Located 400 km northeast of Lima (7-8 hours drive by bus), the Cordillera Blanca is the highest tropical mountain chain in the world. Cordillera Blanca receives each year thousands of climbers looking to win its beautiful peaks or along its spectacular scenery. Virtually all of the mountain range is protected by the Huascaran National Park, a paradise of snow-capped, 663 glaciers, 269 lakes and 41 rivers emerald, plus 33 archaeological sites.
The wildlife are an added attraction to the tours through these mountains, about 800 species of flowering plants , among which the Puya Raimondi, aged queñual and cactus forests found only in these mountains, Andean condors, vicuna, pumas,  and more than a hundred species of birds.
The Cordillera Blanca has plenty of trekking circuits, but some of them enjoy world fame: the route of the creek Santa Cruz is perhaps the most popular of all. It begins in the town of Cashapampa and ends in the ravine Llanganuco the edge of the beautiful emerald lakes, a distance that usually takes four to six days. Other popular tours are: around the Alpamayo Mountain, a spectacular journey from the snowy peaks that takes 12 days; Cedros  creek, a road that allows us to observe the mountains of the northern sector of Huascaran National Park  on a journey of four days; Llanganuco - Portachuelo, Simple and short duration.