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The Colca Canyon in southern Peru's Arequipa region is an area of astounding scenic beauty, and one of Peru's top tourist destinations. It is best known as one of the world's deepest canyons, , whose depth can most easily be appreciated from the Cruz del Condor
Pre-Inca terracing in Colca Canyon is ubiquitous--there are thousands of terraces in this area. The Collaguas who belonged to the group of Aymara cultures were masters of constructing agricultural terraces. Terraces created level land that made cultivation easier. Terracing also helped control erosion and were part of the their complex irrigation systems that included aqueducts. As some of these terraces are up to a thousand years old, this kind of agriculture clearly is sustainable. When the Incas started to control the Colca Canyon around 1320 they adapted the Aymara technique of terrace building and applied it elsewhere in the Inca Empire.
View of the town of Yanque in the upper reaches of Colca Canyon where the canyon is not very deep yet. Note the agricultural terraces on the canyon walls which were built by the Aymara Culture before the Incas conquered the area around 1320. The only access is the road from Arequipa which leads over the Patapampa Pass which at an altitude of 4910 m (16,109 feet).
Pre-Inca terracing in Colca Canyon is ubiquitous--there are thousands of terraces in this area. The Collaguas who belonged to the group of Aymara cultures were masters of constructing agricultural terraces. Terraces created level land that made cultivation easier. Terracing also helped control erosion and were part of the their complex irrigation systems that included aqueducts. As some of these terraces are up to a thousand years old, this kind of agriculture clearly is sustainable. When the Incas started to control the Colca Canyon around 1320 they adapted the Aymara technique of terrace building and applied it elsewhere in the Inca Empire.
Pre-Inca terracing in Colca Canyon is ubiquitous--there are thousands of terraces in this area. The Collaguas who belonged to the group of Aymara cultures were masters of constructing agricultural terraces. Terraces created level land that made cultivation easier. Terracing also helped control erosion and were part of the their complex irrigation systems that included aqueducts. As some of these terraces are up to a thousand years old, this kind of agriculture clearly is sustainable. When the Incas started to control the Colca Canyon around 1320 they adapted the Aymara technique of terrace building and applied it elsewhere in the Inca Empire.
The Colca Canyon in Peru is one of the deepest in the world, with the river winding through vast landscapes of jagged rocks and lush oases. This photo was taken at the Mirador Cruz del Condor, where every morning, just after sunrise, a dozen or so of these incredible, giant Andean condors take flight.
I have mixed feeling about the Colca Canyon.
The road up, going through all of these small towns and valleys is rather breath taking... and once up there the dept of the canyon is crazy unbelievable... I felt the Condor flight to be just "alright". A lot of people find it super amusing though, so I gonna say it's just me.
An area that was farmland until an earthquake destroyed the irrigation canal. Now the two towns (Cosnirhua & Malata) meet at the flat section in the middle for futbol games
The Cañón del Colca is regarded as the deepest canyon in the world. Here, the Colca River is about 1800 m (6000 feet) below. But at its deepest point, the Canyon is more than twice this deep.
Pre-Inca terracing in Colca Canyon is ubiquitous--there are thousands of terraces in this area. The Collaguas who belonged to the group of Aymara cultures were masters of constructing agricultural terraces. Terraces created level land that made cultivation easier. Terracing also helped control erosion and were part of the their complex irrigation systems that included aqueducts. As some of these terraces are up to a thousand years old, this kind of agriculture clearly is sustainable. When the Incas started to control the Colca Canyon around 1320 they adapted the Aymara technique of terrace building and applied it elsewhere in the Inca Empire.