A privileged
place of the country with beautiful landscapes and a particular geographic location,
it is the favorite destiny for nature lovers, mountain climbers and those enthusiastic
of adventure sports who arrive for the interminable natural attractions, healthy
weather and their warm people. Region of perpetual peaks like the Huascarán
wich is one of the highest mountains of South America, or the Alpamayo “the
most beautiful mountain of the world”, multicolor lakes like LLanganuco, Parón
or Churup; pure and crystalline waterfalls and many other attractions that make
the “Cordillera Blanca´, a unique place in the world. The visit all over this
Andean high valley, between a lovely countryside, is complemented with its quiet
towns, colorful markets and archeological ruins, like Chavin de Huantar (first
culture of the Peruvian civilization). In this region, the Adventure, ecology
and Cultural Tourism remain at a very important level.
CHAVIN
DE HUANTAR
Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity. This millenarian temple (almost 3000 years
old) has an archeological complex of incredible cultural value, there we can
admire remains of extraordinary cultural value, like the lance of Chavín, the
stone heads, the stone of Choquechinchay, an impressive net of internal galleries
or labyrinths, columns, and a big ceremonial square with sets of steps. All
this has the shape of a pyramid.
PARQUE NACIONAL HUASCARAN
The Huascaran National Square is still preserved.
Built in 1975, it is 160 km long from south to north and 20 Km. wide from east
to west. Its landscape includes the whole Cordillera Blanca, the highest tropical
cordillera of the planet. It has ecological floors go from 3500 m. to 6768 m.
with an extension of 723 Km2 of glaciers and they represent the 26% of the tropical
glaciers, with more than 200 summits reaching the 5000 m. and 30 that exceed
the 6000 m. The Huascarán National Square contains a hydro energetic reserve
estimated in 693.72 Km2 of glacier, 224,580 m3 of water, and 28.14 km2 of lakes
that spill their water to 41 rivers. It has a varied hydrography that determines
the existence of micro climates; besides its four climate regions and seven
zones where 104 families live, and 112 animal species have been identified,
between mammals and birds. In its varied sylvester flora, which stands out are
the orchids and the famous Puya Raymondi from 10 to 12 m. tall, which has the
greatest inflorescence of the vegetal kingdom. All this attributes determined
made the UNESCO declare it “Natural Patrimony of the Humanity” and “ Biosphere
Reserve ”.
Geography
and Location:
Capital of the department of Ancash with 67.000
inhabitants, located at 3090 m. high at 419 Km. to the north of Lima, at 336
Km. to the south east of and a 554 Km. to the southeast of Chiclayo.
Access to Huaraz is by bus (in spite of having
with an airport, commercial flights are not ready yet), you can come from Lima
or Trujillo, which are the two connections for tourist destinies. |
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