Arequipa / Colca Canyon

After an overnight bus, we arrived in the 'white city' of Arequipa. The morning we spend on a walking tour of the city, before having a chilled afternoon shopping and at the park. We also visited the Andean Sanctuary museum which is host to one of the best preserved mummies in the world. Juanita was a 12 year old girl sacrificed by the Incas to the gods in the 1450s and is in remarkably good condition.

The following day we went to Colca Canyon, one of the deepest canyons in the world. Here we saw condors (the largest flying land birds in the western hemisphere) which for someone who does not like birds was great fun 🙃 We also were lucky enough to spot alpacas, llamas and vicunas. In the afternoon we stopped off at hot springs to chill out and relax!Read more