Cabanaconde Travel and Tourism Guide

My sleep patterns have dramatically reversed since I´ve been traveling.  I was up at 5:30 in the morning ready to have some breakfast and get on the trail.  We were served a large lovely pancake with strawberry jam and hot mate de coca tea.  The fresh squeezed orange juice was excellent too, as it is all over South America.  After packing up and saying farewells to the nice couple we were on our way.  The first part of the hike took us up a small side valley where we...

Another early-ish start set us on the path to Cruz del Condor (condor cross) to see some live condor action. They nest in the area as the cliff are virtually inaccessible to other creatures and spend the morning soaring on the thermals created by the valley. They are an inspiring sight. Such huge birds, so graceful and the soar so close overhead. The viewing area is crowded with tourists and women in colourful traditional dress selling blankets, finger puppets, colourful traditional hats and ...

Probably the clubbing of last night wasn´t such a good idea, because today I was going to travel past the highest point of my travel in Peru. After a short night of sleep the bus and guide for the Colca Canyon tour were waiting outside the hotel. The bus travelled into the Andes and after a lot of climbing we reached the highest point (about 4900 meters above sea level). Although I had been chewing on a complete tree of Coca leaves I was feeling a bit shaky and unsteady at that height. It c...

My first travel outside of Europe, never would have known this would be the best holiday of my life so far! I just fell in love there, with a country. *writing in progress, pictures first*