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A 5am start with a buffet breakfast with a view, we got on the mini bus to Colca Canyon to see the Condors.
Colca Canyon is TWICE as deep as the Grand Canyon!!
A 2 hour drive on the mini bus on a dirt track road along side the 1000 meter drop of the canyon was pretty scary at times!
The valley was really lush growing crops and waterfalls coming out of the mountains every few meters. Apparently it gets really dry in the winter and all the greenery goes, but for us it was really beautiful!!
We had to dodge a number of holes in the road, huge boulders that had fallen into the road and various cows, donkeys, dogs and sheep!
We walked the last 30 mins to the viewpoint in the rain. We spent 2 hours at the viewpoint without seeing any Condors due to the rain :( but we did see an Eagle and 2 girls we got our flight to Lima with!
On our return we stopped at Maca - a town which experienced a bad earthquake a few years ago. Our guide told us not to take photos of the locals with birds on their arms because they are captive birds and she didnt want us encouraging that.
We had a buffet lunch in Chivay before starting a 3 hour drive back to Arequipa. And our free afternoon is much needed after the altitude and lack of sleep!
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