Laguna Llanganuco

We pick you up at your hotel and drive into the heart of the Huascarán National Park to visit the famous twin crystal blue twin lakes of Llanganuco (named Chinancocha and Urconcocha). We eat a picknick lunch at the lake and have time to enjoy the views of the Huascarán, Huandoy and Yanapaccha mountains. We then drive on a spectacular zig zag road to the top of the Portachuelo pass (4767m) for more amazing close mountains views. On the way back to Huaraz we stop to visit the memorial Campo Santo in Yungay. The town of Yungay was completely destroyed in the earthquake 1970. The earthquake caused a massive avalanche of rock and ice from the west wall of the Huascarán which reached devastating speeds as it dropped over 3 km vertically on its way to Yungay 14 kms away. The town and almost all of its 20,000 inhabitants were buried. The site is now a memorial with flower gardens and memorials to the thousands who perished.