I am new to this site and am presently on a world trip with my gf Lynn. I will come back and add more about our travels shortly but right now want to post our experiences about the Colca Canyon near Chivay. In short - 1 we did the canyon in the least (physically) stressful way and saw much more than the normal cookie cutter tour 2 we found a great guide .... Carlitos is the man to contact (Arturo Carlos Muñoa Guille, carlitos_arequipa_peru@hotmail.com 3 beware of altitude sickness 4 the trek out of the canyon is a tough climb 5 avoid Bothy Hostel and go to Pachema in Cabanaconde We read many reports and comments about what is possible and not possible / trek alone or with a guide, easy to get to or not,
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