Snowy Pastoruri
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Snowy Pastoruri
El Pastoruri one of the snow-capped mountains of the Cordillera Blanca, easily accessible an excellent opportunity to enjoy the snow and ice. The tour begins in the city of Huaraz heading to the south side where you will have the opportunity to appreciate picturesque towns with their own characteristics. On the way to the snowy you can see the Patococha lagoon, Exemplars of Puya Raimondi, and the Pumapa Shimin water hole.
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Snowy Pastoruri and Puyas Raymondi tour also called the route of climate change and includes a visit to the southern valley of Callejón de Huaylas, the towns of Recuay (Gruta de San Patricio), Ticapampa, Catac and entering the Huascaran National Park to visit the Lagoon Patococha, Gasified Waters, Laguna 7 Colores, Puyas Raymondi and the snowy Pastoruri.
This day we go to the south of the city of Huaraz, during the tour we pass through the towns of Recuay, Ticapampa and Catac where we take the detour to the Cordillera Blanca through the Carpa sector, being the first place to visit the source of gasified waters natural and continuing we will visit PumapaShimi lake of 7 colors and the forest of Puyas Raymondi which is one of the most representative plants in the Peruvian Andes reaching up to 12 meters and living for approximately 100 years, to finally reach the base parking lot of the snow-capped mountain (4800 masl) and access on foot or with the help of horses (you rent it directly) to the snowy Pastoruri (5000 masl) where we will walk its great ice walls that give us to understand the atrocious retreat of the glaciers due to global warming of our planet and obtain breathtaking views of the mountain range surrounding this place.
Then we return to the parking lot where the transport that will bring us back to the city of Huaraz awaits us.
- Group tourist transport (check prices in private)
- Official tourism guide
- Entrance tickets to all places of visit.
- Pick up at your hotel
- First aid kit.
WHAT TO BRING?
- Cool clothes during the trip in the vehicle and warm for the stops and / or walk to the glacier. Including chullos or hats with ear flaps.
- Sun hat.
- Rehydrating drinks.
- Hiking shoes or slippers, because you walk for 40 minutes from the parking lot to the glacier.
- Sunscreen.
- Sunglasses.
- Photographic camera.
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