HUAYHUASH TREK
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Huayhuash Circuit: It's no longer a secret ... one of the prettiest mountain ranges in the world!
Trek with moderate difficulty: the whole circuit are 10 days hiking. Depending on the desired start and finish point, the trek in the Cordillera Huayhuash can be anything from 3 to 18 days. Our recommendation for the whole circuit is at least 10 days.
Few years ago Huayhuash was known to be hard to get to and very few people were doing the circuit. Due to improved roads and the success of the movie Touching the Void (Joe Simpson, Siula Grande is here) Huayhuash has known an enormous increase in visitors. In the 2005 high season we've had more clients doing the Huayhuash circuit then the - so far - better-known Santa Cruz Trek.
Duration: 3 to ca. 18 days
Highest altitude: 5.000 m (Punta Cuyoc)
Difficulty: difficult
Description: (10 Days)
Day 1: Pick up Hotel Huaraz & Transport to Quartelhuain
Day 2: Quartelhuain to Mitucocha
Day 3: Mitucocha to Carhuacocha
Day 4: Carhuacocha to Huayhuash (the village Huayhuash)
Day 5: Huayhuash to Laguna Viconga. Visit thermal springs.
Day 6: Viconga to Huanacpatay Valley over Cuyoc Pass (5000 m).
Day 7: Huanacpatay via Mirador San Antonio to Huayllapa.
Day 8: Huayllapa to Angocancha
Day 9: Angocancha to Jahuacocha. Traditional meals for the non-vegetarians: Pachamanca
Day 10: Jahuacocha to Llamac. Transfer to Hotel in Huaraz.
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The city of Huaraz is the hub for all hiking activity in the Cordillera Blanca and Huayhuash, and frequent rural buses transport enthusiasts to a variety of trailheads.
Along the main street of Luzuriaga, colorful billboard signs lend distinction to an otherwise dull facade of street-front shops. Most of these promote tourism in some form, so finding a comfortable day tour, renting hiking gear, or buying souvenirs is as easy as locating the proper agency by identifying its sign out front.
There are lots of shops from supermarkets to the "real" markets. You can even by technical mountaineering gear but expect to pay pretty high prices.
A number of good restaurants (whose status is often elevated to excellent after a long hike) serve up a variety of food and a couple of lively peņas, featuring groups playing the traditional music of the Andes, provide a place to loosen up before or after a strenuous four days' trekking.
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