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TREKKING SANTA CRUZ – LLANGANUCO 6 DAYS 

 

Price per person TOURIST SUPERIOR CLASS
Tourist Class Accommodation price per person US$958 based on double occupancy (as party of two traveling together) and US$758 based on triple occupancy.
*Single room occupancy price per person US$1,499

 

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Beging: in Cashapampa town (Northe of Huaraz to 3 hour)

Finished: in Vaquería town

Mediun: car, donkeys, trekk

Level: Easy Moderate

Altura máxima: 4765 m.l.s

Average of hours to walk: of 4 to 6 hours per day: de 4 to 6 hours day.

Dry season: of april to september

Rain season: Of October to april

Is possible make the trekking during all year.

 

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 DESCRIPTION

 

Is one of the most wonderful experiences unforgettable in the Cordillera Blanca because the expedition realised, down of the mountains most important, You can enjoyed of the nature passing for geographic difficult of 4786 meters over the see from where is possible see the landscapes and the mountains: ARTESONRAJU, ALPAMAYO, QUITARAJU, JACARURISH, PUKAJIRCA, PIRAMIDE GARCILAZO, TAULLIRAJU, LOS NEVADOS CARAZ.  The trekking Santa Cruz in one of the circuit of the Andean nature more representatives because the flora and fauna leave in the unique ecologic floor in the world that permissive survive of the extinction; each day of the excursion you discovery a wonderful word for the beautiful landscapes and the impressive mountains that go from 5000 till 6789 meters over the see like Huascarán, the higher pick in Peru.

 

Día # EXPEDICION SANTA CRUZ – LLANGANUCO 6D/5N Pernocte comidas
incluidas
01 Bus Lima – Huaraz 13:00 arrived at 20:00 Hotel -/-/-
02 Aclimatization – Churup Lake Hotel B/-/-
03 Huaraz– Cashapampa – Camp. Llamacorral (3800 msnm) 4 h. Caminata Camp B/L/D
04 Llamacorral – Taullipampa (4100 msnm) 6h. Caminata Camp B/L/D
05 Taullipampa– Paso Punta Unión (4765) – Cachina (4100) 6 h. Caminata Camp B/L/D
06 Cachina - Huaraz 2 horas caminata – Huaraz - Lima Bus B/-/-

 

 

PROGRAM                                      

DAY 1: LIMA – HUARAZ

Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the bus station Leave from Lima to Huaraz at 13:00. 8 approximately hours travelling. Transfer bus station – hotel.

DAY 2: ACLIMATIZATION – LAKE CHURUP

Breakfast at 6:30 a.m. Leave from Huaraz at 7:30 from the hotel, transfer to Pitec, proximately 1 hour. From here we begin to walk proximately 3 hours until lake Churup. The lake Churup is down mountain Churup, in the way you can appreciate the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Negra and a panoramic view of the city Huaraz. The lake Churup have a characteristic of a clear water and very deep, is possible see the bottom. We will stop here for enjoy the nature of National Park Huascarán. 

SANTA CRUZ TREK 

DAY 3: HUARAZ – CASHAPAMPA

We leave from Huaraz to Cashapampa by car, proximately 3 hour, The walk begins from the town Cashpampa from here  we will start to enter for the valley Santa Cruz, approximate 6 hours for up to the camp Llamacorral (3750m), where we will make the first camp. From here is possible see the beautiful Taulliraju mountain.  

Difficulty: medium, of 5 at 6 hours of walk

DAY 4: LLAMACORRAL (3,800 m.o.s.) – TAULLIPAMPA (4,100 m.o.s.) 

You begin the walk ascending a little to enter toward the valley Arhuaycocha and to go until the field of the Alpamayo, you can see the wonderful snowiest: Quitaraju (6036m.), Alpamayo (5947m), Artesonraju (6025m) and the Pucajirca after we go down to the second camp, Taullipampa camp (4100 m) 

Difficulty: medium, of 4 at 5 hours of walk 

Day 5: TAULLIPAMPA – CACHINA (3,700 m.o.s) 

One walks toward Tip Unión(4750m) ascending this day of 3600 up to 4750m., being considered this day like the most difficult, but being compensated with the view of the majestic one Taulliraju(5830m), Santa Cruz(5829m), Alpamayo(5947m), etc. Stop descending of 4750m to 3800m. until Cachina and to make the last camp.  

Difficulty: medium, of 6 at 7 hours of walk 

Day 6: CACHINA – VAQUERIA - HUARAZ 

We will start the morning with a beautiful view of the Taulliraju mountain; soon we star to walk to the Huaripampa, beautiful town with a nice people and houses. We will arrived to Vaquería from here we take the bus for  Huaraz, in this rout we will arrived to the pass Portachuelo (4750m), from here we will saw the most important mountains of the National Park Huascarán, like Huascarán, the most high mountain in Perú, Chopicalcaqui, the for tips of Huandoy, the king of the Cordillera Blanca, Chacraraju, Pisco. Also the beautiful vegetation. For arrived to Yungay, one city of the Callejón de Huaylas and lastly we will arrived to Huaraz. Bus Huaraz – Lima 11:00 p.m. 

CLIMATE: The climate is very draw, in the morning is if the sky is clan is warmi and the sun is very strong temperature between 7º until 15º .  In the shodow is

cold. Nights very cold, betwen 5º until 0º. Exist two season very diferentes: draw epoch from April to September, accentuating between June and August and epoch of rain from October and May, the maxim rains are between January and April. But the wheter was change in the last year and some time is possible fine rains in the draw season.

  

RECOMENDATIONS

 

- t-shirts polyester, several changes

- 1 jacket

- 1 impermeable dress coat

- 1 comfortable trousers

-  socks several changes

- gloves  

- cap  

- sun glasses

- sun   block

if you bring medicine kit we recommended:  

- tablet for altitude sickness: acetosolamida  

- antalgina  

- tablets for the stomach    

 

 

ADDITIONAL:    

- Camera  

- 1 book  

- pen  

- little money for tip

 

 

INCLUDED

 

-        BUS LIMA – HUARAZ – LIMA

-        HOTEL 3 STARS (Hotel Santa Cruz or similar)

-        TRANSFER IN / OUT

-        ONE DAY FOR ACLIMATIZATION

-        GUIDE FOR ACLIMATIZATION DAY

 

 

CATEGORY B  

 

 

      TRANSPORT POOL

-        STAFF:    

                     

                      COOCKER

                      DONKIE DRIVER

                      DONKIES

FOOD:

BREAKFAST / LUNCH (BOX LUNCH) / DINNERS

-        EQUIPMENT:

                      COOK TEN / DINEROOM

                      TEN FOR EACH TWO PERSONS

                      COOK

                      CHAIRS

                      TABLES

                      SLEEPING BAGS

       MATTRESS   

        BATHROOM

                            LAMP

        MENAGES                                           

 

 

NOT INCLUDED

 

-        ENTRANCES TO NATIONAL PARK HUASCARAN

-        NOTHING THAT NOT IS SPECIFIC HERE

 

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