BRIEF OVREVIEW: a vast department that includes not only the highlands, but also stretches as far as the coast where one can find cities like the fishing port of Chimbote or Casma, a tranquil town by the shores of the Pacific. Possibly Ancash's geographic and climactic diversity has made it one of Peru's premier tourist destinations.
Huascaran, with 6,768 meters (22,200 ft.) is Peru’s highest mountain and dominates the spectacular scenery along with the electric blue waters of the Llanganuco lake. A few hours from the city of Huaraz 3,100 meters (10,200 ft.), on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Negra, is Chavin de Huantar, one of Peru’s most renowned archaeological monuments. Because of its underground galleries, the famous rescue lead by President Fujimori in 1997 on the Japanese Ambassador’s mansion in Lima was named after these ruins.
Huascarán National Park offers opportunities to practice just about every adventure sport under the sun, from rafting down the Santa River to climbing up the Pastoruri snowfields. Mountaineering Week is one of the major events in the region. Also famous are Lake Llanganuco and the pre-Hispanic stone temple of Sechín. These and many other attractions are reasons enough to explore one of the most beautiful and rugged parts of Peru
DURATION: 04 DAYS.
INCLUDE: private transport from Lima –huaraz –Lima, all entrances fees, all breakfast and 2 box lunch, 03 nights in a selected hotels, multilingual speaking local guides. tour to Chavin de Huantar, Tour to National Park.
DAY 01.- LIMA- HUARAZ, departure from Lima in a private transport, after around 8 hours, arrive to Huaraz, transfer to the selected hotel, rest of the afternoon free to rest and acclimatise.
DAY 02.- CHAVIN DE HUANTAR, breakfast at the hotel, a four hour drive over spectacular mountain roads takes us into this famed temple which is honeycombed with interior galleries, some of which can be explored. You will be able to appreciate pyramidal buildings and the famous `Cabezas Clavas´, mythical figures in high and low relief. Box Lunch. Return to Huaraz and your hotel in the afternoon.
DAY 03.- HUASCARAN NATIONAL PARK, breakfast, this fully day excursion offers breathtaking views of the cordillera and its twin lakes. Short walk along the beautiful Llanganuco lakeside to study local flora you will enjoy a spectacular view of the Huascaran peak, which is a perfect pyramid of snow of exceptional beauty. Box lunch. Return to the hotel in the afternoon, visiting typical, picturesque towns on route.
DAY 04.- HUARAZ – LIMA, breakfast, and transfer back to Lima in our private transport.
NOTE: if you want to spend one day more in huaraz, we recommend this tour
FULL DAY TO PASTORURI: Two-hour road trip to the Pastoruri glacier in the National Park of Huascaran. On the way there you will see Puya Raymondi rose bushes, unique to this area, gasified water springs, water of changing colors, and cave paintings on rock walls. A 30-minute walk will lead you to Pastoruri, a pleasant and enjoyable place where you will see a variety of andean flora, beautiful ice formations, and the fantastic surrounding snow-capped mountains. Spare time to play in the snow making snowmen or sliding down the natural slides before lunch and the return trip to Huaraz. Box lunch included.
IMPORTANT: this is an private service, with private transport from Lima.
AGE: no restriction, just to be acclimatised because the city is located to 3 091 masl.
TOUR: daily departures.
