This morning we're woken at 5am to drive to the 'Cruz del Condor' a spot high on the Colca Canyon, apparently ideal for condor-spotting. The Colca Canyon is twice as deep as the Grand Canyon but at 3191 metres it's not the deepest in the world. This honour belongs to Cotahuasi Canyon which is 163 metres deeper and is located a remote 200 kilometres northwest of Arequipa.
The Colca Canyon is impressive but it's difficult to get a perspective of how deep it really is from the top. I can just make out the Colca River rapids at the bottom of the canyon.
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