Huaraz Small Hotels - Reviews and Rates

After our buggering experience into the wild yonder of the Colca Canyon, we were skeptical and a bit unsure as to whether we were up for another hike. But we´d travelled in this direction to see some Pre-Incan ruins and with a 3-4 day hike through the central Andes in the backs of our minds (way way back in Karen´s mind!) There were several trek...

Up for brekkie to find that lake llaca is covered in cloud so we have to go to a different lake to have our walk in the mountains. Took the taxi about an hour to get there and on the way up the dirt track he ran over a dog that was barking and chasing the car. Knew it was gonna happen some time cos there are thousands of stray dogs here and they...

I must honestly say that mountaineering has never been my cup of tea. I never dreamt of climbing peaks just for the sake of it. I normally only risk my life when there's no other choice, which happens often enough on a world tour such as mine, not just to get an adrenaline rush out of it.

But this excursion had something special about it...

The thing about ski mountaineering is that you have to get your skis UP the mountain. This adds about 20 pounds to an already hefty pack. I would like to say that I hiked up to camp. But in fact, I shuffled - slowly - up to camp. I lacked only little tennis balls on my trekking poles to resemble a little old lady creeping along with her walker. ...

Sunday, 3rd June, Huaraz The tour was booked for 9.00am and as usual after all the usual stuffing around we were on our way just before 10, with a woman as our guide. From the time we started she gave, as Barb put it, a "National Geographic" presentation. We give her 100% for presentation and information, the only downside was that she only spok...

The Cordillera Huayhaush is part of the Andes Mountain Range and is crowned by seven peaks that are higher than 20,000 ft. The hike, about 8-10 days, circumvents these peaks, which gave us very rewarding views of the peaks and glaciers. We were able to do the hike in 8 days by combining a couple of days. The days weren´t necessarily extremely lo...

We meet at 6:30 AM to begin our adventure. Leave non-critical stuff at the hostel to avoid carrying it. Mule will carry large backpack and I will just have my daypack. Several hours to get to the starting point of the Sta Cruz Trek. We are doing the trek in 3 days rather than the normal 4, given time restrictions. It is around the Sta Cruz mount...

Finally found the ruins, with a short walk today. Had the good fortune to meet a nice archaeologist currently working the site, he showed us around his site and where just 2 months ago they discovered an array of artefacts and the current excavations, which were revealing more living quarters - cool to see ruins in action! At the second lot of r...

De afgelopen 5 dagen met Tineke en de Peppie op Llanganuco trekking geweest in de Cordillera Blanca. Dit zou de mooiste trekking moeten zijn, in de mooiste Cordillera van de Andes. En idd, de boekjes liegen er niet om. Ga rustig zitten en begin te lezen, het was een overvol programma, we hebben zoveel gezien, beleefd en meegemaakt op zo'n korte ...

This morning Jemma has a hot shower. The hot water comes from the cold tap only. It's all gone by the time I shower. We eat croissants and bananas on the balcony. Watching blue birds flit about. The sun hasn't penetrated the smog/cloud in all of our time in Lima (we later learn that the coastal fog is called garúa and is constant on the south co...