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The Trekking Capital of the Americas & Turquoise Glacial Tarns
Cradled between the ice-crowned Cordillera Blanca and the dark Cordillera Negra, Huaraz is South America's premier alpine climbing and trekking epicenter. Inside Huascarán National Park (a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve), world-famous trails lead to incandescent turquoise tarns like Laguna 69, high mountain passes like Punta Unión (4,750m) on the Santa Cruz trek, and the legendary remote wilderness of the Cordillera Huayhuash circuit.
Calculate your physiological risk curve, required rest hours, and effective barometric oxygen before hiking high Andean passes.
Traverse Punta Unión Pass at 4,750m beneath Alpamayo and Artesonraju with licensed alpine guides.
Iconic high-altitude day hike to an incandescent turquoise tarn at 4,600m beneath Mount Chacraraju.
8 days of continuous alpine circuit hiking over 6 passes above 4,600m (15,090 ft) alongside turquoise glacial lakes.
Cusco & Machu Picchu
7,970 – 11,150 ft (2,430 – 3,400 m)
Arequipa & Colca Canyon
7,660 – 11,925 ft (2,335 – 3,635 m)
Puno & Lake Titicaca
12,507 ft (3,812 m)
Manu & Tambopata Rainforest
820 – 1,970 ft (250 – 600 m)
Ica, Paracas & Nazca
0 – 1,700 ft (0 – 520 m)
Lima Gastronomy & Heritage
Sea Level – 500 ft (0 – 154 m)
Iquitos & Amazon River
350 ft (106 m)