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Colca Canyon Trek: 3 days of adventure and beautiful encounters. S2/E2
October 19, 2024 · 10 min · 790 views
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Claire and Max complete a three-day trek through the Colca Canyon in southern Peru, one of the world's deepest canyons at 3,270 meters, starting and finishing at Cabanaconde.Watch Day one covers 11 km with 1,200 meters of descent to the canyon floor, departing at 6:15 a.m. to beat the heat.1:03 Day two heads toward Sangalle and the oasis, with the group expanding from three to seven hikers — a mix of French travelers plus a stray dog named Chaussette — as new people join along the route.6:42 Day three, the hardest, begins at 5:15 a.m. for a 5.5 km climb of 1,200 positive meters back to Cabanaconde.8:10 Claire develops a knee problem serious enough that she expects to address it medically in France in December; Max helps her through the steepest sections.3:10 Each night the group recovers in lodges with thermal baths and pools.3:04 The trek is low in daily distance but demanding in elevation change, and the early starts are driven entirely by heat management rather than distance.7:40
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