
Also known as the “International Friendship Capital”, it is the capital of Ancash region (state), it is located at 3090m / 10 138 ft, to 408 Km North of Lima city, to the banks of the Santa River, between the Cordilleras Blanca and Negra.
Huaraz city is a compulsory point to be visited for all those people who love adventure sports in Peru, from this city you access easily to the trekking circuits and to the mountains to climb in the Cordilleras Blanca, Huayhuash and Raura.
Huaraz’s climate is warm and dry, the rainy seasons is from October to April, during these months the temperature varies between 20 to 25 ºC; and from May to September is dry months that is considered as the “Andean summer”, the average temperature during these months varies between 10 to 20 ºC without rain.