<P> Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru , located about 160 kilometres ( 99 mi ) northwest of Arequipa . It is Peru 's third most - visited tourist destination with about 120,000 visitors annually . With a depth of 3,270 metres ( 10,730 ft ) , it is one of the deepest in the world . The Colca Valley is a colorful Andean valley with pre-Inca roots , and towns founded in Spanish colonial times , still inhabited by people of the Collagua and the Cabana cultures . The local people maintain their ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces . </P>
<P> Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru , located about 160 kilometres ( 99 mi ) northwest of Arequipa . It is Peru 's third most - visited tourist destination with about 120,000 visitors annually . With a depth of 3,270 metres ( 10,730 ft ) , it is one of the deepest in the world . The Colca Valley is a colorful Andean valley with pre-Inca roots , and towns founded in Spanish colonial times , still inhabited by people of the Collagua and the Cabana cultures . The local people maintain their ancestral traditions and continue to cultivate the pre-Inca stepped terraces . </P>
where is colca canyon peru on the map
where is colca canyon peru on the map
southern Peru , located about 160 kilometres ( 99 mi ) northwest of Arequipa
southern Peru , located about 160 kilometres ( 99 mi ) northwest of Arequipa