More windy roads up to the Colca Canyon. We had a local guide with us and she gave us comentaries along the way. More stunning scenery – it certainly is a land of contrasts. We drove across the high pampa, saw vicuna grazing in the reserve. Vicunas are protected and shorn each year for their fleecewhcih is regarded as the finest and can bring up to $1000/kg for their fleece.
At the Colca Canyon we saw a few condors in the distance. Amazingly ladies selling handicrafts appear at the strangest places … anywhere that a bus might be able to pull up either for a comfort stop or to take in the views. I don’t know how they get there, or where they come from. And they compete fiercely for your trade.
At the highest point we reached 4900m and it didn’t take much physical exertion to cause shortness of breath.
Stayed in another amazing place that evening at a small township called Yanque. Not much there, but the hotel was a series of cute little bungalows … all well equipped.
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