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Chivay Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Chivay, Peru
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 ...
Puerto Inca, Chivay
... tough hikes is food; I swear I smelt fresh coffee near the top and almost cried when there wasn’t. Upon returning us to Chivay we descended upon the local hot springs for a 3 hour soak, after testing out the 38 degree pool that smelt badly like ...
To Chivay
... really show us anything new but did give us some high altitude practice fotr the Inca trail. We had already passed this little dusty town (Chivay) on the way to the canyon and had to return to there for the night, getting in around 300. No time was ...
Altitude and Condors
... over one of the highest points of our trip at 4,900m. We passed through various small villages, stopping eventually in Chivay, where we enjoyed the thermo-medicinal baths. Overnight was at the Hotel Collahua, which was empty except for us and ...
Hold on just a second....
We have fallen behind on our blogging because are in an area where internet is very limited and we can´t upload our pics from the last week. So you will have to await our next postings...we will likely do 2 or 3 catchup ones when we are in ...
Colca Canyon
... and more intense that he finally believed that the mountain was actually exhaling this smoke. A disturbing fact about travel here in Peru. … there was a plane crash last week where 5 Chilean tourists and the pilot died at the Nasca Lines. This ...
On the road to Colca Canyon
... Not sure I would be able to get it in through customs though..... We arrived at our destination, Chivay, at around 2pm and a few of decided to forgoe the touristy lunch place that had been organised and wandered into the main ...
L'ascension du canyon
Départ à 5h10 à la frontale (enfin, pas nous, on les a oubliés à Arequipa!). Et c'est parti pour 1100m de montée! Quel plaisir de voir le jour se lever sur les montagnes et le canyon ; d'entendre le chant des oiseaux... ...
White men can´t dance
... "appreciate and take photos" of alpaca, llama, volcano, rock, valley etc. After some agreeably interesting scenery, we stopped in Chivay for a good-ole all-you-can-eat effort. After some digestion time it was off for our new ...
Ausflug Colca Canyon - Tag 1
Heute begann unser 2-Tagesausflug zum Colca Canyon. Man hätte das auch in einen Tag packen können, aber dann hätte man um 3 Uhr abfahren müssen... und da wir genug Zeit hatten, haben wir uns für den 2-Tagesausflug entschieden und fuhren so erst um 8 ...
Dirty Pigeons
... , proceded to get ready & pack everything up. We called a cab and headed to the bus station to take a local bus to Chivay. We had not read anything good about the local buses so we were very nervous. Once at the bus station, we passed multiple booths ...
Pedro y Pedro
... a huge grey eagle on our arms & head and also tried some local fruit (one was a prickly pear). After we returned to Chivay, we ventured down to the square for some luch before meeting our bus. The plaza was packed with a parade. We found a place ...
Canion Colca um dos mais profundos do mundo
... que foi a que ficamos e é também a mais bem servida em termos de hotéis,mas a coisa mais interessante é a igreja de Chivay. Apesar de ensolarado durante o dia as noites são geladas, pois Chivay é mais alta que Cusco entorno de 3600m, nós ...
Hot springs & Hey Jude at 3,900m
Today has been awesome, it started with breakfast on the terrace in our lovely hotel, then on the bus for our drive to Chivay & the Colca Canyon with our local guide Freddie. First stop was just on the way out if Arequipa to show us the three volcanoes ...
Chivay (All uphill from Arequipa)
... of the trip to Chivay was very scenic. We stopped again and Sylvia found a new friend (see pics) We eventually arrived in Chivay and were dropped at our hotel which was very cool. There were several stone cabins that were typical for the area but fairly ...
"A F**king Big Ridge and Some Birds"
... past every couple of minutes. Queue more photo-taking and ´aaaaw´ing at how cute the baby ones were. Final stop before Chivay: a viewpoint at a heady 5000m to take in the valley and get a good view of three of the big volcanoes that dominate the ...
Colca Valley and the hot springs
After our trip to Bolivia we were more than in need of the hot springs that Chivay provided. In the evening a 10 year old boy cooking our food, whilst checking out Daryl's games on his Ipad. ...
Condors, hot springs en Colca Balley!
Met kleine bus vertrokken we ´s morgens vroeg vanuit Arequipa met bestemming Chivay. Mooie rit, veel gestopt en een gids die niet kon zwijgen :-) Adembenemende uitzichten, het leken wel postkaartjes.. De busrit begon te lang en te hobbelig te worden, ...