✅ 🚌 We leave the city of Huaraz at approximately 7am with our private transportation to Carhuaz where we take a detour towards the eastern part of the Cordillera Blanca passing through the town of Hualcan.

   ✅ 🌾 During the journey we will see people dedicated to agriculture and enjoy an impressive panorama of the peaks of the Cordillera Blanca, among them the Huascarán.

   ✅ 🎟️ Then we arrive at the point where you have to pay the entrance fee and a few minutes later we arrive at Shonquilpampa, here the hike will begin but before the guide will give some instructions about the hike.

   ✅ 🥾 The hike begins through the ravine appreciating a lot of vegetation such as the quenuales, then ascending a zigzag parallel to the Chucchun River to the Rajupaquinan lagoon where we will have a rest.

   ✅ 🏞️ Then continue towards our objective which is Lagoon 513, located below the Hualcan snow-capped mountain (6122 m).

   ✅ 🏔️ Here we will enjoy giant mountains as we mentioned, the Hualcan lagoon and the melting snow that give rise to the waterfalls.

   ✅ ⏳ Our hike takes approximately 3 hours to reach Laguna 513, at an altitude of 4,460 meters above sea level.

   ✅ 📸 We'll take a long break to enjoy the hike and take beautiful photographs.

   ✅ 🔙 We'll then return to the private transport along the same trail to Shonquilpampa, where we'll be taken back to Huaraz and then to our respective hotels.

   ✅ ⏱️ The hike will take approximately 7 hours, round trip, over a distance of 14 km. The bus ride takes approximately 3 hours.