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Chivay Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Chivay, Peru
Colca Valley
The Colca Valley and Canyon is a marvellous sight. On old Inka-land, featuring many remote details from the time, Colca is much more than a journey back through history. It also has the world's deepest Canyon and you can spot condors flying by. Story ...
Trekking the Colca Canyon
... a local family had put together. We also tried Chicha here (a drink of fermented corn that is extremely popular and traditional in Peru). It was disgusting. From here it was onto the 'Oasis’, a very strange tourist resort at the bottom of the ...
In the valley
We set off very early from Arequipa for a 3 day tour to the Colca Valley, a beautiful area with 10,000ha of pre-Incan agricultural terracing. Led by the effervescent Jessica and her unending bad jokes, our group included a go-getting Dutch couple; a ...
Reaching New Heights
... drive to Chivay, which is an indigenous community located in the bottom of the Colca Valley. It was around a 3 hour drive to Chivay, however we stopped many times along the way. Along the roadside the landscape quickly changed from desert, to more rocky ...
Warm Up Trek?
... was so good after 2 hard days and no hot water or shower facilities. Thursday brought us another sleep in before we headed off to Chivay to have some lunch and a dip in the hot springs before flooring it back to Arequipa so some people on our bus could ...
Condors and altitude sickness
Unfortunately I can´t say to much abut Chivay - since I was knocked out by massive headaches and sickens casued by the altitude - which resulted in me being in bed frm the time we arrived until next morning. I drank loads f water - about 4-5 liter and ...
Aug 27, 2012
Condors at Colca Canyon
... chicken, stuffed spicy peppers, deep fried spinach and salad etc. Had 3 slices of cake too, couldn´t move for a while though. Explored Chivay a bit more and the market, buying snacks for tomorrow as we have a long drive to Raqchi. Got some churros from a ...
Colca Canyon - der zweittiefste Canyon der Welt!
So, gestern abend bin ich wieder aus Chivay zurückgekommen, von meiner 2-Tagestour zum Colca-Tal und zum zweit-tiefsten Canyon der Welt!! Und ich habe Kondore gesehen :)) Die Tour war natürlich total durch-organisiert und sehr touristisch, die ...
Colca Canyon - the worlds deepest...nearly!
... Cotahuasi Canyon which is 163 metres deeper (and actual worlds deepest canyon!). The Rio Colca descends from 3500 metres at Chivay to 2200 metres at Cabanaconde. The roads on either side of the Canyon are at around 4000 metres. In the ...
Arequipa to Colca Canyon
... and protection during their travels. The road changes back to paved as we descend in small switchbacks to the village of Chivay, the biggest of about 14 villages in the Colca Valley established by the Viceroy Toledo in the 16th century. We arrive in ...
Day 7 - Condors & Canyons
Woke up early this morning after a night of sleeping in leggings, trousers, socks, vest, long sleeved top, hoodie and a scarf! Breakfast consisted of bread, frozen butter, jam and coca leaf and camomile tea. We made ham and cheese sandwiches and got on ...
Colca canyon
Colca canyon is deeper than the US Grand canyon. We went up there for couple of days. The trip was great even though we both experienced the altitude sickness. Not surprising considering we have been at 4910 m and stayed in a hotel at 3700m. Saw ...
deep deep down
... to do the opposite; planning a hike into Colca Canyon, a canyon twice as deep as the Grand Canyon. The night before we stayed in Chivay, a small town about an hour bus ride from the canyon. The town was really nice, and was one of my favorite thus far. It ...
Alla Cruz del Condor
... volteggiano sopra le nostre teste sfruttando le correnti ascensionali provenienti dal fondo del canyon. Ore 12.00 si ritorna a CHIVAY per pranzare. Approfittiamo della pausa per fare un giro nel mercato cittadino, osservando e fotografando frutti e donne ...
Feb 29, 2008
What Momma don't know won't hurt her!
... tourists for 10 consecutive days! And...we arrived in this region on Day 11. --The first tourists to return to Chivay!-- The town square was quiet... A conspicuous bus--windows all broken...tires slashed... Lack of eye contact when passing ...
The simple life in and around the Colca Canyon
... getting disappointed. We did it eventually, and with time for lunch before we got the bus. As we weren't able to buy a ticket Chivay to Cabanaconde we assumed it was the same in reverse and the bus left from the main square so there was no bus station to ...
Das Tal der Kondore
... auf die letzten Kilometer entlang der staubigen Strasse zu verzichten. Dank einer hervorragenden Reiseleitung hatten wir in Chivay direkt Anschluss nach Arequipa, konnte noch das 1:0 der Bolivianer gegen die Perunaer am Schalter mitverfogen und unser, ...
Canyons and Condors
... which I thought was abit tough. In the early evening, we all went to the natural hot springs a few kilometers from Chivay. This was a lovely relaxing experience looking out towards the mountains of the valley, It was very different to Banos. In the ...
out in the wilds
so we were up at 2am to start our trip to colca canyon.....picked up 3.15am and off in a full mini bus of people to chivay, a town on the edge of the canyon a three hour drive away. here we had a very nice breakfast in the little mountain town it was very ...
Entrando al valle del Colca
Salimos temprano de Arequipa con rumbo norte hacia Chivay, la ciudad principal del valle del Colca. Tomamos un camino fuera de la ruta normal de los turistas que van al Colca, que pasa por la reserva de Salinas y Aguada Blanca, una laguna y ...
Colca, Day 1
... feel terrible - sick and woozy, altitude? Possibly - could also be lack of sleep and undigested guinea pig. Breakfast buffet in Chivay– all the good stuff (pancakes and strawberry yoghurt) is consumed before my arrival so I stick to bread and jam, ...
3 days Trek in the Colca Canyon... Wouah!
... but as the bus had a technical problem (something to do with the muelle) we ended up spending the whole day in Chivay that was 2 hours away from Cabanaconde. At 4pm, the bus got finally repaired and we decided to still go down the Canyon the ...
Day 8 - Chivay to Puno
Alan's blog: Up early again (there's no sleeping in on this trip....) and we're off again and climbing out of the valley, saying good-bye to the fabulous Collagua terraces. At the high point of the pass we stopped for a group photo at 4910 metres. On to ...
Wake-up call to see condors
... back on the bus on more bumpy roads to see the condors... The Colca Canyon is astoundingly beautiful. It's deeper than the Grand Canyon and is the second deepest canyon in the world, second only to Cotahuasi, also in the Arequipa region of ...
Le Colca: C'est beau, mais c'est haut
Nous voici donc en route pour le Colca. Le canyon le plus haut (ou le plus profond, ça dépend ou on se trouve) du monde. L'ascension se fera en minibus avec une guide qui nous explique tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la zone: Les volcans qui ...
From the Highest Lake to the Deepest Canyon
... ladies were there with their alpacas selling handicrafts). From there the road zigzagged down the mountains to the dusty little village of Chivay, at the head of Colca Canyon and where we would be spending the night – by candle-light as it turned ...
Canyon Colca valley
... (soroche genaamd). Onderweg allerlei prachtige vergezichten waar je mond werkelijk van openvalt. Na aankomst in het kleine plaatsje Chivay, dat op ruim 3500 meter ligt, check ik in bij hotel Anita. Een basic maar schoon hotelletje dat aan het ...