ergens een lekker buffet gegeten met 'Aji de gallina'. Dit is een soort van currysaus met kip. Typisch ...
Colca Fun
... as we realised that we would not have time to do so the following day. We spent around an hour looking around Chivay which athough heavily reliant on tourism had many local food stalls and a large indoor market which. We had been talking ...
A surprise in my soup
Well we got to Chivay in a pretty old bus, but it was a fun ride. Chivay is a cool like Peruvian mountain town. It sits at about 3,400meters. The drive in was largely in the dark but it looked beautiful. The highest point on our ...
Colca Canyon Condors
... we watched some very bored looking kids in traditional costume being made to perform for tourists. This is one of our worse experiences in Peru and only one example of how tacky Peru can be. Finally got to the canyon and after quite a wait got to see ...
Colca Canyon = Wow
... ihr Lieben! Die letzten zwei Tage haben wir im Hochland der Anden verbracht, genauer gesagt im Colca Valley nahe der Stadt Chivay. Seit einigen Jahren gibt es hier Strom, Internet ist aber noch nicht überall (es gibt zwei Internetcafés, die von Skype ...
Danger Mouse
... nbsp; Most morning were spent there eating Poridge. Well its back on the road with Jack and we are off to a town called Chivay. Its a small town on the outskirts of Condor Canyon. The drive was another long one 10 hours in total, but ...
Condors, Fiestas and Canyons
... a little more delicate than llama meat. Next day, we took an early bus right along the canyon back to Chivay. There are some lovely traditional villages perched around the canyon along the way - mainly adobe buildings and whitewashed colonial ...
The Colca Canyon
... . We started the first day by getting into a van in Arequipa at 3 a.m. then driving 3.5 hours to the town of Chivay in the Colca Canyon. Grabbed a quick breakfast and then briefly watched a local carnival celebration since it was Fat ...
The Colca Canyon and the Andean Condors
... long and winding road down to the town of Chivay in the Colca canyon offered up some spectacular views. At another viewpoint above Chivay and another chance to buy more souvenirs, there were some little Peruvian girls with a few baby llamas and for $1 ...
Flight of the Condors
... in the Colca Canyon. The 3 hour road from Arequipa took us high over the mountains, reaching a dizzying 5000m before descending into Chivay which lies at 3600m. Tired and somewhat out of breath we went straight to the first hostal offered to us as we got ...
Flight of the Condors
... were on the move again as we were tight on time and keen to get moving on to our next proper stop, a little town called Chivay about 3 and a bit hours away. It was the Pages' first experience of local bus transport and true to form they played the first ...
Condors! Well three or four.
Arrived in Yanque for an overnight stop on our way to the condor valley near Chivay. We arrived early that morning (another early start!) expecting to see the sky black with the vulture looking buggers. I think three turned up, but the one that flew ...
Chivay
... the photo´s...sooo cute. so was the alpaca. Most of the road here was bitumen with about a third, of the 5 hours, being dirt. Chivay is a small town, when everybody is home there are 6000 here. Its only here cos of the canyon country and it is a great ...
Stop-Gap Before Colca Canyon.
... , and even though the cold was hitting us we managed to get ourseles out of the reasonably warm rooms to find some dinner. Chivay itself was quiet, there was very little happening in the centre and very few places to eat at. We made a choice of a ...
Colca Canyon
... their lama,s and birds of prey for photo ops. They were all pretty much the same so we only stopped at two. The trip from Chivay follows up through the canyon on a dirt road. When we got there I went to the highest viewing platform. All the good spots ...
Canyon de la Colca
Donne comme l'un des plus grands canyons du monde (plus de 3000 m de profondeur) le canyon de Colca est tres beau et rafraichissant apres 2 jours dans la belle mais tres agitee ville d'Arequipa. ...
the real peru
... when we moved ariound. we descended to Chivay and the colca canyon about 3pm. pictures of these beautifull mountains i can not describe. chivay is a town of about 1000 people in the colca canyon. a beatiful plaza and church but as you drive round the ...
I know the meaning of COLD!
... i think those in the back would have pointed out fairly quickly...or i hope so anyway!) By lunchtime we had arrived in the town of Chivay, at its hot springs. We had lunch outside and then Leanne, Gary, Andy, Lewis, Marc and I went into the hot ...
Another Condor Moment!
We arrived in Chivay in time for lunch - an all you could eat buffet. We had photos taken with some little girls and their llamas (charge $1!) After checking into the hotel, we went to the La Calera Hot Springs, geothermally heated. It was so nice to soak ...