Peru · CORDILLERA BLANCA LAGOON TREKS
Good cordillera blanca lagoon treks tours fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 7 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Travel from Huaraz to Pastoruri Glacier with a Spanish-speaking guide, stopping at Parco, Pato Cocha, Puma Pampa, San Patricio Cave, and Puya Raimondi. The day includes a one-hour walk from Pumapashimin Lagoon, transport, and glacier views. Lunch and the S/30 entrance fee cost extra.
“it was amazing weather and we saw beautiful nature definitely recommend”
Leave Huaraz at 5:00 am for Llanganuco Valley and a three-hour hike to Lake 69. You will stop at Chinancocha, pass Andean villages, and spend about an hour beside views of Huascarán, Chopicalqui, Pisco, Huandoy, Yanapaccha, and Chacraraju.
“Well organised! The agency was really great. However, the guide wasn't speak very well English.”
Travel from Huaraz to glacial Lake Parón with a Spanish-speaking guide, shared transport, and hotel pickup. After a breakfast stop in Carhuaz, continue through Yungay and Caraz, then walk about 40 minutes to a viewpoint at 4,170 meters for broad views of the lake and Cordillera Blanca peaks.
“Un lugar mágico, vale la pena cada kilómetro para ver este majestuoso lugar, buen acompañamiento de los guías, gran experiencia”
Travel from Huaraz through Recuay, Ticapampa, and Catac to Huascarán National Park. See Puya Raimondi, Pumapampa’s gasified waters, Pumashimin Lake, cave paintings, and Pastoruri Glacier. The group tour includes hotel pickup, transport, and a guide, but lunch and park admission cost extra.
“Some very nice views and the walk to the glacier is not long and it is a good trip if you just arrived in Huaraz. A lot of driving but the glacier is worth seeing, at least what is remaining of it. One last advice, do not book with viator, I paid 35usRead more”
Travel from Huaraz through Carhuaz and Caraz to Parón Lagoon, then walk beside its turquoise water and climb to a viewpoint. A Spanish-speaking guide, round-trip transport, entrance ticket, hotel pickup, and a first-aid kit are included. Guide Junior is especially attentive.
“Very good and the guide, Junior, was very attentive at all times and made the journeys very enjoyable. The lagoon is a spectacle, I recommend going up to the viewing point, at first it seems a lot but the climb is really pleasant for people who go to the mountains from time to time.”
You’ll leave Huaraz around 8:00 am for Carhuaz, Caraz, and Parón Lagoon in Huascarán National Park. Walk beside turquoise water, spot Artesonraju and other Cordillera Blanca peaks, and add a 40-minute uphill path to the viewpoint. Groups are limited to 10, with English or Spanish guidance.
Leave Huaraz at about 8:00 am for Carhuaz and Caraz, then follow a rough mountain road to Paron Lagoon in Huascaran National Park. You can walk beside the turquoise water and take a 40-minute uphill path to a wide viewpoint. The tour is Spanish-language and limited to 10 people.
Pick a ruin, a summit, a dune or a kitchen.
