1-day hiking to Uruscocha lake in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru
Discover the beutiful Uruscocha Lake in the Cordillera Blanca, in the Peruvian Andes, along Octavio, an IFMGA certified guide.
Andes
1 Day
All year
Description
I want to invite you to an amazing 1-day hike to Uruscocha Lake (4350 m), in the stunning Cordillera Blanca in Peru.
We will spend a great day walking in a quiet and peaceful place in the Peruvian Andes. Besides, it is one of the easiest and less steep hikes of the Cordillera Blanca Range. Also, this hike is a little bit off the beaten track.
The Uruscocha Lake is located in the Urus gorge, to the north-east of Huaraz. This hike offers a spectacular view of the south side of Huascaran, Hualcan Copa and Urus mountains.
We will start our hike in the **city of Huaraz (**3100 m), then we will go through the small village of Pashpa (3600 m), until we get to the beautiful turquoise Uruscocha Lake.
This 1-day trek is perfect if you are looking for acclimatization to before climbing to a higher elevation. Also, if you just want to visit one of the most beautiful lakes of the Cordillera Blanca.
So contact me with any questions you may have about this hike to Uruscocha Lake! And let's start planning your trip! Also, if you are looking for a more challenging adventure, you can check my Nevado Urus 3-day climbing expedition!
Price includes
- Guiding fee
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Transportation start and back
- Permit and entrance fees
Meeting point
Details
More info
The price includes a picnic
About the guide
Octavio
4.9
(23)
Mountain Guide
Founder, manager and IFMGA Mountain Guide of Andean Peaks. I work together with my brother Eloy and a team of IFMGA mountain guides, and UIMLA Mountain Leaders. If I'm not available to guide you, one of my qualified colleagues will be your guide.
I was born and raised in the hamlet of Yarush in 1987, at the foot of the Cordillera Blanca. From very young age i was born my passion for the mountains. In 2003 I started as enthusiast to climbing in rock next to my brother Eloy. In 2009 i obtained the title as ''official guide of high mountain''. I enjoy doing sports climbing and opening new routes in the cordillera Blanca, and in other countries. My wide experience has taken me to climb most of the mountains in cordillera blanca.
Languages
| English
Certificates
AGMP | UIAGM
What people are saying about Octavio
Pierre-Olivier
Matthew
We had an amazing experience with Andean Peaks on our 10 day trip. We didn't have a ton of experience, so Octavio worked with us to set up a 3 day training trip on Yanapaccha to prepare us before our 6 day trip to Alpamayo. Our guide, Hector, was great. We felt safe and he was pleasant and had great energy. He's super fit and well skilled on leading, rope management, etc. Our cook, Raul, was incredibly pleasant and ensured that we had more than enough food the entire time. We'd typically have breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea with snack and dinner every day. The trip was well organized and always on time - hotel pick up was on time, all transportation (shuttles, burros, etc) was on point. I'm more than happy with our experience and I'd highly recommend anyone to use their guiding services. I hope to be back to the Cordillera Blanca and would definitely use Andean Peaks again.
We had 10 days in the Cordillera Blanca and Octavio helped us plan a great trip. We did Laguna 69 day trip, Santa Cruz trek, climbing in Hatunmachay, ice climbing and trekking on Mount Pisco. The trip was very well organised and equipment provided was of high quality. Octavio is an experienced mountain guide and climber so we always felt safe throughout the trip. We had a great chef with us when camping and always enjoyed the food he prepared. Also enjoyed chatting to Octavio in the evenings and hearing his great stories!
This guys are great. They are certified mountain guides. The food in the camp was better than the restaurants in Huaraz. You feel safe in their hands all the way to the summit. We climbed 3 mountains in the same tour Ishinca, urus and Tocllaraju. Many thanks to the team they make of the tour a fun place during the climb and in base camp. Totally recommendable
We had 10 days in Andes (Huaraz as base) and wanted to get a mix of trekking, rock climbing and mountaineering. Contacted Andean Peaks who helped me organize the whole trip. Octavio, who was our main guide and one of the owners of the company was super helpful and quick to respond on both emails and Whatsapp. Octavio is a qualified professional mountain guide. Apart from this, he's also a super friendly guy an a good climber. Bonus points for always being punctual, having great equipment/tents etc, good chef (cooked pizza for us at 4600m!). Highly recommend. Activites: 1 day Laguna 69, 3 day Santa Cruz Trek, 2 days rock climbing, 1 day Ice wall climbing and 3 day Pisco mountain.
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