Cordillera Blanca

Benham x 2 - Hidden Chachapoyas & Santa Cruz Trek Review

Benham x 2 - Hidden Chachapoyas & Santa Cruz Trek Review

Australian couple, Carmel & Daryl Benham, from Cheltenham, Victoria, booked two tours with PeruNorth as part of a longer trip around Northern Peru in June / July 2025. Here are their comments, along with some photos they took:

‘We had Julio for the Hidden Chachapoyas Tour and Virgilio for the Santa Cruz Trek. Both were excellent guides. They were very knowledgeable, interesting to talk to and looked after us very well. 

Boulay x 2 Testimonial - Santa Cruz 5D Trek

Boulay x 2 Testimonial - Santa Cruz 5D Trek

In August 2025, a Dutch-Canadian couple in their early 30s, booked to do the five-day Santa Cruz trek, which included a visit to Lake 69. Here are their comments

Vallunaraju - a 'Moderate' Cordillera Blanca Climb

Vallunaraju - a 'Moderate' Cordillera Blanca Climb

By the giddying standards of Huascaran National Park, which contains 27 peaks over 6,000 m (19,685 ft), Mount Vallunaraju, standing  at 5,686 m (18,654 ft) is a relative midget.

It can be seen directly from Huaraz, as well from the Cordillera Negra, and is easily identifiable for its double - headed summit, of which the northern summit is the highest one. It is one of the few peaks in the Cordillera Blanca that can be climbed from Huaraz in two days.