Having had enough of Peruvian "Chicken Buses" we decided to pimp our journey from Lima to the southern city of Arequipa to a flight!
In Arequipa we met up with Kent Miller, caught up on some 10 years and then gave him a 5 day break from Derek, Crystal and Anne plus with Carlos too we had a group for the Cotahuasi Canyon, reportedly the deepest in the world!!
Gustavo styled us to the put in, a grueling journey that took us on the Panamericana, crossing several passes most of which were dirt tracks and the rescuing of a car that was pitched on the canyons rim!!
After about 4 hours of sleep we left the village of Cotahuasi and were heading for our rendevous with the mule herders!!
The usual trek to the put in of Velinga was closed, so we got an amazing trek down to the river.
The views were amazing!!
Check out the mules down below!
Anne↑
Derek ↑
Just some of the ruins that are in the Canyon
Crystal↑
Carlos ↑
John & Crystal↑
John dropping in↑
Heading towards another set of ruins!!
Campsites in old terraces
John styling it!!
A bed of Robsons!!!!
It was certainly an amazing trip and without doubt a great way to finish off our Peruvian adventure. A big thanks goes out to Gustavo and Expediciones y Aventuras, La Casa da Sillar, El Turko the kebab shop and everyone who boated with us or helped us out throughout our time in Peru!
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