Day 21: Echo in the canyon

Hi everyone,

The last two days were amazing!
We signed up for a two-day Canyon Tour. Which meant that we got to see the world second deepest Canyon: Colca Canyon in Peru! At a nice 3270m deep, twice as deep as the famous Grand Canyon.

Colca Canyon is also the home of the Andean Condor. One of the largest flying animals in the world, with a wingspan of 3 meters. Unfortuantely they are an endangered species. They like the Colca Canyon because of the alltitude and because there are many foxes who like to leave little snacks for the voltures.

I actually saw 4 or 5 of these magical creatures. They were definitely too far away to a picture though. So you’ll just have to Google them if you’re interested. Especially from an aerial view they are very distinct and easily recognisable because of the ‘fingers’ at the end of the wings and the black&white colours.

Besides the nature we also got to experience culture on this tour. The first night we had dinner with live music and dance. Very interesting to see!
Ofcourse Sabrine and I joined them to show off our dance moves. Lucky for them we outstaged them for  a duration of +/- 1 minute, since there is definitely not enough oxygen in the air for longer. At the end of the show I got to dress up in traditional clothing and joined them (once again) for a dance! Such a cool experience.

Have some trouble uploading pics. Will do that tomorrow!