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Trekking The Colca Canyon

By Gilles on 26. September 2007 in Peru

Trekking the Canyon de Colca, the 2nd deepest Canyon on earth, Cabanaconde, Peru – On the way to Fure: the path was sometimes not much wider than 60 to 80 centimeters, carved out of the steep mountain slopes going down up to 1.000 meters!

At the Hostel Valle de Fuego, we booked a 3 days / 2 nights tour with a local guide. The person at the hostel convinced us to choose another route than the one we had planed, which is quiet easy to do because you could see the two places where you stay overnight, Tapay and Sangalle, from the Mirador in Cabanaconde. This is probably one of the more common routes, but since there are so few tourists trekking the Canyon, it really does not matter. Continue Reading →