Huayhuash Circuit
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Overview
Highlights
- Undertake the challenging 127 km circuit around the Cordillera Huayhuash in Northern Peru - some of the best trekking in South America
- Trek among towering peaks over 6000m, cascading glaciers, alpine meadows and azure glacial lakes
- Explore Huaraz and the stunning Cordillera Blanca
- Experience indigenous communities and fragile ecosystems
- Behold views of incredible landscapes providing endless photo opportunities
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Trip includes
- 18 breakfasts, 15 lunches and 13 dinners
- airport transfers if arriving on Day 1 and departing on Day 19
- expert bilingual guide
- group medical kit
- comfortable and central hotels, primarily Casa Andina Classic hotels
- all internal transportation via private vehicle, except for Lima to Huaraz which is on a comfortable tourist class coach for groups up to 9 travellers. Your guide will accompany you throughout.
- the use of a gear pack including sleeping bag, fibre filled jacket and thermarest sleeping mat
- group camping equipment
- Pack animals or porters on trek to carry personal gear
- portable altitude chamber carried on trek
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Itinerary
If you’re flying into Lima today you will be met at the airport and transferred to the group hotel, where the remainder of the day is free at leisure for you to rest or start exploring. We plan to have a group briefing before dinner, however this will be subject to al...
Today we travel to Huaraz, our gateway to the stunning Cordillera Blanca. It’s a long day’s journey but we’ll be treated to some incredible scenery along the way. Groups operating with 10 or more people will have private transport. For smaller groups, we will travel ...
We now have two days in Huaraz to explore this stunning region with some day walks—and at an elevation of 3,052 m (10,013 ft), our time spent in Huaraz is crucial to our safe acclimatisation. Huaraz is a scenic town set at the foot of the Cordillera Blanca with views ...
Today we head south of Huaraz to our first campsite Matacancha (4,198 m / 13,730 ft). Today we get our first glimpses of the range, and we’ll pass Conococha Lake, the village of Chiquián and our trek finishing point at Llamac. After around 6 hours of driving, we’ll ar...
Trekking to our first pass and crossing the divide to the east, we gain our first serious views of the mountains. Zigzagging steadily upwards over rocky and loose terrain above our previous night’s camp, the trail then becomes steep in a final hill across to the Cacan...
Today we trek for around 6 hours, making our way to Lake Carhuacocha (4,180 m / 13,914 ft). After trekking south for 3-4 hours, steadily gaining altitude, we reach the Carhuac Pass (4,633 m / 15,256 ft). The trail then drops steeply for the next hour, passing a couple...
Photographers are advised to wake up before dawn this morning to watch the sunrise over the Lake and Peaks from our campsite. The sun’s first rays catching the peak of Mt Yerupaja (6,634 m / 21,765 ft) certainly make the effort more than worthwhile. Today is a long gr...
We begin our day ascending towards the Portachuelo de Huayhuash Pass sitting at 4,750 (15,583 ft). We will be surrounded by remarkable views of the Cordillera Huayhuash's snowcapped Trapecio and Puscanturpa glacial peaks as well as the snow-capped peak, León Huacanan...
We commence the day with a 3 hour steady uphill walk to our second highest pass of the trek, Cuyoc, 5047m(16558 ft). Here we are welcomed with stunning southwest panoramic view of the Cordillera Huayhuash. The views are breathtaking; to the southeast we’ll see the Co...
Today we cross the highest pass of our trek, the Santa Rosa Pass (5,078 m / 16,660 ft). We begin with a 3 hour ascent to the pass, where we’ll have views of three glacial lakes: Siula, Sarapo and Jurau. From the pass we begin our descent into the Jurau Valley, making ...
Today we’ll be using our camp at Cutatambo as a base while we pack a picnic lunch and head out on a day trek to the summit of Cerro Bella Vista (5,150 m / 16,896 ft). Today’s excursion offers what are arguably some of the best views in all of Peru! After a fulfilling day in the mountains we descend back to our camp at Cutatambo for the night. Overnight at campsite.
meals : B,L,D
This morning we take a half-day to descend the Jurau Valley at a leisurely pace, following the river to the pretty farmlands of Huayllapa (3,596 m / 11,79 ft). We have lunch just outside the village, then start climbing up the valley for another three hours to our bea...
Leaving camp, we trek northwards and wind our way up and over a lesser-defined trail to the plateau. After around three hours we cross the Tapush Punta Pass (4,790 m / 15,715 ft), continuing on past a small glacial lake and several alpine meadows as we make our way to our next campsite, a couple of hours away. Camp in Gashpapampa (4,556 m / 14,947 ft). Overnight at campsite.
meals : B,L,D
We start today with a 2,5 hour ascent to our last mountain pass of the trek, Yaucha pass (4,848 m / 15,905 ft), followed by an easy descent to Jahuacocha Lake (4,076 m / 13,372 ft), our camp for the next two days. If this circuit trek had a highlight it would most lik...
Today we have a rest day in our stunning camp at Jahuacocha. In the morning we’ll take a hike up to Solteracocha Lake where we’ll have really close views of the main glaciers of the Huayhuash range. In the afternoon we will try the famous ‘Pachamanca’—a traditional Peruvian BBQ feast of meat and vegetables cooked in the ground using hot stones. Overnight at campsite.
meals : B,L,D
On the last day of our trek we see distinct changes in climate and flora as we descend through farmland to the warm, desert environment that we originally set out from. We follow a canal for 4 hours to our lunch stop, and then descend steeply for two hours to the smal...
Today we make our way by private vehicle south to Lima. A full day’s driving of around 8 hours. Overnight in Lima.
meals : B
After breakfast, our trip concludes. If you are flying home today, you will be transferred to the airport in time for your departure.
meals : B
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World Expeditions Reviews & Ratings
Javier and Roger guided us to a fabulous Huayyuash trip
It lived up to my high expectations. The equipment was top notch. The food was...
Beautiful trek all along
Sight after sight. Javier great guide, great support team. Proud Peruvians, only prouder to lead us discovering their country. Marco great chef for lunches on the wa...
The trek was first rate
The support prior to departure could have been better [failed to follow-up with room reservations]. Distributing duffle-bags was not done in a manner that helped tr...
This is a great expedition - one of the best
World Expeditions stands above the rest with excellent guides, horsemen, and cooks. However the terrain is rugged and the weather can be a challenge. We had days of ...
I’ve done many treks in different locations including Nepal, India, Bhutan just to name few… and would say the Huayhuash is up there with the best
If you can afford it, please go & trek the Huayhuash Circuit Trek in Peru. It is one of the most beautiful, spectacular, breathtaking places I have ever seen. Th...
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I had to leave the tour early because of illness
My tour guide, Tien, was wonderful. There was a tour participant from Australia who was a physician, and he acted like the tour medical director, demanding I leave...
An amazing experience that was made truly possible by booking through World Expeditions
. The team in Nepal went above and beyond to ensure our every requirement was met within their control.. The sherpas, guides, cook, and porters were exemplary, very ...
My wife and I had a wonderful trek in the Annapurna region
We are both 80 but fit and the route was designed to be less exacting than on our last visit to the same area. This allowed ample time to look at the flowering Rhodo...
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