![]() Peruvians pay only 20 soles (6 dollars, approximately). To appreciate this and the other viewpoints (as well as hiking trails throughout the Colca Valley) it is necessary to buy the ‘Colca Tourist Ticket’ which costs 70 soles for foreigners (22 dollars on average) and 40 soles for Latin Americans (12 dollars on average). The viewpoint is more crowded in the mornings when, although it does not always happen, the condors prefer to fly the site. Of course, it takes some luck for the condors to fly over at the right time and at the best distance. The reason is the spectacle of the ‘flight of the condor’: several Andean condors flying over the place very close to the visitors. The ‘Cruz del Condor’ viewpoint is the most visited of the many viewpoints deployed along the Colca canyon. It is also worth highlighting its beautiful temple in honor of San Pedro Alcántara as well as the Mucurca lagoon, in the highest part of the town. From this town you can take hiking routes to various sectors of the canyon such as San Juan de Chuccho or the oasis of Sangalle. ![]() ![]() Some visitors also decide to stay in the Chivay district, the capital of the Caylloma province.Ĭabanaconde also has other viewpoints of the Colca canyon such as: the Tapay viewpoint, the Achachiwa viewpoint and the San Miguel viewpoint. ![]() Due to the fact that many tourists come there to appreciate the spectacle of the ‘flight of the condor’, the town adapted and offers acceptable lodging services. The town of CabanacondeĬabanaconde is the closest tourist town to the ‘Cruz del Condor’ viewpoint. Then you can go (preferably very early) by car or on foot to the ‘Cruz del Condor’ viewpoint. The cost of this journey is 18 soles (6 dollars, approximately). The best way to get to the viewpoint is by car from the city of Arequipa to the town of Cabanaconde, in the province of Caylloma. At the top, the snow-capped Mismi stands out (the top located at 5,822 meters above sea level). The viewpoint is 200 kilometers by road from the city of Arequipa. The closest town to stay near there is Cabanaconde, located 12 kilometers on average. The Cruz del Cóndor viewpoint is located in the upper part of the Colca canyon, approximately 3,800 meters above sea level. It should be noted that the Colca canyon is one of the deepest in the world at 4,160 meters. However, of all these, the most visited is ‘Cruz del Condor’. This natural spectacle has made Colca the second most visited tourist attraction in Peru, only after Machu Picchu.Īs well as ‘Cruz del Condor’, the splendor of the Colca canyon can be appreciated from different viewpoints such as: the Andes viewpoint, the Antahuilque viewpoint, the Volcanoes viewpoint and more. But what is most striking is the flight of several condors in the area. Send us feedback about these examples.This viewpoint, the most famous in the Colca canyon, offers incredible views of the place. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'condor.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, See More Zoe Sottile, CNN, As of Thursday, two condors that tested positive for avian flu were recovering. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2023 Four condors with avian flu are currently recovering at Liberty Wildlife, an Arizona wildlife rescue. Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023 Since then, at least 13 condors with bird flu have died, all near the Arizona-Utah border, according to the USDA. Byjack Tamisiea,, On Lake San Martin, several hours north of El Calafate, there's also the pristine private nature reserve that houses Estancia El Condor, named for the nearby condor nesting sites. Emily Anthes, New York Times, Using radiocarbon dating, the scientists concluded that local condors had been using the nest for some 2200 years. 2021 Scientists are working to improve the breeding success of the condor. Catherine Garcia, The Week, Neither bird was found to be genetically related to a male condor – and researchers tested 467 male condors in the breeding pool as potential fathers – even though the two mother condors, or dams, had been continuously housed with fertile male partners. Recent Examples on the Web California condors are social and learn from their elders, and while in captivity, the young birds were raised by an older condor.
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