Drive to Olleros, the starting point of our trek. Here our llamas and drivers will wait for us while we start winding slowly along a river bed at first  to  reach the vicinity of tomorrow's pass.  Beautiful views of the rolling plains and snowcapped peaks of the Huascaran National Park.  Camp at Sacracancha.

We slowly ascend the pass at Yana shallash (4,700 m.a.s.l. / 15,416 ft).  We will see the peaks of Umashraju, Huantsan, Rurec and other mountains as we hike over the continental divide into the Callejon de Conchucos on the eastern side of the Andes. The trail coming off the pass is clearly pre-hispanic with flagstones zig zagging down the mountainside. We will pass some family communities during the course of the day.  Camp at Shongopampa.

The trail winds slowly down hill into the valley as we leave the mountains behind through agricultural fields. At midday we will arrive at Chavin de Huantar located on the outskirts of the village of the same name. During the afternoon we will explore the ruins.  The site has many galleries and holds carved stone figures of anthropomorphic semblance reminiscent of the Maya culture.  It is the oldest known pre-columbian culture discovered known as Chavin-Kotosh. We depart by bus to Huaraz where we stay overnight - again the bus ride brings us over the continental divide at a high pass traversing a tunnel to then pass through the village of  Ccatac.  Overnight at a country inn, dinner on your own.