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Huayhuash Classic Trekking Circuit
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What's included
- All Cooking equipments
- All meals included
- Camping equipment
- Donkeys and muleteers
- Emergency horse
- First aid kit, supplementary oxygen, radio.
- Huayhuash entrance fee
- Mountain cook
- Private transportation round trip
- Trip briefing one day before the Trek
- Unlimited drinkable water
- Accommodation in Huaraz
- Huayhuash entrance fee
- Last dinner
- Medical insurance and emergency insurance
- Personal equipment/accessories for the trip
- Personal expenses
- Sleeping Bag
- The first breakfast and last dinner
- Tips to guide and driver
Outline Itinerary (Day by Day )
01: Huaraz (3,100m) – Cuartelhuain (4170m)
02: Mitucocha (4,270m)Carhuacocha (4,138)
03: Carhuacocha (4,138)Huayhuash (4,350m)
04: Huayhuash (4,350m)Viconga (4,385m)
05: Viconga (4,385m)Cuyoc (4,492m)
06: Cuyoc (4,492m)Huayllapa (3,490m)
07: Huayllapa (3,490m)Gashpapampa (4,530m)
08: Gashpapampa (4,530m)Jahuacocha (4,060m)
09: Jahuacocha (4,060m)
10: LLamac (3250m) – Back to Huaraz
- Day 1
- Day 2
Huaraz Twon / Cuartelhuain (4,170m)
Trail/Route Note: 5 hours (153 km) driving / elevation change (+1,079m)
Departure from Huaraz town at the scheduled time ( 8-9 am) toward Cuartelhuain. After 2 hours of tarred road, we turn onto La dirt with our first views of the Cordillera Huayhaush in the distance. A further 3 hours, we arrive at Cuartelhuain campsite. We set up camp on the riverbanks. The relaxed afternoon closes our first-day journey enjoying the sunset moments in Huayhuash.
- Easy day journey, having several stops along the south side of Huaylas valley with fascinating view to snow-capped peaks of the Cordillera Blanca
- See the Peruvian Andean villages of Chiquian, LLamac & Pocpa and their local people in daily working action.
Includes: Lunch /Dinner
Mitucocha (4,270m) to Carhuacocha (4,138)
Trail Note: 6 – 7 hours trek / 10 km / elevation change (+520m / -420m) / Maximum Altitude: 4,860m
We start our journey with a 3-4 hour ascent and cross our first pass at Cacanapunta Pass at 4,690m. The point offers views of the valleys and mountains on both sides with magnificent natural panoramas. Equally, the descent gives us pictures of the Caliente Valley and its marshes and hot springs that run into the Atlantic Ocean. We pass the granite block of Cerro Chincana via the Tuctupampa plain on the shores of Mitucocha Lake (4,720m), where we’ll be camping below Mount Jirishanca and Rondoy.
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