June 26th, 2018. Last day in Huaraz, I haven’t been to the most popular attractions of the area, Laguna 69. Let’s do this, wake up at 4:30, get picked up at 5AM and we go to Huascaran National Park once again. We stop for breakfast and at 9:20 we are at the trail head. It’s […]
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Santa Cruz Trek – Peru
June 22nd 2018, I completed the Santa Cruz Trek, 4 days, 3 nights. I wasn’t expecting to do this trek but after doing many day hikes I thought I’d give it a try, I am not a huge hiker and never done a multi-day trek in my life. Why not do my first one at […]
Sunday morning at the Huaraz Street Market – Peru
June 17th, decided to go to the street market to photograph the hard working Peruvians and their customers. People don’t really like to get photographed around here, a lot of people I asked said no, the others wanted to get payed (2 soles is sufficient but it’s not the same as someone who likes to […]
Laguna Churup – Peru
June 13th 2018, it was time for a little hike up to Laguna Churup! The Laguna is located about 3km from Pitec, you can reach Pitec by collectivo and then go up the trail to the Laguna Churup. The hike is about 2 jours and 600 meters elevation. From 3850 meters to 4450 meters. It’s […]
Laguna de Llanganuco – Peru
June 11, 2018. Here’s some picture of a quick trip to Laguna de Llanganuco. Nice laguna, but not the best one to visit if you are in the area for a short time. Full album here. First we stopped in old Yungay, where a 1970 earthquake completely destroyed the city, well it actually covered it with […]
Pastoruri Glacier – Peru
Today it was time for a quick trip to Pastoruri Glacier, the glacier is about 3 hours from Huaraz by car/transport, the glacier is in the Huascaran National Park, on the south part of the park. Once you get to the parking lot you have to walk about 2km (45 minutes) from 4800 meters to 5000 […]
Laguna Paron – Peru
Laguna Paron, what can be said other then, WOW. The laguna is located high in the mountains at 4200 meters, you can get there with a tourist agency or by yourself , first you need to get to Caraz and then hire a taxi up to the laguna, as of June 2018, the fee to […]
Huascarán – Peru
I really wanted to go to Punta Olimpica (highest tunnel in the world) since I got here in Huaraz, but renting a car in Huaraz is a difficult mission, I made a friend who put me in contact with a taxi driver who rented me his Taxi for 24h, just the car, no driver! So […]