We do the visit of the Colca Valley in the afternoon ´cause in the morning there are hundreds of tourists. We sleep in the town of Cabanaconde and not in Chivay, because in Cabanaconde there are also good hotels and the village is more typical (fewer tourists). On the second day we don't get up at 4:30 a.m to see the condors, because we go two times to the Cross of the Condor. The first time is in the afternon of the first day of our trip, where, frequently, some condors could be seen. The second time is in the morning of the second day, but we can get up at 7 a.m.and not at 4:30 a.m because the distance of Cabanaconde to "Cross of the Condor" is reached in just 25 minutes.
If you sleep in Chivay you would have to wake up early in the morning in order to reach the Cross of the Condor in 2 hours (or 42 kilometers) including visits. Stay in Cabanaconde in the chosen hotel. |