Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru. It is located about 160 kilometers northwest of Arequipa. It is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States at 4,160 m.
Unlike most of the Grand Canyon, portions of the Colca canyon are habitable, with pre-Colombian terraced fields still supporting agriculture and human life.
What brings increasingly more visitors each year, in addition to the awesome sights, are the Andean condors. The condor population of South America is unfortunately dwindling, but here in Colca Canyon, visitors can see them at fairly close range as they float on the rising thermals and scan for carrion far below them.
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