Huaraz Tours 4N / 5D

We go to the hotel in Huaraz to pick you up, then to start the excursion in the city, during the excursion we visit the regional museum of Ancash that is considered the biggest lithic museum in South America, next we visit the church of the Lord of Soledad the patron of the Huaraz city, subsequently we go walking to the typical street of Jose Olaya which was not affected by, the earthquake of 1970, because of this street we can realise that how would have been the streets in Huaraz before the earthquake, after exploring the street we drive to the viewpoint of Pinar from this point we have awesome views of the Huaraz city so we take our personal pictures of the city. To finish the tour we drive to the hot springs of Monterrey, located 7-km away of the city; in which, we enjoy the temperated pools. Eventually we drive back to the hotel in Huaraz.

We go to your hotel in Huaraz to pick you up in the morning, we drive to Callejon de Huaylas where we visit the towns with singular beauty such as Marcara, Carhuaz, Mancos, Ranrahirca, and Yungay, in the afternoon we visit the Llanganuco lake which is located in the Huascaran National Park, after exploring this lake we drive to Caraz City where we can taste the yummy manjar blanco or dulce de leche (made by boiling down milk and sugar), then we drive back to the hotel in Huaraz city. 

After breakfast which is organised at the hotel, we leave to archaeological site of Chavin de Huantar where we see the monolithic rock that represents a divinity, human heads made of rock which are sticking out from the walls, ceremonial plazas, main doorways, stairways that interconnect important dwellings. Then we visit the mining towns, and the Querococha lagoon. As well as we visit the tunnel of Cahuish that traverses the Cordillera Blanca, converging the Callejon de Huaylas with Callejon the Conchucos. After that we drive back to the hotel in Huaraz.

After breakfast which is organised at the hotel in Huaraz, we leave to Pastoruri Mt, along the way we stop at some highland rural towns to admire their beauty, we visit the San Patricio’s crack, Patococha lagoon where just close by we see the Puya Raimondi which is one of the most exponent plant among the highland flora, after that we visit the gasified water fountain of Puma Pampa, the spring of Pumashamin of different colours, then we visit the cave-paintings, subsequently we have a short walking to the Majestic Pastoruri snow-peak, where we see the crevasses, natural glacier formation, eventually we drive back to the hotel in Huaraz.

 After breakfast that is organised at the hotel, we drive to the archaeological site of Honcopampa, which got the architectural influence from the Wari culture (a.d 600 – 900). At this archaeological site we see rectangular with central patio enclosures and dwellings, and necrópolis of chullpas or mausoleums with two floors, the biggest one has six doorways and twenty small rooms on the first floor. After that, we drive back to the hotel in Huaraz, on the way we have a couple of stops to enjoy gorgeous scenic views.