TREKS IN PERU- PROGRAMS OF OUR PARTNER

Start: daily, best time of the year May - September
Duration: 11 days/ 10 nights
Grade: medium
Min. participants: 1 person

Special in July: Inti Raymi Festival

Our Mini Huayhuash trek is a special trek for people who do have not sufficient time to trek the complete circuit of 12 to 15 days.
We have designed the trekking route to include the most breathtaking parts of the Cordillera Huayhuash with campsites by the most beautiful lakes and with impressive views of the largest mountains in the range - including the second highest peak in Peru Yerupaja, the famous Siula Grande and many more.
The trek features a visit to the substantial Inca ruins at Huanuco Viejo.

Day 1: Bus from Lima to Huaraz (3090m).

Day 2 & 3: Huaraz acclimatisation days. We can organise day hikes to help with acclimatisation.

Day 4: Drive in our private bus for approximately 6 hours from Huaraz to Huanuco Pampa 3736m. We set up camp near the Inca Ruins of Huanuco Viejo Ruins and spend the afternoon visiting the ruins.

Day 5: Drive for 3 to 4 hours from Huanuco Viejo passing through the the Santa Rosa Jesus Baños village and on to Queropalca village at 3800m. In Queropalca we meet our donkey drivers and donkeys and start the trekking with a relaxing 3 hour walk up to the lake Laguna Carhuacocha 4200m. From the camp we have astonishing views directly at the head of the lake of the mountains Yerupaja, Jirishanca and Siula Grande.

Day 6: We stay another night at Carhuacocha to enjoy the mountain surroundings. We take a day hike up close to the base of Yerupaja and Siula Grande where there are 3 high mountain glacial lakes. The lakes are unique in that each is a different colour of blue or green. Sometimes we see avalanches coming off the glaciers into the lakes. In the afternoon or evening - try fishing for trout!!

Day 7: A steady climb up on a good path to cross our first pass Paso de Carhuac (4650m) and then descend to our next camp at another large trout filled lake - Laguna Mitucocha (4250m) 6 to 7 hours. From our camp we have close views of the huge peaks Ronday, Jirishanca, Ninashanca.

Day 8: In the morning we cross the pass Punta Cacanan (4700m) and descend to the valley Quebrada Cuncush with wide expanses of rolling grassy hills, passing through Quartelhuain and Matacanca before turning into the Rondoy Valley to camp (4350m). 6 hours of hiking.

Day 9: A fairly steep path up to the Rondoy Pass (4750m) from where we have yet more amazing views of the surrounding peaks. The descent from the pass is past the lake Solteracocha and then we walk beside beautiful Laguna Jahuacocha to our camp at the head of the lake (4150m). A harder day - the trek lasts 7 hours.

Day 10: Rest day at Laguna Jahuacocha. Visit the local farmhouse just behind our camp where you can buy a beer to go with your trout !! We can take a day hike up Cerro Amarillo +/- 5000m from where we have views across the Huayhuash range and also down towards the Quebrada Cuncush.

Day 11: An early start. We leave early, starting with a gradual climb to our final pass Pampa Llamac (4300m) from where we have our final views of the Huayhuash
range. Then it is a long descent back to Llamac. 5 ½ hours. In Llamac the bus will be waiting to take us back to Huaraz for hot showers!

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In July we will have a special trek to co-incide with the exciting and colourful Inti Raymi Indian festival held at Huanuco Viejo. We will stay one day extra there so that we can enjoy the atmosphere and excitement of the festival.
The festival is celebrated each year on 27 July, and involves some 600 actors and actresses dressed in traditional indian clothing. The Inti Raymi was the most important festival in the Inca empire to worship the Sun God, the Source of life. Thanks are given for the year's harvest and prayers made for good weather and harvests for the coming year. The festival starts the arrival at the main ruin of Ushno of the principal Inca and groups representing the 4 different Inca sectors dressed in distinctive clothing from their sector. Acllas or virgin women spread flowers before the Inca as he makes his way to the main balcony accompanied by the guests dressed in traditional costumes decorated with gold and singing spiritual rituals and worshipping.

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