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Day 6 — Quebrada Quilcayhuanca Glacial Valley
An active day to your new base in Huaraz, with 2 h 05 on the road.
Stage 5 · Huaraz · Peru
day 6 1 night 2 h 05 on the road140 kmclimate favourable
Interest of the place — nature 15. Based on: river.
- programme
- 6 h
- road
- 2 h 05
- usable window
- 11 h 42
- Trekking through the flat glacial valley of QuilcayhuancaInterest nature 156 h
To add if time allows: Wildlife spotting and Andean condor watching (3 h) · Exploring the ancient rock paintings of Quilcayhuanca (3 h)
Bad-weather option — same kind — Hiking to the base of Mount Maparaju
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On the way
Stops beside the road, chosen for their small detour — we say they are on the way, we do not promise to go through them.
Recuay
A small town along the route where you can observe local Andean architecture and pick up supplies.
30 min there · detour +1 km · View on Google Maps
© photographed on 17 September 2022 by SolcitoAndino — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
