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1st Departure:
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05.09.2010
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Destination:
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Central and South America > Peru
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Duration:
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10 days
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Skill Level:
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Intermediate
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Challenge:
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Apurimac River
Until very recently, the Rio Apurimac remained a scarcely known river through one of the deepest canyons in the world and the uppermost source of the Amazon River. Rising in Peru's glaciated southwestern Cordilleras at 18,000' in elevation, the Apurimac courses downstream through a distinctive narrow canyon sculpted over the millennia into smooth, overhanging walls of incredible shapes and of astonishing dimensions. Today, the Apurimac (translated as "divinity talker" in native dialect) remains one of the least explored canyons on Earth. The gorge features fantastic waterfalls and stunning scenery, awesome Class III-V whitewater, one portage at a point where the river constricts to less than one-tenth its size, and an unrivaled feeling of remoteness.