Cordillera Huayhuash 8-Day Guided Trek with Camping, Meals and Transfers

Trek the Huayhuash range on an 8-day guided itinerary with full support, from round-trip transfers to camps, meals, and gear.

Getting started

Begin your Huayhuash Trekking 8 days adventure with round-trip transfers from Huaraz or Lima to the Cuartelhuain trailhead. Travel directly to the start of the route, where your Spanish-speaking local trekking guide introduces the 8-day guided trekking itinerary. From here, you join the mountain staff, horsemen, donkeys, and horses that support the journey into the Huayhuash range.

What to expect

Huayhuash trekking route

Over eight days, you follow the Huayhuash trekking circuit, considered one of the most beautiful trekking routes in the world, with snow-peaked mountains and colorful sparkling lakes revealing new scenery at each campsite.

Features

• The 8-day guided trekking itinerary is structured so you move gradually through the Huayhuash range, with each day bringing different views of snow-peaked mountains and colorful sparkling lakes that change with light and altitude.
• An expert Spanish-speaking local trekking guide leads the route, sets the pace, and helps you understand the Huayhuash environment while you focus on walking instead of logistics.
• A full support team travels with you, including mountain staff with a cook, helpers, and an assistant, along with horsemen who manage donkeys and horses that carry bags and supplies between camps.
• All complete meals during the trek, breakfast, lunch, and dinner, are prepared for you, with cooking logistics handled by the team and boiled water provided for refilling bottles.
• Camps are fully set up with sleeping tents and group tents, and you are provided with a sleeping mattress so you can rest at each campsite as the landscape changes around the Huayhuash mountains.

Wrapping up

On the final day of the Huayhuash Trekking 8 days experience, you exit the range and use round-trip transfers from the trail end back to Huaraz or Lima, where the guided portion and mountain support services conclude.