Peru trekking holiday, Cordillera Blanca

Description of Peru trekking holiday, Cordillera Blanca

This Peru trekking holiday offers sublime views over the Cordillera Blanca as it takes you from the barren Pacific coast through grasslands to soaring Andean peaks, via remote mountain communities, turquoise lakes and vast glaciers. In a word, Wow.

Daily walks of between five and seven hours provoke plenty of challenge, but it’s the dramatic panoramas on every side that will really take your breath away.

This journey will take you through what many consider some of the finest trekking terrain in the world.

You’ll get underway from Lima, taking an eight-hour bus journey to the town of Huaraz. Travelling in first class, it’s a long but comfortable journey and the views through the window will make time pass rapidly. Huaraz is an excellent base for hiking in this area, and you’ll warm up with a trek out to the Laguna Churup, before you embark on a multi-day expedition into the mountains, with a team of donkeys alongside to carry your supplies.

You’ll head up the stunning Santa Cruz Valley, via the Alpamayo base camp, and over steep passes before descending through the Ulta Valley towards Huaraz. Camp overnight at the feet of snowcapped Andean peaks, beside beautiful lakes and rivers, so that you awaken every morning to blissful scenery before strapping on those boots again.

Made for the adventurous hiker, this 11-day tour will also serve perfectly as a launching pad for an extension trip around the Cusco region.