Hieronder vind je een reisbeschrijving van een trek in de regio Huaraz, deze trekking kun je boeken bij enkele reisbureaus in Huaraz, Deze trekking is alleen bedoeld voor de absolute sporters die volledig geacclimatiseerd zijn aan de hoogte, deze trekking is niet goedkoop reken erop dat je minimaal 1500 dollar kwijt bent

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1 Day: Transfer from Huaraz to Chiquian -Llamac(full day tour)
the trail head. After the breakfast we will aboard our private bus, and leave to south side Huaraz passing for different small and typical towns of Recuay 3400, Ticapampa 3470, Catac 3640 and the small village Pachacoto 3700, from here we’ll leave the high way and continue in the east side surrounded by a lot of straw and we will start enjoying the beautiful landscape that matches the blue sky and the darkled green hills and far from here the snow peaked white mountains will match the landscape, the first turistic place that we will appreciate will be the Patococha lake, after it we’ll get in to the national park and we’ll find the gasified water from Pumapampa, a few kilometer from here we’ll make stop in a small colored lake called Pumapashimin that Changes its colors caused by solar radiation. At the same time we’ll be next to the big Bromeliads called Puyas Raymondi, here we will have lunch, and after the lunch we’ll come back to Pachacoto to continue to Chiquian 3400. Once we have gotten Conococha we will take the east high way a few kilometers, then from Mojon we start going down zigzag trail until Chiquian. Arriving aprox at 1 pm. For Lunch, then we have to go down until Timpoc 2800 masl aprox, From here we will start again going-up along the Llamac river until the peasant town Llamac which lies at 3300 masl. Here will be our first camping in the football field of Llamac. All meals provided for our mountain personals.

2 Day: Llamac – Matacancha (7 or 8 hours walking) no pass.
Our breakfast will be at 7am to be ready at 8am to start the trekking. We’ll continue going-up through the Pocpa valley, and there’s a peasant town typical called Pocpa 3600 the last town in this Valley where we can buy some soda drinks for the sunny way, after a few hours trekking aprox. At 1 pm we’ll have been arrived to Pallca where we’ll have lunch. From here 2 or 3 hours we’ll get our camping place Matacancha at 4100 masl. From here we’ll appreciate the Ninashanca Mountain 5607 masl, Rondoy 5870 masl. Overnight camping.

3 Day: Matacancha – Mitucocha (7 hours walking) Cacananpunta Pass 4700 masl.
In the morning after the breakfast we’ll get ready our things and at 8 am we’ll start our trek, this time it’s going to be a bit difficult because the climbing to the pass will take us about 2 or 3 hours. From the pass we’ll go down then we’ll go-up aprox 30 minutes, we’ll have lunch after the small climb, We’ll take the alternative trail to get early the camping place and not for walking the same route the next day, in this route the passengers will appreciate the Andean rabbits called Vizcachas. Followed to catch by local citizens by its tasty meat, so once we have arrived to our camping place early we’ll have time to go fishing around the lake while our cook prepares the dinner. We will camp at 4200 masl.

4 Day: Mitucocha – Carhuacocha (6 or 7 hours walking) Carhuac Pass 4650 masl
as always after our breakfast and packing our things, we’ll start our trekking at 8 am today it is going to be easy. After 3 hours walking we’ll reach the pass where we’ll have lunch, We’ll walk always enjoying the white peaked mountains such as Yerupaja, Jirishanca, and Siula, we’ll get our camp place aprox at 3 or 4 pm. We’ll be surprised by a beautiful lake, keeping the mountain’s silhouettes green colored, so we will have prepared our camp place in the special place facing to the lake. we will have camped at 4138 masl.

5 Day: Carhuacocha (Rest day)
this day we’ll have breakfast a bit late maybe according to the passengers likes, after breakfast we will have many alternatives to do in this beautiful place, maybe go fishing, or visit Siula lake, or just walk around the lake or make their clothes washed, so according the passengers likes will be full filled our program, so for this day the passengers will coordinate with the guide and the mountain personals in the day before. Camp at the same place at 4138 masl.

6 Day: Carhuacocha – Huayhuash (Jurau lake) ( 6 or 7 hours walking) Carnicero pass 4600 masl.
At 8 am after breakfast we start our trekking, relaxed after the rest day before, after going-up aprox for one hour we’ll get easy trail even going-up but not so difficult to get the Carnicero Pass at 4600, after the pass there are scenic places to have lunch next to the Carnicero lakes, from here a few kilometers going-down we’ll arrive to our camping place Huayhuash, 4300 masl.

7 Day: Huayhuash – Viconga (6 or 7 hours walking) Portachuelo de Huayhuash Pass 4750 masl
After the breakfast we’ll continue our trekking. Easy going-up to the Portachuelo de Huayhuash Pass. From here we’ll go-down to the camp place Viconga to have lunch, and after it, go to the hot springs 20 minutes walking down from the camp place, the others who don’t want go to the hot springs will have free afternoon and rest in the camp place. The camp place will be at 4450 masl.

8 Day: Viconga – Huanacpatay (7 or 8 hours walking) Punta Cuyoc Pass 5000 masl.
This day we’ll have moderate going-up to the highest pass in our whole trip, but the going-up will take us approximately 3 hours, so this time it will be enjoyable because the Cuyoc Mountain will be closer to us, we have reached the highest pass in our trekking the only one, after to get this pass we will go-down the Huanacpatay valley to have lunch, going-down from the pass is very dust and rocky after it, we’ll reach the beautiful field full of grass to walk; where we will have lunch, after few hours walking we’ll find our camping place in the peaceful Valley of Huanacpatay at 4300 masl.

9 Day Huanacpatay – Huayllapa (6 or 7 hours walking) no pass, go down 600 meters.
Departure at 8 am, this time will be easy for the trekkers due to all going down only. Stopping for the lunch at the joining of Huayllapa river and Huanacpatay river, after we have to walk along the Huayllapa river rocky trail until Huayllapa village. Huayllapa is the small isolated peasant village lies at 3700 masl. Citizens from this village made this small town even not having electricity or car trail arriving, so you can wonder how they made this village that now there is a school, first aid medical house? You’ll have the answer visiting this village, we’ll camp in the football field in the middle of this town, here the small Andean shops will provide us soda drinks, bears, and first house necessities.

10 Day: Huayllapa – Cashpapampa (5 hours walking up and 2 hours going down) Tapush pass 4800 masl.
This time we’ll have a bit difficult to go-up to the Tapush pass, after to get the pass, we will walk down easy trail, we will arrive to the camp place early a bit tired. From here we will feel that we are almost round the Huayhuash trekking, over night at 4600 masl.

11 Day Cashpapampa – Jahuacocha (5 or 6 hours walking) Yaucha Pass 4800.
after breakfast as always in the morning we’ll start our trekking moderate going-up to the Yaucha Pass, in two hours we’ll stay in the pass, after to rest for making pictures, we’ll continue going down along the Huacrish ravine for aprox three or four hours, and suddenly we’ll be surprised by a beautiful panoramic landscape. The Jahuacocha lake in the base of the mountains Jirishanca, Yerupaja, and Rondoy, beautiful green color lake that lies at 4066 masl. Where is our camp place, from our camp place we can enjoy the spectacular avalanches coming down from the base of the mountains Jirishanca. Next to our camp, we’ll find a typical Mountain hut for sheepherders; and his owner Mr Delao Huaranga will receive us with a gentle treating just being friendly or to offer us the cool bear and soda waters. It’s hard to find at this altitude the famous Coca Cola but turists can find here in Mr Delao’s Humble hut, that he sells to the visitors or to people who camp in Jahuacocha, of course the tourists who want to know more about the Jahuacocha and the mountains Mr Delao Huaranga will provide the information and tourists enjoy asking for the lifestyle in the mountain as Mr Delao Huaranga’s living with his lot of sheep. Overnight in Jahuacocha at 4066 masl.

12 Day: Rest in Jahuacocha at 4066 masl.
This day is for free tour our guide will explain the tourists many alternatives, as fishing, go to the upper lake Solterococha, walk round the lakes, stay at the lake washing, etc. etc. the passengers will have coordinated the day before to provide the box lunch and others. Our staff will prepare the dinner of success of this trekking.

13 Day: Jahuacocha – Llamac (6 or 7 hours walking) Pampa Llamac pass 4300.
this time we will feel that we have to leave the most beautiful long trekking, very early in the morning around 5am we will start hiking down for a few minutes then we’ll go-up easy walking to the Pampallamac place where we’ll say good bye to the Huayhuash Mountains, then we’ll go-down to Llamac town arriving at 12 p aprox. as we have camped in our first day of trekking we already have rounded the Huayhuash circuit, Llamac 3300 masl, This is the hometown from our donkey drivers; they will provide us the additional information about the lifestyles, traditional customs, farming, handcrafts, provides to the tourists or interested visitors the wool blankets and sheets or other fabrics made by hand and dyed with natural colors from the plants, this handcraft is the original no mixed with synthetic wools, the most beautiful and typical in the whole Peru are PONCHOS from wool, most tourists ask for original and typical with natural colors of PONCHOS. Llamac town is the provider for this requirements, after we will leave at 1pm from Llamac, all the time driving down along the Llamac river until Timpoc, where the Llamac river and the Pacllon river joins, and from here we’ll start going-up to Chiquian along the Ainin river, arriving to Chiquian at 2pm aprox, the passengers will walk round the village, and we will go for Lunch, after it 3 hours drive we will get Huaraz non-stop Hotel.