Huaraz Hostels - Reviews and Rates

Hello again! Warning: this entry will contain a fair amount of whining

This evening finds me having finally reached Huaraz, a trek-heavy town nestled in the midst of the Cordillera Blanca (big, snowy peaks - the mountain in the Paramount logo, Artesonraju, is part of it), after a rather grueling journey. Leaving Mancora (and Julieann, ...

In 24 hours we were heading up a mountain pass at roughly 15,600 ft below gorgeous glaciated peaks and topped out about 1pm. I came down with something and could only stumble down the other side. It was snowing lightly and i was shivering, naseus, and hadn´t eaten anything all day. Altitude sickness perhaps? Strange it would have effected me. I´...

Buna seara! Calatoria noastra se apropie de sfarsit, dar tot mai avem cateva chestii de vazut si povestit. Am fost in Yungay, un orasel din apropierea Huarazului. Aici, pe 31 mai 1970, in urma unui cutremur foarte puternic, s-a format o avalansa de roci, pamant, namol, gheata si altele, avalansa care a ingropat tot orasul. Au murit 18000 de oame...

We took an overnight bus from Lima to Huaraz, Peru, the launch point to the Cordillera Blanca and just a couple of hours from the remote Cordillera Huayhuash where the gripping, true story of two mountaineers clinging to life on Siula Grande, Touching the Void, was filmed. And it was another typical South American bus ride: we got our share of J...

As if hours in Caracas Airport didn´t leave us satisfied, Brig and I are now chilling in Lima Airport, waiting for our flight to Cuzco which will hopefully save us a very long and bumpy cross country night/day bus. Its not so bad: there´s a starbucks. Enough said. We are both pretty tired, having just finished a 4 day treck in the stunning Cordi...

Day 1 We found a taxi to take us to Pitec for 40 soles. It would have been possible to take a cheaper colective to Jupa and then walk a couple hours to the trailhead but we figured an earlier start would be more appropriate. After almost an hour along a bumpy road, the driver let us out on a gravel path leading into Parque Nacional Huascaran. We...

Arriving in Huaraz it was again raining and the city orientation walk was a soggy affair. Huaraz is situated in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range and is at about 3100m which caused shortage of breath for unfit and unacclimatised people such at me! With two days in town the main activity was Ice climbing at 5000m, a daunting prospect at best t...

Peru 3 of 3, Huaraz, a small town nearby two of Peru's most spectacular mountain ranges, the Black range and the White range (Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Negra (?)). The Cordillera Blanca alone has 50 peaks of over 5700mThere is a popular trek which lasts 4 days and 3 nights and loops through the Cordillera Blanca, winding you through valle...

Bissl ruinen und trekking in der cordillera! nix mit trekking da die touren so billig waren, deswegen tagestouren zu den ruinen der chavín und tour durch die callejón de huaylas zu den lagunen von llaganuco! die verrueckten chavín haben sich eine art hoehlen in die erde gebaut, die durch riesige steine gestuetzt werden! ist verrueckt wie viele v...

After climbing for a week in Ecaudor (Cotopaxi, Illinizas etc.) I met up with my friend Bryon from back in Revelstoke, BC. As the weather changed and my final visa extension was denied we decided to hop on a bus and head straight to Huaraz, Peru. Although there are no direct buses we managed to only change buses twice and only waited in terminal...