Colca Travel Guide

 RudoElCojonudo Says:  Twenty minutes by bus from Cavanaconde is the Condor´s Cross were you´ll have the oportunity of watching the biggest bird in the world, the condor.Watching that costs 35 soles (12€). Maybe sbdy will offer you the ticket for the show before arriving here, in Civay or in the... 

 RudoElCojonudo Says:  Colca canion is the second deeper canion in the world, even more than Colorado canion. Cavanaconde is in the top of the canion, and you can go walking to the bottom of the canion from here. It will be a hard downhill of two hours or more. In the botton is a place known by... 

 euzkadi Says:  This national reserve located 110 kms from Arequipa was created to preserve the local fauna and flora. Inside the reserve there are some volcanoes and snowy mountains like the Misty, the Chachani and the Pichu Pichu. There are andean forest and prairies. It´s famous for the... 

 euzkadi Says:  The Mirador is a great place to see the condors fliying, these big birds (the largest fliying bird in the continent) were almost extincted, they frequent montainous areas, non-forested, and nest in cliffs and mountain ranges. 

 elpariente Says:  Las iglesias era lo primero que se construía en los nuevos pueblos del valle del Colca y allí siguen todavía para recordarnos su historia y la fusión de culturas La pena es que muchas de ellas están cerradas a los visitantes por miedo a los expoliosChurches was the first... 

 Diana_Banana Says:  The food seems overpriced, (probably because of the many tourists). The price for meals in Chivay were neither cheap, nor very expensive. Also, the portions are rather small. They do offer alpaca meat in some meals. So if you want to try something new, there you go. It does... 

 toonsarah Says:  Everywhere you go in Peru you'll find roadside stalls where local people sell handicrafts to the tourists. Mostly you'll see textiles but we also found musical instruments and small carvings. If you want any woven goods I think these are a much better place to buy them - the... 

 elpariente Says:  Para cultivar las patatas y el maiz hacían terrazas que llegan desde el valle hasta lo alto de las montañas . Impresion imaginar la época en que hicieron las terrazas y las cultivaban To cultivate the potatoes and corn they built terraces from the valley up to the top of the... 

 gerif Says:  Because the trip from Arequipo to Chivay consisted of many curves, a terrible stretch of dusty rocky road, and very high altitudes, I got altitude sickness at the very highest point. I had taken numerous cups of coca tea, as well as chewing coca leaves along the way.... 

 Diana_Banana Says:  When you find a tourist agency to go to Colca Canyon, make sure they tell you that there is an entrance fee into the city, which I believe is 20 soles. Our agency did not include this fee in their price. Caught us off guard. 

 toonsarah Says:  Although much of the canyon is dramatic and rocky, just as you might imagine, other parts are much greener and dotted with farms and small villages. In these areas you can see both Inca and pre-Inca terraces. It's amazing to realise that a system for farming devised to suit...