Olleros - Chavin

Duration:7 days

Day 1: Airport pick-up and transfer to the chosen hotel (Lima).

Day 2: Lima - Huaraz (3 100m) in bus.

Day 3: Acclimatization tour in the Callejón de Huaylas, visit to the towns of Carhuaz and Yungay (Holy Camp), the Llanganuco Valley, Lake Chinanqocha, Lake Orqonqocha, Caraz and Huaraz (3090m). Night in a hotel.

Day 4: We will have a typical breakfast consisting of "Papa Kashki", a tasty soup with potatoes, cheese and aromatic herbs, accompanied by coca tea and local bread. We will leave Huaraz and start the trek at 8:30 a. m. We will go to “Azulwanga,” where we will see the Andean ritual of the “Payment to Pachamama,” with coca leaves and the offering to the “kintus” and the “Wanka”. This “Hatunkarpay” will be carried out by the locals and local guide. The campsite is located in Tsakracancha (4 000 m), where we will enjoy an Andean dinner and listen to Andean tales.

Day 5: Our trek will continue along the artistically paved pre-Incan trail. We will climb up to Yanashayash Pass (4700m), the highest point of the circuit. At the pass, we will share in the offerings of the locals at the windows of the Apacheta.

We will go down to the camp of Shonqopampa (4 150 m). After dinner, we will be visited by the inhabitants of Chichucancha and Jato, who will perform their Andean music and dancing with our participation.

Day 6: Continuing towards Chavín, we will stop at Chichucancha, one of the Andean communities that maintain their ancestral traditions in their homes in the style of the Incas. It will be interesting to see the mountain “Huantsán” (6 366 m) and the Hirka of Andean Cosmovision, from where the Huacheksa Valley originates, through which we will descend to Chavín de Huantar.

In Chavín, we will visit the Archeological Center before returning to Huaraz, where we will arrive at around 6pm. Night in the hotel.

You are then free to go on any further treks that you have arranged.

Day 7: Huaraz – Lima ( Finish of the trek or change of activity ).

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