Hiking in the Colca Canyon

प्रकाशित कीता: 17.10.2017

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14-16.10.2017

It happened, I went hiking. The Colca Canyon is located 97 km away from Arequipa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colca_Canyon

I chose a 3 days, 2 nights tour. I was picked up from my hostel at 3:15 am. We picked up other hikers and then started. On the way to our starting point, we were at an altitude of 4623 meters. It was quite cold and we all struggled a bit with the altitude.

After breakfast, we started hiking. The first two days were mostly downhill. But that was also exhausting. We slept in small villages in the canyon. The accommodations were simple, without electricity and fancy amenities, but very cozy. The food was great too.

On the 3rd day, we started at 4:30 am. It was uphill. It was planned to take 3 hours. But since I wanted to finish quickly, I made it to the top in 2 hours. Quite exhausted, but happy, I had to wait for the others and then we took a bus back to Arequipa. We made several stops along the way to see different things.