Cabanaconde Stories


Muscles we never knew we had!

After struggling to descend the stairs at the hostal (our calves had totally seized!) we caught the bus back to Arequipa, stopping en-route at the Cruz del Condor for an hour of Condor spotting. We didn´t see any close up but, fortunately, we´d seen a few on the outward journey. The Minister for Transport was in the area where we had to change buses an...


Are we there yet?

After a breakfast of pancakes and coca tea we walked for a few of hours along the canyon, passing through a couple of villages. A few of the locals have ingeniously setup marketing opportunities designed to fleece the tourists, not least the ´museum´! - but we did eat a fair share of complimentary fruit! Lunch was taken at an Sangalle (also known as ...


Into the depths.....

Today we embarked on a 3-day tour to the Canon del Colca, the worlds 2nd deepest canyon at about 3191m ( the deepest is also in Peru, a mere 163m deeper). We were accompanied on the tour by our guide Guido. Whilst we were kitted out with our daysacks, sleeping bags, changes of clothes, toiletries, cameras, hats, waterproofs, boots -he made do with a cha...