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Yungapampa

Cochabamba Department · Adventure and peaks

Yungapampa, photo 1
Photo: Anngel1usser, CC BY-SA 4.0

Behind the Tunari range, the mountains plunge towards the Yungas of Cochabamba. Yungapampa is a community refuge at 3,630 m on the edge of that drop, where the sun often rises over a sea of clouds. You get there on foot or with mules from Huari Pucara, past rock paintings, canyons and the Infiernillo waterfall. This is the land of the jucumari, the spectacled bear, as well as the puma and the condor.

3,630 maltitude
2 to 3 daysto spend there
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High altitude. Above 3,500 m, altitude sickness (soroche) is common. Arrive gradually, drink plenty and take it slow on the first day.

Things to do

  • 2 or 3 day trek from Huari Pucara, with mules
  • Sunrise over the sea of clouds
  • Rock paintings of Rumy Plaza and the Infiernillo waterfall
  • Watch condors, Andean deer and maybe the spectacled bear

What to eat

  • SilpanchoA thin breaded beef cutlet on rice and potatoes, topped with a fried egg and a tomato and onion salad. THE Cochabamba dish.
  • Quinoa soupA hot soup of quinoa and vegetables, served in refuges and high-altitude comedores. Perfect when it's cold.
Tip. Hard to reach: about 4 h by 4x4 from Cochabamba through Tiquipaya, then the walk. Best with an agency or a local guide, who arranges transport, mules and the refuge. Nights are cold.

How to get to Yungapampa

  • Cochabamba 4x4 tour or excursion · 4 h by 4x4 + 1 to 2 days on foot

    With an agency or a local guide, to Huari Pucara, then on foot with mules.

Photos of Yungapampa

Yungapampa, photo 2
Photo: MELISSA REVOLLO P., CC BY-SA 4.0

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