The Colca Canyon Deeper than the Grand Canyon Near Arequipa is a spectacular tourist attraction: the Colca Canyon. This canyon cuts 3182 metres (10,607 feet) into the earth. Twice the depth of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, the Colca is shadowed by snow-topped mountains, many of them volcanoes, and sliced by the Colca river. Image © Rien Bouw Image © Andrys Basten Along the wider parts of the canyon, local farmers irrigate narrow terraces of rich volcanic earth. These terraces have been in use even before the Inca period. Image © Jaroslaw Swiecicki View at Cruz del Condor in the Canyon, with indeed a real condor. Image © Thierry Jans Snow in the village of Chivay near the Cañon Colca. Image © Serge Mees View over Chivay and part of the canyon, with the typical Inca terraces which are still in use and quite efficient. Image © Alex Seeley Image © George Selembo