Day 411 - Colca Canyon, Peru
Colca Canyon
It took a few hours, but eventually our bus wound us deep into the famous Colca Canyon of Peru, well-known for its condors. We didn’t see any (like we did in Choquequirao). But we saw lots of tourists, and ridges of rock unlike anything I had seen since were were in Utah’s Canyonlands (see Dispatch XXII). These steep canyons with their great uplifted shards of rock were magnificent.
Arequipa
We spent just one more night in beautiful Arequipa after departing the Colca Canyon, and then took a bus to Tacna, Peru near the Chilean border. There we crossed into Chile and onto Arica.
