Ke piʻi nei ke kahawai o Colca ma Andes, ma Condorama Crucero Alto, hāʻule i lalo i ka Pākīpika i nā manawa, a hoʻololi i kona inoa iā Majes a lailaʻo Camana e hele ana. Ma kahi e holo ai ma waena o nā kauhale mauna liʻiliʻi o Chivay a hiki i Cabanaconde, kahi kahawai iʻikeʻiaʻo Colca Canyon.
Hōʻikeʻia kēia kahawai i ka hohonu loa ma ka honua, manaʻoʻia heʻelua manawa hohonu e like me ka Grand Canyon i ka USA. ʻAʻole e like me ka hapa nui o ke Canyon, aia nā wahi o ka canyon Colca, a me nā māla mua o Colombia e kākoʻo mau ana i ka mahiʻai a me ke ola kanaka.
ʻO ka hopena o nā malihini e piʻi nui aku nei i kēlā me kēia makahiki, me ka hoʻohihi i nā hiʻona weliweli,ʻo ia kaʻahahui Andean. Ke kaumaha nui nei ka heluna nui o ka pae'āinaʻo'Amerika Hema, akā aia ma Colca Canyon, hiki i nā malihini keʻike iā lākou i kahi kokoke loa i ka wā e holo ai lākou i nā mea e hoʻoulu ai i ka mea e piʻi ai a nānā aku i kahiʻoihana ma lalo o lākou. e like me kēia
Ua kaulanaʻo ka muliwai a me ka awāwa i nā Incas a me ko lākou mau mua, a ua kau nā Spaniani i nā kūlanakauhale ma ke awāwa, me ka manaʻoʻole e hoʻolālā i ka hoʻohanaʻana i ke awāwaʻo Rio Colca i ke alanui i Cuzco a me nā wahi'ē aʻe o Andean. Ua kūkulu lākou i nā hale pule ma ke alanui,ʻo ia hoʻi ma Coporaque, akā naʻe no kekahi kumu,ʻaʻole i ulu nā kūlanakauhale a me ke ala hele ma waho o ka hoʻomanaʻo.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka makahiki 1930 uaʻike houʻia ke awāwaʻo Colca, i kēia manawa no ka American Geographical Society. Uaʻikeʻiaʻo Colca Valley ma nā inoa'ē aʻe:ʻO ka Lost Valley of the Incas,ʻo ke awawaʻo Wonders,ʻo ke Valley of Fire aʻo The Territory of Condor.
Ua kapaʻiaʻo iaʻo kekahi o nā HōʻailonaʻAhaʻEhiku o ka Honua. "
I ka makahiki 1980, me ka Project Hydroelectric Majes, ua weheʻia nā Colla i waho. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoihoi i nā malihini kipa he mea nānā i keʻano o ke ola i hoʻomanawanui i ka noho kaʻawaleʻana no nā kenekulia.
Loaʻa i laila a me pehea e hana ai
Loaʻa ka loaʻa i kēia manawaʻo Arequipa, ka lua o ke kūlanakauhale nui loa ma Peru a kapaʻiaʻo Ciudad Blanca (White City) no ka pōhaku kūlaʻe keʻokeʻo i hoʻohanaʻia no ke kūkuluʻana.
ʻO Arequipa heʻaneʻaneʻekolu paha hora e ka pahi aiʻole van. Hiki ke hoʻonohonohoʻia nā mākaʻi ma Arequipa ināʻaʻoleʻoe i kēia manawa me kahi hui kaiaulu.
Heleʻo Busses i Chivay a me Cabanaconde ma kēlāʻaoʻao o ke kuamoʻo, a hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻomaka i kou kipa mai kēlā me kēia wahi. He nui nā malihini i hele e hele i Chivay ma ka awakea, e noho ma laila ma laila e hoʻonui i ka piʻiʻana, a laila heleʻo Colca Canyon i ka lā aʻe.
Ma waho o nā mea'ē aʻe āu e hana ai, he mea nui loa o Colca Canyon ke kū ma Cruz del Condor, ke kaʻina i kahi e holo ai nā mea aloha ma nā mea wela e piʻi mai ana e like me ka hoʻomehanaʻana o ka lewa. Makemakeʻoe e hele ma laila eʻike i ka hoʻokele. Hāʻalo lākou i ke kakahiaka a iʻole ka awakea awakea a nānā iā lākou he mea hikiʻole ke hoʻopoina. ʻAʻole kahi hekelike, aʻo ka papahele o ke kuamoo 3960 ft (1200m) ma lalo o kahi mākaʻikaʻi, no laila eʻoluʻolu e nānā i kāu hana.
Ma waho aʻe o ka Colca Canyon,ʻo nā lawaiʻa la La Calera ma Chivay he ala maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻomaha ai ma hope o ka holoʻana o kahi lā, a me ka hale kupapaʻu Toro Muerto o nā Indiana Wari. ʻO ka wahi hoʻomaha hope o kēia poʻe Indians, i kanuʻia i kahi kūpikipiki, ua kūkuluʻia i loko o kahi o ka pali he 90 ° ke nānā aku aʻike i kēlā mea, mahaloʻoe no ka pehea e hoʻomalu ai ka hui hoʻomana.
Inā kohoʻoe e holo a hele i ke kahawai, e mālama pono i ka manawa e hoʻohana ai i kahi kiʻekiʻe a lawe i nā meaʻai meʻoe.
E lawe i ke kālā, ma ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā ATM a me nā mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi ma nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o ia wahi. Ponoʻoe e pale iāʻoe iho mai ka lā ma ke kiʻekiʻe me ka pāpale, ka sunscreen, a me nā maka uila. Mai hōʻoluʻoluʻoe. E lawe i kāu wai pono'ī aiʻole wai kīmomi wai holoi a mea pono paha. Makemakeʻoe i kahi kamera maikaʻi a me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi o nā manaʻo nui.
Hoʻokiʻekiʻeʻo Rafting ma Rio Colca i ka poʻe malihini he nui, e mahalo ana i nā mea hauʻoli a me ka nānā nui mai ka muliwai aku i nā paia o ke kuamoʻo. ʻO kekahi e makemake e holo holo ma ke alanui.
Hiki keʻikeʻiaʻo Colca Canyon i kēlā me kēia manawa o ka makahiki, akā maikaʻi loa, a palekana, ma hope o ka pauʻana o ka ua. Loaʻa nā lua pele ola, a hiki i kaʻoihana seismic ke hoʻoulu i ka hoʻokele a iʻole e hanaʻole i ka lepo. Uaʻoi aku kaʻoi o ka ikaikaʻo Volcan Sabancayo ma mua o Ampato, kahi e hoʻomanaʻo aiʻoeʻo ka pūnaewele kahi iʻikeʻia ai ka Ice Ice.