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About the Cordillera Blanca

The Cordillera Blanca is an incredible trekking and climbing area, with fascinating flora and fauna and the remain of several Pre-inca cultures and also some Inca remains.  
The Cordillera Blanca range,  located in the Northen Peru has an incredible concetrationg 6000m peaks. The mountains run roughly north to south and are easily accesibely from the Callejon de Callejon de Huaylas valey which lies to their west.

In 1975, the Cordillera Blanca or Yurak Janka (in Quechua language), “The hieghst tropical mountain range in the world”, was declared Huascaran National Park. In 1977 and 1985 UNESCO declared this protected area as “Biosphere Reserve” and “Natural Heritage” respectively.

Between the dramatic peaks of the Cordillera Blanca the valleys are dotted with stunning turquoise glacial lakes. Most treks follow these valleys which run west to East through the mountains. Among these mountains and valleys take place most of the Adventure travel and tours in the Peruvian Andes and in the Cordillera de los Andes in South America, activities like: trekking, hiking, mountaineering, climbing, mountain biking, horse riding and others.