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Vaqueria - Los Cedros
1 Day: Huaraz - Llanganuco Lake - Vaqueria

After the breakfast in the Hotel we will aboard the Bus to go along the Callejón de Huaylas in the north side of Huaraz. Passing different traditional Andean towns, first Carhuas (2650m), where we will enjoy Carhuas' native products, then we will continue with our travel to the next town of Yungay, this city was buried by an Avalanche that fell down from Huascaran Mountain in 1972, the the New Yungay (2500m), from here we have to start going up to the Llanganuco Valley, for the entrance to the Llanganuco Valley we will register in the National Parks Control, after we will pass the two lakes of Llanganuco, where we will have Lunch, then in the early afternoon we will continue going up to the portachuelo pass (4767m) if the there is no cloud we will appreciate impression ant peaks of the Mountains, Huascaran, Chopicalqui, Pisco, Huandoy, and others, from here we will go down to our first camp place to Vaqueria (3600m aprox) and overnight Camping

2 Day: Vaqueria - Tuctu

Today we will start our trekking, first we will make a short walk down and start going up by the Huaripampa valley, we will have most beautiful walking by the Andean small villages and full of pastures, we will have lunch in a nice place called paria, form here continue hiking up around 2 hours more and arrive to the camp place of Tuctu (4200m).

3 Day: Tuctupampa - Quisuar

Today we will start climbing to get the Pucaraju pass 4640 masl. We will get there at around 11am, then go down zigzag path nice landscape surrounded by highlands straw and many trees, we will get the Huecroncocha lake to have Lunch in the nice spot. Then after few minutes walking dawn we will get small village called Quisuar, where we will camp in the left side at 3900masl.
4 Day: Quisuar - Jancapampa

We will start our hiking going up moderate path, enjoying field of sheep, we will get the Tupatupa pass 4360masl easily, then we will go down by the base of the Pucajirca mountain and then we will arrive to the next camp place of Jancapampa 3600masl overnight camping

5 Day. Jancapampa - Huillca

We will start hiking early to get the pass on time, Yanacon pass 4610, as always we will be surprised by nice different landscapes, after the pass we will go down to the next camp place called Huillca overnight at 4000masl. camping

6 Day. Huillca - Tayapampa

Moderate walking first 2 hours to get the Mesapata pass at 4460masl. Then we will walk flat area to the water stream in moyobamba valley to have lunch, then we will continue to the base of the caracara pass where we will camp at 4400masl Caracara 
7 Day: Tayapampa - Jancarurish

Today first 2 hours will be windy, once we will get the Caracara pass 4830masl we will be surpriced by many white peak mountains, then after to take pictures we will start going down and in the middle of going down we will be faced to Alpamayo in its north face, then we will going down we will arrive to our camp place of Jancarurish at 4200masl overnight facing at Alpamayo’s north face
8 Day: Jancarurish - Rest Day

Today is rest day and we will walk to the Base camp of Alpamayo in north side, from there we will get many pictures of the mountains and we will return to the base camp for overnight at 4200 masl.
9 Day: Jancarurish - Osoruri

Today we will walk down along the Alpamayo valley until Ruinapampa, where the pre-inkas terraces we will appreciate, from here we will start climbing zigzag path and in the middle of climbing, we will have lunch, then we will get the Ichicvientona pass 4770masl, then after short rest and take pictures we will descent for a few minutes to the camp place of Osoruri and overnight at 4650masl
10 Day: Osoruri - Calamina

After breakfast we will walk up for about one hour to get the Jatunvientona pass 4860 masl, then we will go down a few meters down and we will be surpriced by a nice spot, a beatuful blue lake of Cullicocha in the base of Santa Cruz massif, we will get offshore the lake to have lunch. Then after rest in the lunch time we will continue going down to the camp place of Calamina, from this camp place we will appreciate nice sunset over the Black Mountain in front us. Overnight at 3650masl.camping
11Day: Calmina - Hualcayan - Huaraz

Today our last hiking day, we will arrive first to the small village of Hualcayan where we will find very basic shop, and National Park entrance control, to check out, then after few minutes we will aboard our private bus and satrt driving down the valley passing by small villages of Caranca, and Colcas, reach the Rio santa 1950masl and take the highway and drive to Caraz 2290masl alking we will have lunch in Caraz in a selected restaurant (passengers will have meals by theirselves) and we will get early afternoon to Huaraz, transfer to the selected hotel and overnight in Huaraz.l
   

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