Located in the south part of the Cordillera Blanca, its one of the glaciers left in the tropical areas of South America; the glacier is around 8 square kms in size, and around 4km long with a terrestrial snow ending, the glacier is retreating quickly, it has lost 22% of its size and 15.5% on its ice mass in the last 30 years. The glacier occupies an Andean peak around 5250masl and so has steep, cliff like edges, with heavily crevassed areas characteristic of a chirque glacier.
Duration: 1 day
Pickup included
When you book your tour, please send us an email two days in advance. The guide will call you when arriving to your hotel for a pickup
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Please arrive at the pick up point 20 minutes before departure time.
pick up starts 20 minutes before so please be ready at hotel lobby the guide will call you by your name