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Things don't seem to change too much in the Colca Valley. The pre-Incan agricultural terraces (center) are still in use! Sabancaya volcano still smokes in the distance. The terrain is semi-arid and over centuries the inhabitants have figured out how to make the most of it. I am informed the rains come less and less each year.
Chivay, Peru.
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Featured on Flickr Explore on June 26th, 2014 at #79.
Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru, located about 160 kilometres (99 mi) northwest of Arequipa. It is Peru's third most-visited tourist destination with about 120,000 visitors annually.[1] With a depth of 3,270 metres (10,730 ft),[2] it is one of the deepest in the world. The Colca Valley is a colorful Andean valley with pre-Inca roots, and towns founded in Spanish colonial times, still inhabited by people of the Collagua and the Cabana cultures. The local people maintain their ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces.
This photo doesn't show it really, but this canyon is 3200 meters deep. (Or, as we say in my country, 10,000 feet deep.)
On the way here we were briefly at 5000 meters, which is higher than the highest point in the continental U.S.A. I could barely walk 10 feet without losing my breath.
In the background the opposite side of the deep Colca Canyon...
The Colca Valley is a canyon near Chivay. It is 3.300m deep from the highest mountain peak to the Río Colca.
From the edge of the canyon it is 1.200m.
This trail leads down into the Colca Canyon
The Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru, located about 160 kilometres northwest of Arequipa. With a depth of about 1000 – 2000 m It is one of the deepest canyons in the world. Its length is about 70 kilometres The Colca Valley is a colourful Andean valley with pre-Inca rooted inhabitants, and towns founded in Spanish colonial times, still inhabited by people of the Collagua and the Cabana cultures. The local people maintain their ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces, called andenes.
It is Peru's third most-visited tourist destination with about 120,000 visitors annually.
I did a three day hike into the canyon and am proud to say that we made the 1000 meter vertical ascent back out in three hours.
Colcxa Canyon, Caylloma Province, Peru
Es una de las bellas acuarelas del maestro Chavez, Vemos un grupo del pueblo que inicia alguna procesión tradicional con sus instrumentos litúrgicos del caso.
Valle del Colca - Iglesia de Yanque - 1985
DARWIN CHAVEZ, artista arequipeño
Acuarela 56 x 76 cm
Tomado de su libro -40 años de arte-
Recomiendo el modo mayor
Views over the canyon floor near the northern town of Yanque, with Mts. Sabancaya and Hualca Hualca over the horizon.
Mighty cliffs carved by the Río Colca near the Valle de Canco. In order to appreciate the vast scales of this landscape, with a relief of 4000m from the river to the adjacent peaks, this is best experienced in person.
Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru, it is promoted as the "world's deepest canyon."
The valley presents one of the most intensely-terraced landscapes in the world, continuing for many kilometers downstream.
In this whole region the beauty of the landscape is formed by "andenes"(series of steps on the hills used for sowing, technique used from the times of the Incas, some with artificial irrigation and others for effects of the rains.)
Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru, located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Arequipa. It is Peru's third most-visited tourist destination with about 120,000 visitors annually.[1] With a depth of 10,725 ft (3,270 m),[2] it is one of the deepest in the world, second in Peru after the Cotahuasi Canyon and more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States. The Colca Valley is a colorful Andean valley with pre-Inca roots, and towns founded in Spanish colonial times, still inhabited by people of the Collagua and the Cabana cultures. The local people maintain their ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces. (Wikipedia)
The hike out of Colca Canyon begins before dawn. By the time the sun began to rise, we had already been hiking for two hours. This view is maybe halfway up the 3000+ foot canyon sides after the light illuminated the canyon.
Colca Canyon is a canyon in southern Peru. It is the deepest canyon in the world, with an average of 3400 m (ca. 9500 ft). The local people still maintain ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces.
Il Colca Canyon si trova nel Perù del sud, ed è il più profondo del mondo (circa 3400 m di media). La popolazione locale coltiva su terrazzamenti, secondo le più antiche tradizioni pre-incaiche.
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Explore: #165 25-09-2010