Jauja is situated at an altitude of 3,400 meters. Our destination, which included several glacier lakes and glacier-topped peaks, was at more than 4,500 meters.
Luckily we'd had a few days to acclimate. Though even then, it still feels like you are top of the world.
Eating in Huancayo after our hike
The weather was not promising when we started out.
At this point, we were very cold and wet, but the views were still splendid.
The clouds eventually lifted and we could see the clear blue water of the glacial lakes and tops of the glacier-covered peaks.
The glacier emerges
Three lakes empty into each other, then into a valley that turns to jungle and joins the Amazon River.
Rainbow
alpaca
sheep
alpaca and Andes peak
Llama and sheep traffic jam on our way back toward Huancayo
Vicuna, the wild version or ancestor of the llama. Their wool is considered the finest. It's more rare and considerably more expensive than alpaca. The wild ones are rounded up annually to be shorn and tagged.
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