Trip planning to the Cordillera Huayhuash

The Cordillera Huayhuash is located in the North of the Peruvain Andes, to 360 Km from Lima, Peru's capital. From your home country you first will arrive in Lima, Peru's capital; where is located the main International Airport, from Lima to get to the Cordillera Huayhuash, most tourists go first to Huaraz, of course there are other routes too. Read getting there.

The most cities and towns near to the Cordillera Huayhuash offer lodging, restaurants, cafes, restaurants and other services, the main city near to this mountain range and strategic point to plan the trekking and climbing tours , is Huaraz, in this city these and other more services. See the list of these services.

The common acitivities in the Cordillera Huayhuash are trekking and climbing, the first one is the most prefered by the visitors; these days with the building of new dirty roads the access to this mountain range is easy and you can visit parts of the Cordillera Huayhuash from 4 days. See the tour options.

The Cordillera Huayhuash in 2002 has been declared by the Peruvian Government as a Reserved Area, this area belongs to seven comunities, they are charging a fee in their respective area (almost each campsite), the fee entrance for 2010 to visit all the Cordillera Huayhuash is S/ 140.00 (USD 49.00). See the list of the communities and what they charge.

If you want to make a trekking or/and climbing tours in the Cordillera Huayhuash, you can organize them with a travel agency in you home country or with a local travel agency in Peru, even better if it is in Huaraz. If you decide that a local travel agency organizes your tour, you will contribute directly with the economy of Huayhuash communities.