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Paron Lake - Huascaran National Park
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Duration
Full day (1 day)
Buy
24 hours before the trip
Idioma
Spanish / English
Minimum of Passengers
1 passenger
Paron Lake - Huascaran National Park
- Paron lake formed as a natural reservoir has a catchment area of 44.3km2, it is 3.7km long from east to west and average of 7000m width from north to south, the original depth was about 75m, but today the level was lowered 15m to prevent the collapse of the moraine.
Departure place
- Pick-up from Hoteles in Huaraz, if you are not at hotel please stay at office 30 minutes before departure (FIRS CLASS HUARAZ)
Itinerary
Day 1
Huaraz - PARON Lake full day
- Breakfast in the Hotel around 6am and depart with minivan around 8am, at direction to North side along the Callejon de Huaylas valley, our tour will start in Huaraz 3100masl. then pass the typical small village of Paltay, Tarica, cross the Rio Santa to left side pass several typical villages Jangas, Yungar, Anta where from here we can appreciate the beautiful white mountains Huandoy, Huascaran, Hualcan, Copa and others, you may make a photo-stop point of view, continue pass the Marcara district
- Continue to Carhuaz some can walk around the Plaza de Armas, carhuaz is located at 2650masl, continue to the Historical province of Yungay the ancient buried city at 2500masl, piece of Huascaran mountain north peak broke and made a huge avalanche mud and ice blocks and in 6 seconds destroyed Yungay province, guided visit will take you around 45 minutes, then 1km north side is located the new yungay, then continue to Caraz small city.
- Start the unpaved trail going up along the Paron River full of eucalyptus trees and typical houses of peasants, then in a few minutes we will start driving up by a wonderful valley full of polylepis trees called quenuales, then arrive to Paron lake and enjoy walking around the lake short hiking to the top of the lake, enjoy time taking pictures and so, then at proper time return to Caraz by the same route for lunch in a typical restaurant around 3pm then after lunch drive back direct to Huaraz arriving around 6pm
Include
- Official Spanish tour guide
- Touristic MiniBus
Not included
- Huascaran National Park entrance fees
- Meals food and Beverages
- Tips
Activities
- Hike, trekking (opcional)
- Natural areas visits (opcional)
- Guided visits (opcional)
Notes
- For rainy season (October to march) prevent with plastic ponchos or rain ponchos
