Family Adventures - Professional Guided Climbing and Trekking in South America - The Cordillera Blanca

FAMILY ADVENTURES - TRIPS WITH KIDS

DISCOVER THE CORDILLERA BLANCA TOGETHER!!
People of all ages and sizes love to be outdoors! The Cordillera Blanca, with it's stable climate and it's glorious assortment of trails and camp options make this area not only a wonderland for adults, but an equally ideal place to bring the kids! Family trips are designed according to the specific needs of younger participants, always with less distance and more time to play programmed in. Pack animals are used to keep the weight everyone is carrying to a bare minimum, and some spare donkeys come along in case anybody needs a ride during the day. High passes are avoided to keep the alititude throughout the trek at or near 4000 meters. The guides for these trips have extensive experience working with kids and young children and some of them are even parents themselves. Isn't it about time for a family vacation! Ages 2.5 years and up welcome.

FEATURED TRIP - SUMMER 2007

Discovery Trek - Quebradas Tullparaju & Cayesh
10 days - Easy - $1295 combo (parent + child)

June 10 - 19 / July 15 - 24 / August 20 - 29

Just outside of Huaraz, the Cordillera Blanca open up it's arms to invite the curious adventurer into a world of silvery granite walls, towering white mountain peaks, dazzling glacier-blue rivers, and agriculturally rich valley floors. Join us on a discovery trek up the broad and gradual Quilquihuanca Valley where you'll spot ancient rock structures dating back to pre-Inca times, strange and wonderful alpacas grazing on the Andean grasses, huge granite boulders that long ago arrived here to their final resting place, clear sparkling turquoise lakes, and majestic ice-covered mountains watching over it all.

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ITINERARY - QUILQUIHUANCA / TULLPARAJU / CAYESH

DAY	ACTIVITY
1	Private pick-up at the Lima Airport. Transfer to hotel in Lima for a nice meal & a good nights sleep.
2	Private transfer in the morning to the bus station. Take a comfortable first class ride to Huaraz (approximately 8 hour journey). Move into your hotel and relax... the adventure is all around you!
3	Meet at the Skyline office to review your itinerary, answer questions, finalize trip. Spend the rest of the day exploring the outskirts of Huaraz, looking at some rural homes, exploring some pre-inca ruins, touring the city (acclimitize!).
4	Day Activity - Day hike, rock climb, horse rides, play frisbee! Depending upon age of participants, energy level, acclimitization. Prepare your things for the following days departure. Spend the night in your hotel.
5	Leave this morning for the trailhead to the Quilquihuanca valley. Hike 1/2 way up and set up camp. Run around and explore the area before the evening's BBQ dinner and a good nights sleep
6	Continue your walk up the valley. Take the norther fork up to beautiful Tullparaju lake and set up a camp. Go fishing or take a rest.
7	Day hike to Quebrada Cayesh or other activities including bouldering, hide & seek, capture the flag, fishing, etc... Return to your camp in Tullparaju that evening.
8	Say goodbye to your campsite and head back down the Quilquihuanca valley, arriving eventually at the trailhead and your ride down to a comfortable mountain lodge for the night.
9	Last day in the Cordillera Blanca! Hiking, rock climbing, biking, horse riding, or going shopping for locally made crafts are options. You Decide - we can make any or all of it happen for you and your crew. That evening, have a nice goodbye dinner and take an overnight bus back to Lima. On a first class bus, you'll get a good night's sleep and avoid having to make the journey during the whole following day.
10	Drop off at the Lima airport for your flight back home.