Huaraz & the Cordilleras - Peru - page 815

Activities, Courses & Tours

Pony Expeditions (see 5)

Sleeping

1 Cordillera Blanca Hotel C2

2 Hostal Chavín B3

3 Hostal La Casona C3

4 La Perla de Los Andes B2

Eating

5 Café de Rat B3

6 Cafetería La Terraza B2

7 Heladería Caraz Dulzura B2

Information

8 Banco de la Nación B3

9 BCP A2

10 Cámara de Turismo B3

Transport

11 Colectivos to Cashapampa & Pueblo Parón D1

12 Colectivos to Huallanca A2

13 Colectivos to Yungay & Huaraz B4

14 Cooperativa Ancash A2

15 Transportes Rodríguez A3

16 Yungay Express A3

Cañón del Pato
If you continue north from Caraz along the Callejón de Huaylas, you will wind your way
through the outstanding Cañón del Pato. It's here that the Cordillera Blanca and the Cor-
dillera Negra come to within kissing distance for a battle of bedrock wills, separated in
parts by only 15m and plummeting to vertigo-inducing depths of up to 1000m. The har-
rowing road snakes along a path hewn out of sheer rock, over a precipitous gorge and
passes through 35 tunnels, hand-cut through solid stone. Gargantuan, crude walls tower
above the road on all sides, and as the valley's hydroelectric plant comes into sight you
realize that it's dramatic enough to house the secret lair of a James Bond arch-villain. Sit

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