MAIN
ATTRACTIVE TOURIST
Jr Jose Olaya. - Testimony of the old
city of Huaraz, of before the 1970 earthquake,
is a narrow adjacent street with houses of
marinates in which the wood windows, doors and
balconies stand out.
Regional museum of Huaraz. - Located in
the Civic Center (Seat of Arms). Account with
valuable collections of ceramics and monoliths
of the old cultures of the region.
Sanctuary of the Gentleman of the Solitude. -
Church of patrono of the city of Huaraz.
Viewpoint of Rataquenua. - Hill located
in the high part of the city of Huaraz, from
where all the panorama of the city can be
appreciated. Another viewpoint is the Balcony of
Judas, from which a Vista of the snowed ones is
obtained.
Deposit of Trouts. - Located in the right
margin of the Quilcay river (Nicrupampa) it is a
technified deposit of trouts of the variety
rainbow.
THE ENVIRONS OF THE CITY
Monterrey. - Located to 7 km to the north of
Huaraz, famous by its landscapes and being a
thermus-medicinal center for the treatment of
rheumatic diseases, with waters that arrive
until 49°C.
Chancos. - Bath to 30 km to the north of
Huaraz, its location is ideal because it is a
valley that it has like the one of his marks
snow-covered Hualcán. The thermal sources of
Chancos have a temperature that varies between
the 68 and 72°C.
Valley of Huaylas. - It is an ample
Andean valley of approximately 200 km in length
and between its important mountain ranges they
emphasize the White Mountain range and the Black
Mountain range.
The river Santa, that is born in the lagoon of
Conococha to 4 100 msnm crosses all the
extension of the valley, bordered by the most
colorful rosary of cities and towns, being most
important: Recuay, Huaraz, Carhuaz, Yungay and
Caraz. Recuay. - To 3 422 msnm and 25 km to the
south of Huaraz.
Her simple people and worker dedicate themselves
to agriculture and the mining. In their environs
are the archaeological rest of Old Town.
Carhuaz. - To 2 650 msnm and 34 km to the
north of Huaraz. Traditional city, constructed
to the racially mixed style. Its ample Seat of
Arms welcomes modern constructions like the
Civic Center and the Sanctuary of the Virgin of
the Mercedes, whose festividad is celebrated the
24 of September.
Yungay. - To 2 500 msnm and 55 km to the
north of Huaraz, the foot of the famous one snow-covered
Huascarán.
After the fatídico alluvium of the 31 of May of
1970 in that it was buried, it has been
reconstructed to the north of his old location.
To 25 km, between the Huascarán and the Huandoy,
are the lagoons of Llanganuco, beautiful natural
water wealth blue and edénico landscape.
Caraz. - To 2 285 msnm and 67 km to the
north of Huaraz. It is a colorful city that
keeps the enchantments from the old towns of the
mountain range, preferred by the lovers of
aesthetic the urban-rural one. Its climate is
exceptionally warm and dry, in its countrysides
of cautivante beautiful beauty they cultivate
claveles and other varieties of flowers for the
export.
National park Huascarán
Created in 1975 with the objective to conserve
the geologic flora, fauna, properties,
archaeological sites and beauty of the White
Mountain range.
Sandal not only snowed of the same name but all
area that surpasses 3 300 km2
Flora. - Most important and exceptional
is puya Raimondi, plant that 12 ms of height
reach and have a service life of approximately
100 years.
Puya blooms a single time in its life, soon it
scatters its six million seeds and dies. Also
other species like the queñual exist, to
quishuar and an ample variety of orquídeas.
Fauna. - The fauna also is varied, being
the species more known the deer, vicuna, bear of
eyeglasses, taruca, puma and fox. Between the
birds of the zone they emphasize: pichisanca or
American, tórtola and jilguerito sparrow
cordilleranos, perdiz, duck-frog, cóndor and
picaflor.
Lagoons
Parón. - To 100 km to the north of Huaraz
and to 32 km of Caraz. It is the greatest lagoon
of the White Mountain range (4 200 msnm); the
coloration of its waters is blue celestial.
From this lagoon the snowed ones are appraised:
Pyramid of Garcilaso, North Huandoy, Pisco,
Chacraraju and Paria.
Llanganuco. - To 82 km to the north of
Huaraz and to 25 km of Yungay: The access is by
a hard road (3 860 msnm). Conformed by two
lagoons Chinan Cocha (lagoon female) and Orcón
Cocha (male lagoon).
Both are characterized by the incomparable
coloration of their waters green-turquesa. From
the snowed ones of Chopicalqui, Huascarán are
appraised here, Huandoy, Pisco, Chacraraju and
Yanapaccha.
Llaca. - To 27 km of Huaraz. Account with
access road from Huaraz, in the passage can be
appreciated the archaeological rest of
Huilcahuain. From this lagoon the snowed ones of
Occhapalca and Ranrapalca are observed.
Querococha. - (3 840 msnm) Located in the
highway that leads to Chavín to 57 km. From the
Pucaraju and Yanamarey are appraised here snowed.
Fishing of trouts at certain times of the year.
Broken of Pachacoto-Carpa.
To 57 km to the south of Huaraz in the
deflection to broken Pachacoto-Carpa. In this
zone it is possible to be found the rodales of
famous puya Raimondi, the gasified sources of
Pumapampa, eye Pumashimi the water, cave
paintings and the snowed ones of Muroraju,
Huarapasca and Tuco.
To 3.5 km of the deflection is the snow-covered
Pastoruri, propitious for the practice of the
ski and the andinismo of easy ascent.
Tube of the Duck. - It is an impressive
geographic feature, where the graníticas rocks
of the White and Black Mountain range come near
less to than 5 meters of distance, produced by
the erosion of torrentosas waters of the river
Santa.
Taking advantage of this geographic feature, the
man has drilled the rock to construct to 35
tunnels and the Hydroelectric Power station of
the Tube of the Duck, one of most impressive
engineer installations of the country and
important generating source of electrical energy
of the country.
Lagoon of Conocha. - Located on 4 100
msnm, point of beginning of the Alley of Huaylas
and place where the mighty river Santa is born
OTHER ATTRACTIVENESS IN THE DEPARTMENT
Archaeological complex of Chavín de Huántar is
in the district of Chavín (province of
Huari), in the denominated alley of Conchucos,
to 110 km of Huaraz. Discovered by Julio C.
Tello in 1919, it was declared by UNESCO like
Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity.
The temple, whose plant is rectangular of
piramidal form truncates, is constructed with
enormous blocks of symmetrical stones, insured
with wedges of the same material and stone
mortar.
He was one of the main religious and cultural
centers of the region. Sample of their shining
architecture is the labyrinths, Straits
corridors and enigmatic worked stone figures, as
the "heads you nail" carved with ferocious faces.
In the temple three phases of construction are
distinguished clearly.
First fact with stone canteada, ready
alternadamente in a row of great stones and
another one of small until reaching a height of
14 meters corresponds to the Old Temple of
Lanzón. In the interior of the Old Temple, to
the center, it is the denominated gallery "of
the Lanzón", by the enormous stone carved in
form of gigantic point of the spear of 4.60 ms
of stop, representing a personage with feline
attributes, bird and serpent.
The inner galleries are formed with stone walls.
Apparently, originally they were plastered with
mud and they were painted. It has like ceiling
great stones that support voluminous the stuffed
one of buildings. There are other contemporary
galleries to the Old Temple: the camping, the
offerings, the laco, the perrons, the cupboards,
the labyrinths and the one of the bat.
The antiquity of Chavín still is controverted,
and their beginnings must locate in the 1200
years a.C.
Sechín. - To 5 km to the Southeastern of
the city of Casma. The archaeological set
consists of a temple-palace of stone and mud, in
addition there is an interesting museum. Their
main attractiveness conforms their 300 líticas,
unique sculptures in the Peruvian coast, with
representations of soldiers with degolladas
heads, arms and mutilated legs, vertebrae and a
surprising digestive apparatus.
The age of this culture comes near to 1500 years
a.C. To few kilometers is the strength of
Chanquillo with its three circular walls and
their respective entrances, where still
interesting architectonic elements can be
appraised such as the supports of the doors done
of carob tree wood.
Wilcahuaín. - To 7 km to the northeast of
the city of Huaraz, it emphasizes this beautiful
temple of superposed platforms, stone fact
completely. In its interior a network of
galleries exists. Its antiquity calculates in
900 years d.C. and is a clear manifestation of
the Wari influence in the region.
Strength of Paramonga. - Located in the
coast, the limit between the departments of Lima
and Ancash. Although there are archaeologists
who maintain that this imposing construction was
a religious ceremonial center, the majority
agrees that he was used like last bastion of the
Chimús before succumbing to the forces of the
Pachacútec Inca, in the middle of century XV.
Nepeña. - To 35 km of Casma, in the coast.
Near this valley is the temple or huaca of
Pañamarca, constructed with it marinates and
that still shows vestiges of the last Mochica,
with unique paintings in its sort.
Huarmey. - Province costeña that lodges
to several fish flour factories, with beautiful
beaches in its passage, between which it
emphasizes the bath of Turtles.
Chimbote. - Considered at certain moment
the more important fishing port of the world.
The city is located in the extensive bay of the
Ferrol, considered like one of abrigadoras and
safe of the world.
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