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| Colca Canyon slideshow |
I got up at 3am and by 8:00am we arrived at Cruz del Condor, a major viewing place for the birds. Starting at 8:30am, as the weather got warmer, and the place got filled with tourists and souvenir merchants, dozens of condors flew over the canyon and our heads. In this particular spot, where thermal water rise warming the air for the condors, the canyon is not so deep. But in other parts, it reaches almost 10,469 feet, making it the second deepest canyon in the world. The first is also in Peru, only a few miles away in Canon de Cotahuasi.
It was quite a site to see some of the birds flying at very close range to where the view points are. Some flew over us, beyond the canyon, allowing us a great photo opportunity.
At 9:30am we headed to Cabanaconde, and after lunch we started a three day trekking into the canyon and out of it. My group was small. It consisted of a couple from London: Marc and Rachel, our guide, his girlfriend and me. So, after lunch, we got our walking sticks and our backpacks and headed out to the mountains.
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