Comments on: Canta

By: Stuart Starrs

Stuart Starrs — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:14:14 +0000

I didn’t notice. I couldn’t find it on Google earth and I don’t go to Carabayllo much :). A pity, abandoned haciendas are wonderful to explore, like this one in Chincha.

By: Juancho

Juancho — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:13:53 +0000

I guess I mean the one in Carabayllo, as it is just after one turns into the valley that leads to Canta. I recall we passed an dilapidated old mansion that must have been rather grand in its time, and important enough to have had its own chapel, now also in sad shape.

By: Stuart Starrs

Stuart Starrs — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:13:24 +0000

Yep, we made sure to eat in Obrajillo, but the trucha further up the valley was a little nicer.

The derelict hacienda? Do you mean in Carabayllo/El Progreso entering the Chillon valley or do you mean the old hacienda outside of Canta when taking the road further into the valley? There’s a hacienda outside Canta on the hill more or less above the town that I know was owned by someone important, but no, I don’t know much.

By: Juancho

Juancho — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:12:55 +0000

Fresh (i.e. live) trout can be obtained at the farm in Obrajillo, from succulent small one to great big monsters of a kilo or more.

It’s a nice place to have lunch as well, at one of the outdoor stands by the river.

Stuart do you know anything about the derelict hacienda house and church on the right just as one enters the valley and starts heading uphill?