Huayhuash Trek 6d/5n magnificient mountains views stunning lakes

Day 1 : Huaraz – Llamac – Cuartelhuain 5 hours by Car – High Pass 4500 Conococha

Pack your bags leave Huaraz to Llamac 3350m. 5 hours. form Huaraz drive southern. cross wild paramo (puna) Conococha pass 4500m, passing the southernmost peaks of the Cordillera Blanca. The Huayhuash range, containing in a single cluster seven of the highest and most dramatic summits in Peru, reveals itself on our descent to the small town of Llamac continue going-up through the Pocpa valley, and there’s a peasant town typical called Pocpa 3600 the last town in this Valley where we can buy some soda drinks for the sunny way, after a few hours trekking aprox. At 1 pm we’ll have been arrived to Pallca where we’ll have lunch. From here half hours we’ll get our camping place Matacancha at 4100 masl. From here we’ll appreciate the Ninashanca Mountain 5607 masl, Rondoy 5870 masl. Overnight camping at Cuartelhuain at 4200masl

direct drive from Huaraz to Cuartelhuain 5 hour’s aprox plus one hour for lunch

167 Km aprox L/D

Day 2: Cuartelhuain – Mitucocha – Carhuacocha

In the morning after the breakfast we’ll get ready our things and at 8 am we’ll start our trek, this time it’s going to be a bit difficult because the climbing to the pass will take us about 3 hours. From the pass we’ll go down then we’ll go-up aprox, we’ll start our trekking today it is going to be easy. After 3 hours walking, we’ll reach the pass where we’ll have nice view of the mountains, we’ll walk always enjoying the white peaked mountains such as Yerupaja, Jirishanca, and Siula, we’ll get our camp place aprox at 3 pm. We’ll be surprised by a beautiful lake, keeping the mountain’s silhouettes green colored, so we will have prepared our camp place in the special place facing to the lake. we will have camped at 4150 masl

7.5 miles (12 km), 4-5 hrs of trekking, camp at 13,170 ft (4170 m) B/L/D

Day 3: Caruacocha – Huayhuash

At 8 am after breakfast we start our trekking, relaxed after the rest day before, after going-up aprox for one hour we’ll get easy trail even going-up but not so difficult, today is the magnificient espectacuular trekking as we will visit three different color lakes of siula, this magnificient wonderful day will take us to three lakes view point, from here enjoy the most beautiful views of the mountains and lakes, then continue to Siula Pass at 4750masl, after the pass there are scenic places to have lunch next to the Carnicero lakes, from here a few kilometers going-down we’ll arrive to our camping place, Huayhuash community 4350 masl.

8.6 miles (13.8 km), 7 hrs of trekking, camp at 14,355 ft (4350 m), Meals: B/L/D

Day 4: Huayhuash – Viconga

After the breakfast we’ll continue our trekking. Easy going-up to the Portachuelo de Huayhuash Pass. From here we’ll go-down to the camp place Viconga to have lunch, and after it, go to the hot springs 20 minutes walking down from the camp place, the others who don’t want go to the hot springs will have free afternoon and rest in the camp place. The camp place will be at 4390 masl.

6.8 mies (11 km), 5-6 hrs of trekking, camp at 14,480 ft (4390m), Meals: B/L/D

Day 5: Viconga o – Cuyoc Pass - Santa Rosa

This day we’ll have moderate going-up to the highest pass in our whole trip, but the going-up will take us approximately 3 hours, so this time it will be enjoyable because the Cuyoc Mountain will be closer to us, we have reached the highest pass in our trekking the only one, after to get this pass we will go-down the Guanacpatay valley to have lunch, going-down from the pass is very dust and rocky after it, we’ll reach the beautiful field full of grass to walk; where we will have lunch, after few hours walking we’ll find our camping place in the peaceful Valley of Guanacpatay at 4150 masl

9.3 miles (15 km), 8-9 hrs of trekking, camp at 13.615ft (4150m), Meals: B/L/D

Day 6: Santa Rosa – San Antonio Pass - Huayllapa - Lima or Huaraz

Departure at 8 am, start climb roughly two hours to San Antonio Pass. From this point you have a great view of the southwest Cordillera Huayhuash: looking at the mountains Sarapo, Siula Grande, Yerupaja, Carnicero, Los Juraos and Trapecio. You can also see the lakes of Jurao after to descent to Jurao Lake is all going down only. Stopping for the lunch in Jurao Lake continue to Huayllapa small isolated peasant village lies at 3700 masl, here the small Andean shops will provide us soda drinks, bears, and first house necessities. onboard the car and continue for about two hours to Cajatambo, then continue down to Pativilca Panamerican Highyway, then from here to Lima o Huaraz arriving around 2am in the morning

11.2 mi. (18 km), 7-8 hrs of trekking, Huayllapa at 11,520 ft (3490 m), Meals: B/L/D - Lima 50masl or Huaraz 3100masl