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Chivay market
Chivay’s sprawling market, open daily, is a great place to walk around and pick up local items, including the region’s famous embroidered items and hats.
Patapampa & Cruz del Condor
Local women selling alpaca goods and other handcrafts are out in force at both these spots, popular with the legions of travelers to Colca. Especially at chilly Patapamapa (4,910m/16,100 ft.), you may want to pick up a sweater or scarf! Patapampa is an especially photogenic spot: surrounded by volcanoes in all directions, the road is lined with apachetas – small stacks of stones (travelers leave a single stone as an offering at high points, which to them signfies proximity to Apu spirits, or gods) that for generations in Andean cultures have served as tributes to the divine Apus who inhabit the mountains. Especially in the afternoon, it’s a mesmerizing sight.
Embroidery
Handmade embroidered items are available for purchase every night at Casa Andina – Colca, where an artisan demonstrates embroidery technique employed in local dress.
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| QUICK LINKS |
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| Casa Andina Hotels in Colca |
| Casa Andina Activities in Cola |
| Arequipa Travel Guide |
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More than 15 years of publications, including 220 books and guides about Peru and its environment. |
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More than 15 years of publications, including 220 books and guides about Peru and its environment, five encyclopedias and more than 1,000 articles in magazines in Peru and abroad. He is considered the most prolific publisher on ecological topics in the country in the last decade. Forest engineer, journalist, publisher, professional photographer and analyst of environmental topics, Wust is the only Peruvian to publish five articles in National Geographic magazine. Currently he is the director of Wust Ediciones. |
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Ten years crisscrossing Peru, producing 240 TV programs on diverse topics. |
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Ten years crisscrossing Peru, producing 240 TV programs on diverse topics. A journalist and writer, for nearly a decade he has directed and hosted the TV program Tiempo de Viaje, in which he travels throughout Peru (and occasionally other countries), documenting natural, historical and human scenes infrequently visited by conventional tourism. His perspective is not that of a tourist, but of a traveler, who immerses himself in what he finds and shies away from nothing in his reporting. He is also the author and/or publisher of an extensive series of books about Peruvian culture. |
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The author of 15 travel guides to cities and countries around the world, including 4 editions of Frommer’s Peru. |
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The author of 15 travel guides to cities and countries around the world, including 4 editions of Frommer’s Peru, and articles on subjects ranging from the travel industry to food and wine. A travel writer, journalist and photographer, Schlecht first traveled to Peru and trekked to Machu Picchu as a student in 1983, and he has returned repeatedly to Peru over the last two decades. He has also been a consultant on international development projects for the European Union and USAID, as well as a correspondent for a Spanish art magazine. |
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With nearly 15 years of travel experience, and having lived in different places in Peru. |
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With nearly 15 years of travel experience, and having lived in different places in Peru. Agronomist, theologist, and holding an M.A in Amazonian anthropology. He’s lived 7 years with the Aguarunan people of Alto Marañon; also in Huanchaco (Trujillo), Urubamba (Cusco), and Madre de Dios. Consultant in tourism, collaborator for several media resources and professor of Sustainable Tourism Diploma at Ruiz de Montoya University. |
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