From Lima and Trujillo there are daily buses to Huaraz. We recommend the companies Movil Tours or Cruz del Sur, which offer high quality transportation. The trip takes about eight hours and costs around $15 US.

To get to RESPONS' office, please tell the taxi driver to go up the 28 de Julio, in the block between Jirón Bolivar and Gamarra (Llévame al 28 de Julio, la cuadra entre el Jirón Bolivar y la Gamarra). Going uphill, we are on the left side of the road; number 821. Click on the map on the right to see the large version.

A taxi (to whichever destination in Huaraz) will cost S/.2,50 or three in the early morning. Bigger and detailed maps of Huaraz are available for free at RESPONS, please ask when you visit us.

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To get to Vicos Getting from Huaraz to Vicos is easy; get a combi to Carhuaz and get out in Marcará; pay S/.2,50. From Marcará, get any transportation up to Vicos, costs are one sol or S/.1,50. Nevertheless, please note that your stay in Vicos needs to be pre-arranged: Vicos is huge and our lodges are scattered around the village, away from the main road. If you pre-arrange your visit with RESPONS, your hostfather from Vicos will come to Huaraz to pick you up and make sure that you arrive safe and well to your temporary mountain home. To get to Humacchuco To get from Huaraz to Humacchuco is also pretty easy; take a combi to Caraz and get out in Yungay: pay 4 soles. From Yungay, take public transportation up to Humacchuco, ask for the house of Armando Tito or the community building. Most people around know about the tourism project and you will see the lodges. Again, our project members might be away to their agricultural fields or working in the mountains. Pre-arranging your stay is always the safest way to go. To get to the Inka Naani The starting point for the Inka Naani is Pomachaca, on the road between San Marcos and Huari, in Los Conchucos. Buses to Huari can take you to Pomachaca, but please beware that there are no services readily available. If you pre-arrange your stay, local people can wait for you with donkeys or lamas, and a guide.

By the end of the Inka Naani, you are close to the city of La Unión, from where buses depart to Lima or Huaraz, generally in the early morning.

Huaripampa is about half an hour from Huaraz by combi (small van). You catch the combis on the corner of Confraternidad Oeste and Tarapacá. Please note that our weavers in Huaripampa are also farmers; pre-arranging your visit is wise to avoid dissapointments.

Both of these trips will take you from Lima to the Central Peruvian jungle. After reservation, RESPONS will let you know if you need to gather at the main bus terminal of the transport company Junín in Lima, or if you will be picked up in your hotel in Lima. You will start your journey from the above mentioned terminal and you will take the night bus (semi-cama) to the Central Jungle Chanchamayo, which is a distance of 329 km. You will arrive in La Merced after a bus journey of approximately 8 hours, after which you will be transferred to the native community San Miguel de Marankiari by private transportation.

To participate in the Yacu Tayta jungle experience, which takes place in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve in the Amazon jungle near Iquitos, you will first need to fly from Lima to Iquitos. From Iquitos it depends on the means of transport which you have reserved at RESPONS how you will travel further into the jungle.

Public transportation option
You will leave Iquitos from the Puerto Productores (“Producers’ Port”) by boat, which will be navigating the Ucayali River up to Requena. You will spend the night on the boat and the next day you will arrive in Requena. This portion of the journey takes place on a public launch equipped with private cabins. Upon arrival in Requena in the morning, there will be time for breakfast after which you will board a private boat to the community of Manco Capac, the port of entry to “El Dorado” (approximately 5 hours with 40 hp motor).

Private transportation option
You will leave from Iquitos by bus to the city Nauta, which takes approximately 2 hours. In Nauta you will embark on a fast private boat which will take you to the community Manco Capac, the port of entry to “El Dorado” (approximately 5 to 6 hours with 150-160 hp engine). You will have lunch on this boat.

This trip will start from Huaraz. After reservation, RESPONS will let you know how let they will pick you up at your hotel by private jeep to start the journey. During this adventure you will travel by private jeep from Huaraz to Chavín, Llata, Tanta Mayo, and La Union, while visiting interesting places and beautiful viewpoints on the way.