Cabanaconde - Colca Canyon

Far south in Peru, near Bolivia,there is the Colca Canyon, which is claimed to be the deepest Canyon(about 1300m deep), twice as deep as the Grand Canyon.

In order to view the Colca Canyon, I went to the small town Cabanaconde(3287m), usually the people just come here for a day, but I stayed here for 3nights, mainly attracted by its tranquility.

The folding of the mountain range creates the Colca Canyon.

Condors searching for food during lunch time in Colca Canyon.




Oasis deep down the canyon.


No matter how small a town is, they still have a BIG church.




The incredible magic hour in Cabanaconde. At first, it was yellow.


Gradually changed to orange red.


Purple...


Finally deep orange.


Every city or region of Peru has their own kinds of indigenous people. They have their own traditional costume and habits. I found the costume of women who are living in the Colca Canyan district is by far the most fancy and the details are the most complicated.

Indigenous women express themselves in their beautiful costume.