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Peru Tourist Guide
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CENTRAL PERU:
Huaraz, trekking and climbing paradise:
Dayhikes
Trekking
Climbing
Chavin
National Park Huascaran
Santa Cruz Trek
Huayhuash Trek
Alpamayo Trek
Yungay
Pastoruri Glacier
Monterrey
The Llanganuco Lakes
Pastoruri Glacier
Pastoruri Glacier (4950 m), situated 70 km south of Huaraz, is one of the most beautiful and also most visited locations within the Huascarán National Park. The 3 hours drive from the city of Huaraz to Pastoruri is already an adventure. From the town of Pachacoto a road leads to the protected area, passing first Patococha Lake. The name comes from the Quechua language and means „lake of the duck“, as it is the habitat of a lot of Andean ducks. Then you get to an area where the worlds biggest bromeliad grows: Puya Raimondii. This amazing plant has become very rare in the Peruvian-Bolvivian highlands. The giant bromeliad (up to 12 m high) only grows at an altitude between 3700 and 4200 m and only blooms once in her whole life that can last 100 years..... Continuing the road you will get to the drinking water well of Pumapampa as well as to the small Pumapashimin Lake, which glows in different colours at different times of the day. After another 35 km on a dirt road you will reach Pastoruri Glacier. You can do a walk on the snow. Unfortunately also Pastoruri Glacier is not spared from global warming – you can watch the ice shrinking and melting away.
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