![Wingspan of the Andean Condor, Colca Canyon, Peru photo](http://ephemerratic.com/wp-content/uploads/colca-canyon-peru-andean-condor-wingspan-200x150.jpg)
Colca Canyon and Cabanaconde, Peru travel guide – The YEH, MEH, NAHs
The cañón mas grande, Colca Canyon, Peru, is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon and much more difficult to reach. The bone-shaking, heart-skipping bus ride from Arequipa is worthwhile for anyone looking to put a little distance…
![Cabanaconde donkey, Colca Canyon, Peru drawing](http://ephemerratic.com/wp-content/uploads/colca-canyon-peru-donkey-house-drawing-art-200x158.jpg)
Drawings from a hike in Colca Canyon, Peru
I made these drawings in Colca Canyon, Peru while resting my very sore legs from our long but rewarding hike.
![Tall mountain view, Colca Canyon, Peru photo](http://ephemerratic.com/wp-content/uploads/colca-canyon-peru-trail-mountain-view-vertical-114x200.jpg)
Packing list for a Colca Canyon hike
Trekking into Colca Canyon, Peru, the world’s deepest canyon, is relatively easy because there are small villages a short day’s trek apart. At these villages, guesthouses are ready to provide hikers with hearty country meals, bottled water, beds, and the…
![View toward Llahuar from the ridge, Colca Canyon, Peru photo](http://ephemerratic.com/wp-content/uploads/colca-canyon-peru-trail-guide-view-llahuar-150x200.jpg)
Hike Colca Canyon without a guide: Map and trail guide to Llahuar
The most compelling benefit of hiking Colca Canyon, Peru without a guide is that you can trek at your own pace. This means you can crick your neck watching circling Andean condors, stalk birds and beasts, and stop and smell…
![Bird perched on a cactus, Colca Canyon, Peru photo](http://ephemerratic.com/wp-content/uploads/colca-canyon-peru-bird-cactus-149x200.jpg)
Beasts, birds, and bugs of Colca Canyon, Peru
The Andean condors of Colca Canyon, Peru attract all the tourist paparazzi attention. Evade the camera flashes and flee down a trail, and there’s a captivating natural diversity in the sky, underfoot, and in the brush.
![Purple flowers and a view of Colca Canyon, Peru photo](http://ephemerratic.com/wp-content/uploads/colca-canyon-peru-purple-flowers-view-150x200.jpg)
Huff, puff, and smell the flowers of Colca Canyon
Who’da thunk that hiking up the steep, deep, Colca Canyon, Peru would have been easier than hiking down the same 3,300-feet? Going downhill was so rough that I couldn’t stop and smell the…well, I don’t know what they’re all called,…