Huayhuash Unique Trek

You are picked up at your accommodation very early in the morning at 4am and begin the journey along the Callejon de Huaylas Valley. Today we drive through many rural villages until we reach Quartelhuain 4170m. 4/5 hours drive. Here we have our breakfast (included in the trip price) while the donkeys are loaded. After breakfast, we slowly climb up to 4690m to cross Punta Cacanan Pass then, as we descend, we are rewarded with stunning views of the nearby peaks of Rondoy and Jirishanca. Our camp is situated at Janca Valley at 4200m. 5 hours walk.

We start ascending gradually towards Paso Carhuac 4630m pass from where we have splendid views of Nevados Carnicero, Siula Grande, Yerupaja, Jirishanca. We then descend to our camp at the beautiful Laguna Carhuacocha Lake 4150m. 5 to 6 hours walk.

Today is a big day! We start with a gradual hike before ascending towards Paso Siula Punta 4850m pass with nice views of the surrounding mountains and crossing above the glacier fed lakes of Siula and Quesillococha. From the pass we descend to our camp at Huayhuash 4350m passing a beautiful lake and always enjoying views of the great mountains of the range. 8 hours walk.

We ascend gradually towards Paso Trapecio Punta 5000m pass from where we have close-up views of Nevado Trapecio Mountain. We then descend to our camp at Cuyoc Pampa 4500m. We will see lovely glacial lakes as we descend to the campsite. 7 to 8 hours walk.

We ascend towards the highest pass of the trek Paso Santa Rosa 5100m from where there are fantastic views of mountains and lakes. We can clearly see the Siula Glacier where Joe Simpson crawled down in his epic battle for survival, and also Siula Base Camp by Sarapococha Lake. From here a steep and slippery trail takes us down to Calinca Valley, we follow the valley for another 4 hours till we reach the village of Huayllapa 3600m. The community of Huayllapa is one of the highland villages of Lima Region located at 3600m. Villagers are mainly farmers and shepherds and few of them work in tourism sector as cooks and donkey drivers.

After breakfast, we walk down Calinca Valley for 4 hours till we reach the village of Huayllapa. The community of Huayllapa is one of the highland villages of Lima Region located at 3600m. Villagers are mainly farmers and shepherds and few of them work in tourism sector as cooks and donkey drivers. In the afternoon we hike up for another 3 hours to Huatiaq Campsite at 4350m.

Today we ascend to 4770m Tapush Pass for two hours and then descend about 200m for 1½ hours before ascending again towards Llaucha Pass 4850m for two hours, which provides fantastic views of the mountains of Rondoy, Jirishanca, Yerupaja Grande, Rasac and Sacra. From the pass, we hike up to a ridge for 30 minutes which takes us to Huacrish Lookout to have unique views of the Huayhuash Mountain Range. We then descend to our last camp at the beautiful Laguna Jahuacocha Lake at 4050m. two more hours walk.

Today is our final day of trekking, we follow the river down the valley and then a water channel that brings water to the community of Llamac. We can enjoy our final views over the range before descending steady down to Llamac. Here we meet our transport and drive back to Huaraz. 5 hours walk and 4 hours drive.