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1 Day: Huaraz - Llamac
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
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2
Day: Llamac - Cuartelhuain
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. |
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3 Day:
Cuartelhuain - Mitucocha
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. |
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4
Day: Mitucocha - Carhuacocha
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.
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5 Day:
Caruacocha - Huayhuash
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, that’s just next to the Jurau Lake
or Huayhuash, PERU BERGSPORT always use this
place due to its scenic, beautiful place faced
to the beautiful mountains. We’ll have
camped here at 4350 masl. |
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6
Day: Huayhuash - Viconga
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.
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7 Day:
Viconga - Huanacpatay
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 Guanacpatay 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 Guanacpatay
at 4300 masl. |
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8
Day: Huanacpatay - Huayllapa
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 Guanacpatay 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. |
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9 Day:
Huayllapa - Cashpapampa
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. |
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10
Day: Cashpapampa - Jahuacocha
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. |
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11
Day: Jahuacocha Rest Day
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 |
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12
Day: Jahuacocha - Llamac - Huaraz
this time we will feel that we have to leave
the most beautiful long trekking, we’ll
go-up easy walking to the Pampallamac place
where we’ll say good bye to the Huayhuash
Mountains, a few meters down we’ll have
lunch, after resting for a few minutes we’ll
go-down to Llamac town arriving at 1 or 2 pm
aprox then we’ll leave Llamac town 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 12m aprox, the passengers will walk
round the village, and after continue to Huaraz
for 3 hours drive we will get Huaraz non-stop,
Hotel |
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