Pozo del Cielo Chivay
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Pasaje Apurimac 113 Vallecito Chivay, Colca Canyon, Peru, +51.54-205838
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Sat 26 April. Mini-bus up and out of town. Road towards to Juliaca, then left to Sillustani to visit the chupas - ancient burial tombs. Another hot day - oh, so predictable. We were beginning to be saturated with history by now; alpacas and vicunas were old hat, and local weaving/crafts were losing their appeal. Through Juliaca again, and on towards Arequipa. At the edge of the National Park we changed buses and guides, before heading up into the mountains again, to 4918 metres. At this heigh...
Chivay, Colca Canyon, Peru geoffnsteph
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 permite conocer los poblados del inicio del valle del Colca, entre ellos Callalli y Sibayo.
Por la dificultad de acceso el Colca fue poco visitado. En 1930 la expediciòn de National Geographic de Johnson y Shipee sobrevolaron el valle y aterrizaron...
Pasamos sin contratiempo la temida primera noche a mas de 3500 metros y a menos de cero grados. Los 3 chicos sobrevivieron al congelamiento sin contratiempos. Los mayores lograron dormir bien.
El unico problema fue que hotel deja bolsas de agua caliente en cada cuarto para calentar las camas y la bolsa de la cama de Andrea estaba mal cerrada y se salio el agua asi que mientras que JP los ponia al tanto del recorrido, Maritza daba vuelta al colchon de Andrea y retendia la cama. La noch...
El tercer dia en el Colca (Domingo), nos despertamos a las 5am para manejar 70km por la margen izquierda hasta el famoso mirador de la Cruz del Condor, donde a las 8:30am (y asi fue) los condores sobrevuelan el cañon.
En el camino pasamos las vistas maravillosas que caracterizan al cañon.
Al llegar al mirador hacia mucho frio y comenzo a soplar un fuerte viento. A los pocos minutos comenzamos a ver a los condores sobrevolando el mirador. Vimos un total de 5 condores, dos adultos...
We booked the two day tour with Colonial Tours, in Plaza de Armas. Early on Thursday morning the bus picked us up from Casa de los Pinguinos and off we went. Once we were out of Arequipa, the road was bumpy. Not the nicest place for man boobs, or any boobs (I would imagine). There were numerous kinds of stops: photo ops, food stops, numerous toilet stops. We bought all sorts of coca products which were supposed to help us overcome altitude sickness. There was the coca leaf, which is chewed on...
Colca Canyon, Peru mario.travels
Entry containing 8 photos titled: Condor In Flight, Condors In Colca, Condor Family Band, Condor Landing, Condor Dad, Colca Canyon, Colca Canyon, Village Scene
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... look at all the farmland and how much work is involved.<br><br>On the way to the actual Canyon, we went through a tunnel which was built by a NZer! Waahey!!<br><br>The Canyon was awesome and there were plenty of Condors cruising around to take some decent pics.<br><br>Hope this finds you all well - I have a 5.15am flight to Cusco tomorrow. Sigh. We are there for 3 days to aclimatise before Macchu Piccu!!<br><br>Love to you all<br><br>Frani-G
Chivay, Colca Canyon, Peru frances.bates
... you-can-ear effort. After some digestion time it was off for our new hobby- hot springs. We have been to both better and worse, but it was still a reasonable way to spend a few hours. After this it was back to Chivay for an ordinary dinner but an extraordinary show. The restaurant felt like a village hall and then a "typical" Andean band began to play. They had the compulsory panpipes but curiously also a ...
Chivay, Colca Canyon, Peru escapingthenhs
... up at stupid oclock sat and watched the sun rise while the bag ladies set up their woven wares to sell to the inevitable onslaught of tour buses that were due to rock up when the going got fun.<br><br>After our breakfast of sweet bread, washed down with Rum and coke to keep us warm we sat and talked in anticipation of the appearance of the amazing beasts. <br><br>8am came and a German tour group that had turned up behind us were the ...
Chivay, Arequipa, Peru alberto66
... back to their nests for a nap! They were huge, and really beautiful!... we went to get some avocado sndwiches...and find out about the bus back... and tons of tourists arrived for their 10 minute stop.... they made so much noise... but eventually the condors came back out (but it wasnt half asmagical and peaceful as the crowds around us oooohéd and ahhhhèd way too loud... <br><br>I am glad we got up early and saw them when there ...
Chivay, Colca Canyon, Peru nickiandal
... continually having to wait for me to catch up, which I was very grateful for otherwise I might have just stopped about half way up!<br> We made consistent progress and actually made it to the top in 4 hours which I was really pleased with (once I'd recovered enough energy!). We even saw a couple more condors once we reached the top, and I just managed to catch one in a picture. <br> Once we'd cleaned up at the hotel we were not only exhausted but ...
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