Trekking Cordillera Blanca, Peru
Santa Cruz - Llanganuco
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Trekking Cordillera Blanca, Peru Santa Cruz - Llanganuco |
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| Day 1 : | Arrival
to Lima. Pick up at the airport, and ground transfer to Hotel in Lima.    |
| Day 2 : | Ground
transfer Lima to
Huaráz. The transfer, taking the Pan-American high way toward north side from Lima until Ancash department’s boundary in the district of Paramonga, from here we’ll start to climb the Cordillera Negra in its west side with direction to the highest pass from today Conococha 4500 masl. Here we’ll find a small pleasant village called Conococaha next to this village we will find a lake with the same name. From here we can already appreciate the views where the Cordillera Blanca, and just 50 kilometers aprox south from the Cordillera Blanca lies Cordillera Huayhuash and we can see only its peaks if there is no cloud. From Conococha we have to go down along the Santa River that runs through the Callejon de Huaylas until Huaraz. At 6pm aprox we will arrive and immediately we’ll transfer the passengers into the selected Hotel in Huaraz.  |
| Day 3 : | Ground
transfer Huaráz to Cashapampa - Llamacorral. We will leave Huaraz around 7 am, passengers will be transferred to the trail head Cashapampa 2,900masl, where we will meet our donkey drivers, then we will start hiking by narrow valley, we will go up for about 2 hours, then we will have lunch down the tree’s shadow, then we will start going up moderate almost flat area to the first camp Place Llamacorral at 3,800masl. Overnight camping.     |
| Day 4 : | Llamacorral
– Alpamayo BC – Taullipampa. Today we will hike along the valley moderate enjoying the beautiful lakes called Ichicocha and Jatuncocha, turquoise lakes, then we will arrive to nice spot where will have lunch at the place called Quisuar, then after it we will go up to Alpamayo south base camp, then after to take pictures we will return short walk then continue for few hours to next camp place called Taullipampa camping at 4,200masl.  |
| Day 5 : | Taullipampa
– Punta Union Pass – Huaripampa. Early in the morning after the Andean breakfast we will start hiking to the Punta Union Pass at 4.750 masl, we will climb zigzag path, then we will get the pass around 11am then after to enjoy nice views we will descent to the nice lake Morococha to have lunch, then after few hours walking we will arrive at camp in Huaripampa at 3.600masl overnight camping.  |
| Day 6 : | Huaripampa
– Paccha. From Huaripampa camp, we will continue our trek crossing the Huaripampa village and start the hike to Vaquería, path that goes to Yanganuco mountain pass. Our camp place will be located on Paccha at 4.000masl. Overnight.  |
| Day 7 : |
Paccha -
Yanganuco pass
- Yanganuco valley. After our breakfast, we will continue our hike until Yanganuco pass at 4.737masl place where can enjoy spectaculars view of Chopicalqui, Huascaran and Chacraraju. From here we will descent to the flat area of Yanganuco valley, where we will locate our camp. Overnight.  |
| Day 8 : | Trek to
Laguna 69 - Huaraz, Hotel. From our camp in Yanganuco Valley we will take a half day trek to Laguna 69, where we can take a impressive view of Mount Chacraraju. After take some pictures, we will return by the same way until out camp, have a lunch and then take our private transfer to Huaraz.  |
| Day 9 : | Back
to Lima, Hotel. Ground transfer to Lima. |
| Day 10 : | Fly
back. Private transfer to airport.  |
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| Cordillera Blanca and Huayhash....Trekking.....Equipment list |
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APRIL TO SEPTEMBER
