Day 1.- Arrival in Lima
According to your arrival time at Lima airport, our driver will be waiting for you to transfer you to your hotel in Lima or Miraflores.
Day 2.- Lima - Huaraz - Hotel
Today in the morning you will be transferred to the bus station (Cruz Del Sur) for your 8 - 9 hours trip by Panamericana Norte to Huaraz.
or to the Lima Airport (Jorge Chavez) to take a flight to Comandante FAP Germán Arias Graziani Airport located in the district of Anta, province of Carhuaz.
then you will be transferred for 35 minutes to the city of Huaraz - hotel.
Day 3.- Acclimatization Tours - Willcacocha Lagoon - Hotel
Wilcacocha Lagoon at 3,700 m. is located south of Huaraz, a beautiful lagoon in the Cordillera Negra. The hike to this place takes half a day, a good option for acclimatization for beginners. Along the trail we will see local Quechua people and farmers and from Wilcacocha we will enjoy the beautiful views of the Cordillera Blanca mountains.
In the morning, our guide will pick you up and then transfer you for 30 minutes to the village of Santa Cruz at 3500m. From there, walk for an hour and a half to the Willcacocha lagoon. Return to your hotel.
Time: Half day
Day 4.- Visit Churup Lagoon 4450m. - Hotel
After the breakfast at the hotel, our guide will pick you up and drive you in a private car to Pitec at 3,850m. From there, we will ascend for 3 to 4 hours to the Churup Lagoon at 4450m. Then we will return to Pitec. There we will take our private transfer and then return to Huaraz. Approx. 7 to 8 hours.
Day 5.- Visit Llanganuco Lagoon and 69 lake - Hotel
Early in the morning our guide will pick you up from your hotel and then you will be transferred along the Callejón de Huaylas passing the towns of Marcara, Carhuaz and Yungay, where we will take a detour to the valley of Llanganuco. Arriving to the control post of the national park huascaran (place of registration) then passing the lagoons of llanganuco (chinancocha and orconcocha) we arrive to yuraccoral place of beginning of the trek to the lagoon 69, by a moderate road we ascend by 3 hours towards the lagoon 69 to a height of 4600m. after a rest we return by the same route towards our transport for return to Huaraz.
- Transportation: 5 - 6 Hours.
- Trekking: 5hours.
Day 6.- Transfer from Huaraz to Cuartelhuain
After breakfast at the hotel, our guide will pick you up and you will be transferred to Conococha, then to the village of Chiquian, Llamac and finally Cuartelhuain, our first camp at 4,100 m. 5 hours of travel. Place where our muleteer will be waiting for us and ready for the next day. Optional hike of one or two hours around the camp.
- Trip: 5 hours
- Camp: 4,100 m.
- Hiking: Optional short hike
Day 7.- Cuartelhuain - Cacanana Pass 4,750m. - Mitucocha
In the morning we ascend to our first pass Punta Cacanan 4,700m then descend to our camp near the beautiful Mitucocha Lagoon 4150m. From our camp we have close views of the huge peaks Rondoy, Jirishanca, Ninashanca.
- High pass: 4,700m.
- Hike: 6 hours
- Camp: 4,150m.
- Distance: 8km
Day 8.- Mitucocha - Jirishanca Chico Pass 4,780m. - Carhuacocha
This day we will take the alternative and demanding route through an Alcay or Jirishanca Chico pass at 4,780m, with excellent close views of Jirishanca Chico and passing by a beautiful deep blue high lake. There is no trail to follow on the alternate route and there is a short section of rock climbing, so we only use this route for very fit and experienced hikers.
Passing by the lagoon Alcay or Azulcocha we descend to our campsite.
- High Pass: 4,780m.
- Hike: 6 hours
- Camp: 4,200m.
- Distance: 8km
Day 9.- Carhuacocha - Siula Pass 4800m. - Huayhuash
A long day, with the possibility of choosing routes through Punta Siula (4,800m) before the pass we will see the three lagoons of different colors like: Laguna Siula, Laguna Quesillococha and Laguna Jancacocha the mountains Yerupaja, Yerupaja Chico, Siula Grande.
The views of the mountains and glaciers from here are very close and spectacular, and we often see ice floating in the lagoons from glacier avalanches.
- High Pass: 4,800m.
- Hiking: 8 hours
- Campsite: 4,200m.
- Distance: 11km
Day 10.- Huayhuash - Trapecio Pass 5,000m.- Elefante
This morning we climb to the highest pass of the trek, Paso Trapecio at an altitude of 5000m. From here we enjoy the mountains of the Cordillera Raura, the Trapecio peak, nevado Cuyoc and then descend to our elephant camp.
- Trekking: 5 - 6 hours
- Camp: 4,300m.
- Distance: 7km
Day 11.- Elefante - San Antonio Pass 5,000m. - Cutatambo
This day we ascend for 2 hours to the next high pass Paso San Antonio 5000m. From here we appreciate the beautiful mountains of Jurao, Sarapo snow-capped mountain, and the lagoons of Jurao Cocha, Sarapococha. After a photographic take we cross for 40 minutes to our next pass of Santa Rosa then we descend passing by the shores of Jurao lagoon we arrive to our camp.
- High pass: 5000m. San Antonio and Santa Rosa.
- Trekking: 5 - 6 hours
- Campsite: 4,300m.
- Distance: 8km
Day 12.- Cutatambo - visit Sarapococha Lagoon - Tocando el Vacio (Touching The Void) Base Camp
Today we visit the base camp of Touching the Void - where the main protagonists were Joe Simpson and Simon Yates then we visit Sarapococha ascending to a higher point we observe the "Nevado de Siula Grande" at 6350m. famous for the filming and movie Touching the Void. From a real life of climbers, then we return to our camp.
- Hike: 6 h.
- Distance: 8km.
Day 13.- Cutatambo - Huayllapa - Cajatambo Hotel
This day after a good breakfast we descend along the valley of calinca and calinca river after 4 hours we arrive to the town of Huayllapa where we will observe the people with their typical dresses.
Farewell place of our muleteers then we take our transport to the town of Cajatambo.
- Trekking: 4 hours
- Transportation: 1 ½
Day 14.- Cajatambo - Lima Hotel
In the morning after our last breakfast we board our private transportation for the transfer to the town of Pativilca - Barranca here we say goodbye to our personal cook, assistants, since they have to return to Huaraz and we will continue to Lima Hotel or to the airport. 6 - 7 hours
Day 15.- Hotel – Lima Airport
