In July I found myself on a journey deep into the amazon jungle. But little did I know that 2 months later I would find myself on another journey, this time deep into one of the largest canyons in the world, the Colca Canyon. Along the way we stumbled across packs of Alpacas feeding together.
Not to mention sucking on candies laced with coca , drinking tea made with coca leaves and the height of it all chewing on coca leaves themselves to deal with altitude sickness
But every minute of that long bumpy ride up and down winding roads was well worth it when we finally reached Colca Lodge. In this stunning photo of the Canyon if you look carefully off to the side and see a red building nestled in the Canyon, that is the hotel.
When you book a tour you have the opportunity to book the type of accomodation you would like. Colca Lodge is the most upscale of all of them but there are things that you cannot put a price on. It is the only one of the accomodations that are located in the Canyon itself. It has private thermal spas made from all natural hot springs free of charge for guests. In addition to that at the lodge you experience the sun rising and setting and witness the Canyon coming to life.
After one unforgetable night at the Lodge, my tour operator picked me up bright and early around 7am to do more touring of the Canyon. There were many breathtaking sights and pictures that I took but the climax of it all was watching soaring condors.
There is so much more than I saw that I cannot possibly fit into one blog so here are links to my album for the city of Arequipa Arequipa Album
as well here is the link to my album of my 2 day one nite stay in Colca Canyon. Colca Canyon Album
