Chivay to Puno

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16th of August Day 4: Chivay to Colca Canyon to Puno



Well here we are in Puno after a very long day. We started the day Chivay in the Colca Valley. After a 6:00 am our guide and driver took us to the 'Cruz del Condor', a natural viewpoint opposite the nesting-sites of the famous Andean Condors. We arrive in time to see these majestic birds launch themselves into the Canyon as they set out on their day's hunt. Both the birds and the canyon are spectacular. At this location the canyon is 1,200 metres deep. I got a couple of shots of the Condors but nothing like what Don got so I will down load his pictures and load them to the blog when I can.

After spending more time in the Canyon, we returned to Chivay and from there we changed busses, the 4 M Express tour bus, and continued to Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca. We didn't arrive at our hotel, Hotel Qalasayer, until nearly 8:00 pm making it a rather long day. There won't be a blog tomorrow as we'll be spending tomorrow night with a Uros family on one of the floating islands on Lake Titicaca.

Pen behaved himself today, mainly because he spent much of the day in the luggage.

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Photos

Local Ducks
Don't know what they are at the moment

These are wild camelids
The coat of these is finer that Alpaca

A bit of artistic licence
Why, because I can.

This is the first church in the Colca Valley
This church is in Maca

Colca Canyon
This is 1200 meters down

Flying Condor
If you look closely that black dot is a Condors. There are better shots to come

A Falcon
It was on the riff of a place we stopped to have a drink

A South American Flamingo
This is the Chileans branch of the family

A South American Flamingo
This is the Peruvian branch of the family

Pen
Pen catching a few rays and taking in the views