Cañon del Colca (Peru) Climber's Log

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jck

jck - Oct 23, 2018 12:45 am Date Climbed: Oct 15, 2018

Two days trip  Sucess!

Did two days trip. Down from Cabanaconde to the Oasis and then up to Malata and finally to Llachuar (overnight stay). Next day went up back to Cabanaconde.

Quentin11

Quentin11 - Oct 8, 2018 1:03 pm Date Climbed: Apr 8, 2018

Canon del Colca  Sucess!

Hiking.

rgg

rgg - Sep 30, 2011 6:39 am Date Climbed: May 8, 2011

A long and beautiful hike  Sucess!

Did the circuit: down into the canyon along the eastern track and up again by "the Oasis".

On leaving Cabanaconde

Brad F

Brad F - Dec 10, 2010 3:02 pm Date Climbed: May 29, 2009

Beautiful place  Sucess!

Spent the night at the Mama Yacchi hostel in Coporaque. In the morning we took a bus to Cruz del Condor to watch the giant Andean condors. What an amazing way to spend my birthday!

mstender

mstender - Mar 12, 2009 9:58 am Date Climbed: Dec 23, 2008

Awesome place!  Sucess!

We left Chivay very early in the morning and drove halfway to Cruz del Condor and then hiked the rest along the canyon rim for about 1.5h or so. The weather was crappy, lot's of clouds early and rain the day before. Absolutely amazing scenery! We only caught a short glimpse of a condor deep in the canyon because the sun was not shining. Too bad! But we saw a group of little green parrots called 'Periquitos' in Spanish sitting on some cacti. Very cool!

Kenneth.alone - Apr 16, 2008 8:40 pm Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2005

Climbing  Sucess!

I spent a week wandering around the place and climbing a bit. Nice views in the mornings too...

Kessler

Kessler - Dec 19, 2007 10:18 pm

Had a blast!  Sucess!

I had a great time! Even though I was tired at the end of the day, I still found time for futbol in the villages.

We got hit by a snowstorm on Cerani at 5300 meters.

Scott

Scott - Dec 19, 2007 10:15 pm

Nice place  Sucess!

November 2007 I spent nine days in the Colca Canyon with my five year old son. We did the Cabanaconde-Llauar-sangalle-Cabanaconde trek followed by the Cabanaconde-Andaua route.

In some of the more remote villages, far from the roads, apparently he is the only "gringo" child ever to visit, so he´s a real curiousity and hit with the locals. In two villages, all the children in the village gathered to meet him. They played together and somhow had "conversations" even though they don´t speak the same language. He´s a real hit with the adults too, especially the women. In a remote area in the high desert we even met the Peruvian Army who was on a training camp (?). They were mighty curious about what this gringo kid was doing out in the middle of no where and were quite amused with it all. They gave us a ride to our next destination in the army truck and even gave Kessler their candy from the food rations.

Boriss Andean

Boriss Andean - Sep 20, 2007 3:27 am Date Climbed: Feb 28, 2007

Cañon del Colca: Cabanaconde and Mirador del Condor.  Sucess!

Left Arequipa early in the morning and head out to Chivay. The bus took us thru an amazing scenary, a high pass covered with snow.
Jana (Czech Republic) and I got to Chivay after 4 hours where we had a warm mug of coffee at the store owned by a friendly girl. At sunset we got into another bus (2 hour-ride) to Cabanaconde.

Next morning, after spending a night in Cabanaconde, we rode up to Mirador del Condor. We got the best images of this beautiful and magestic bird. I've never been so close to a Condor in the wild, he was flying free just few meters away from us.

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