Colca Canyon and Cruz del Condor

From Arequipa I decided to do a 2-day tour to the Colca Canyon, the 2nd deepest Canyon in the World (drop of 1,300m)while John stayed in Lima. Along the way spectacular scenery of volcanoes Misti and ChanChan. I saw some vicunas, the smaller cousin of the llama and alpaca, whose wool is very expensive. We were visiting little villages on the way and in the evening we indulged in the hot springs in Chivay. The next day we went to Cruz del Condor where we were supposed to see Condors flying around. Well you can see the result of my Condor-spotting below...


i had to help the condors a little bit along the way...



the group

vicuña