Colca Canyon & Condors

Yesterday we continued into Colca Canyon. Humans have lived here for 8,000 years and the amazing system of terracing and irrigation was impressive to see.

I was particularly interested in seeing the wildlife and in particular the Andean Condor. This is the largest bird of prey in the world with a wingspan of 3.3m or 10 feet. We saw many of them flying sometimes very close by - a wonderful experience.

We are now back in Arequipa which had a small earthquake last night (we slept through it) but some damage near the epicentre (magnitude 7). We have also abandoned plans to go to La Paz in a few days due to an attempted coup there. We will have an extra week in Peru instead.Read more