Arequipa

Arequipa is Peru's third largest city and the base for most tourists to visit the deepest canyon in the world. We decided to do a two day trek to the bottom of the canyon and back out again. There were eight people in our group. The stony trek was quite hard as the trail was very steep and we hiked down the canyon during the middle of the day so the heat from the sun made us extra tired. Having said that it was well worth the hardship as the canyon was stunning to view. The following morning at 4am we started hiking out of the canyon with our flashlights. Although the hike was very difficult, this was my favourite part of the trek because as we trekked we watched as the sun rise with us out of the canyon. Just as we reached the top of the canyon the birds were starting to wake up and we watched the majestic condor birds glide around the canyon before heading off the find food for the day. It was quite spectacular.Read more