A project by Juventino Martin Abino Caldua, a professional mountain guide (AGMP-UIAGM)

The project:

Enjoy Community Tourism with the Albino Lliuya family

Here you can experience how native farmers live and you can learn about their life in the community, close to the city of Huaraz.

The activities that are performed are amongst others: traditional agriculture, livestock, adventure tourism, as well as short or long hikes.

Juventino's family offers great hospitality in their home town of Unchus.

About Us:

Juventino Albino Caldua: Works as a professional mountain guide. Moreover, he follows his activities as a farmer in the off-season months, where few tourists visit the Cordillera Blanca.

Dina Lliuya Reyes: Juventino's wife, she is a typical woman from Unchus using very traditional clothing of the region. She speaks the native language, Quechua.
Native Language: Quechua and official Language Spanish

About Accommodation / our house:

We have a very comfortable house with private rooms and shared rooms. It is also possible to camp and do campfires at our place. Moreover, you can do lots of different hikes like for example a day hike to Lake Churup or a visit to the villages of Marian or Wilcahuain and you can do great mountain biking trips in the surroundings.

Things to do or practice with the native farmers in our village

harvest sowing and reaping: potatoes, corn, wheat, oca (potato of the Incas) and quinoa etc.

Livestock/Animals that you can see

Sheep, donkeys, cows, bulls, horses, pigs, guinea pigs, chickens and other.

Typical food in the area

In Unshus we will serve you typical food, like for example Quinoa Soup, Llunca and Pachamanca (a very special meal and tradition of the Incas). This meal is prepared by hand.

First you have to build a stone oven and heat it up for about an hour. Then you put some things in the stone oven like potatoes, yams, tamales, corn, chicken, pork, beef, etc. The last step is to bury everything with earth and let it steam for around an hour.

Traditional Festivals:

April 26: celebration of Easter, tribute to Mr UNCHUS the San Miguel Arcanguel, and October 06: patronal festival with bullfights and fireworks.

During those festivals we eat a lot of guinea pig and other typical dishes of the area and practice our traditional dances.

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Detailed program:

Día 1: Travel by bus to Huaraz (3100 m) - 400 km/approximately 8 hours
This ride follows the Pan American highway north across the impressive Pacific coastal desert. Continuing toward higher terrain, we pass through the Cordillera Negra (Black Range) at Conococha Pass (4020 m) into the Santa Valley and Huaraz (3100 m). Once across the pass, you’ll see a charming view of the mountains of the Cordillera Blanca, without a doubt some of the most impressive scenery in the world. You can also fly via LCPERU - flight duration 50 minutes. Overnight Hotel (-/-/-)
Día 2: Huaraz - Trekking to Laguna Wilcacoha (3725 m)
For acclimatization we visit the Cordillera Negra, where you can see a magnificent view of the Cordillera Blanca. We’ll have a chance to see wild ducks on the beautiful lake. Wilcacocha, because of its location, is an exceptional viewpoint for the Cordillera Blanca, allowing us to identify peaks (from north to south) Huandoy, Huascarán, Chopicalqui, Hualcan, Copa,Vallunaraju, Ocshapalca, Ranrapalca, Palcaraju, Churup, and many more. Overnight Hotel (B/L/D)
Día 3: Huaraz - Transfer to Village Unchus (3450 m) - Sleep Juventinos Home
After a good breakfast, we visit some farmers near to the village of Unchus Overnight Camp (B/L/D)
Día 4: Village Unchus - Field visit and share the experience with farmers
After a good breakfast, we visit some farmers near to the village of Unchus near the village of yarush over (3650 m), there we can do some activities that make the peasants. Overnight Camp (B/L/D)
Día 5: Village Unchus - Field visit and share the experience with farmers
After a good breakfast, we visit some farmers near to the village of Unchus near the village of yarush over (3650 m), there we can do some activities that make the peasants. Overnight Camp (B/L/D)
Día 6: Village Unchus - Return to the city of Huaraz
After a good breakfast, today we coming back to Huaraz city Overnight Camp (B/L/D)
Día 7: Extension options: some trekking or climbing in the Cordillera Blanca or Cord. Huayhuash
After this tour you can choose some treks or climbing in the Cordillera Blanca and Cordillera Huayhuash. Overnight Camp (B/L/D)

1) Included meals: B=breakfast; L=lunch; D=dinner

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