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Private departures
Your own guide and vehicle, your own pace — never pooled into a stranger's tour to fill a bus.
Day hikes & sightseeing tours
A day in the Cordillera Blanca, back in Huaraz by evening
Guided day hikes and tours by car around Huaraz — turquoise lakes, high passes, pre-Inca ruins and thermal baths. Easy strolls or hard climbs to a glacier, with a packed picnic and a private vehicle. The perfect way to acclimatise before a longer trek, or to see the range when your days are short.
Day Treks
Family
Culture
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The same care as on our biggest climbs
A day hike gets the same guide, the same kitchen and the same attention as a three-week expedition. Smaller mountain, identical standard.
4,850 m
Highest day-hike viewpoint
Routes that climb high enough to acclimatise you properly, then bring you back down to a warm bed the same night.
20 +
Years walking these trails
Our guides know which lake is worth the drive, which path suits your fitness, and where the photographs are.
Day Hikes & Sightseeing
The best way to wake up your legs and lungs before a big trek — or to see the Cordillera Blanca when you only have a few days. Half-day or full-day walks, from gentle to demanding, each ending back in the comfort of Huaraz. Tell us your fitness and we will suggest the right ones, in the right order.
Activity Level
Easy to demanding
Duration
Half to full day
Best for
Acclimatisation & photography
Favourite hikes: Laguna 69, Laguna Churup, Llaca Valley, Pastoruri Glacier, Laguna Parón, Lake Wilcacocha...
Family Treks
Show the children the Andes without overreaching them. Shorter walking days, a relaxed pace and plenty to look at, planned around the youngest and oldest in your group so everyone makes it — and wants to come back.
Pace
Relaxed & flexible
Suitable for
Families (planned to fit)
On the trail
Full kitchen & support team
Good places to start: Llanganuco Valley walk, Ishinca base camp at a family pace...
Camping & Culture Holidays
For travellers who want more than the view: visits to Andean communities, pre-Inca ruins and local markets, with nights under canvas and our cooks taking care of every meal. The mountains, with the people who live among them.
Nights
Fully catered camps & lodges
Culture
Villages, markets & ruins
Carried by
Donkeys & our team
Where it goes: Olleros to Chavín, a cultural Santa Cruz, the villages of the Cordillera Negra...
You walk; we handle the rest
Every private day hike and tour comes with the things that make the difference: a real guide, a proper lunch, a comfortable ride and your entrance fees already paid. No surprises at the gate.
A freshly made picnic lunch — vegetarian, gluten-free and special diets on request
A comfortable private minivan or car to the trailhead and back
A knowledgeable English-speaking guide on every outing
Entrance fees included in the price — nothing to pay on the day
Plan it with us
Not sure which hikes are right for you?
Tell us how many days you have, your level of fitness and what you would love to see. We will suggest a series of day hikes in the right order to get you acclimatised — and built around you, not an off-the-shelf list.