Cordillera Blanca Adventures is an independently-run Peruvian company that organizes trekking, climbing, mountain biking, horseback riding and school adventure holidays. The company has a commitment to housing its travelers in quality hotels and regularly assesses and guarantees the accommodations it books. Cordillera Blanca Adventures has a separate climbing itinerary for each of the 11 Cordillera Blanca Mountains, with each mountain's difficulty level and the duration of the trek listed. There are also six treks through a range of passes that vary between three and nine days in duration -- the difficulty level is also listed on each section. Travelers looking to organize a climb with Cordillera Blanca Adventures should contact the proprietors by e-mail to arrange a customized itinerary.
The Exdous tour group is a large company that offers adventure holidays around the world. Their Cordillera Blanca and Huayhuash package, including flights, costs between $3,700 and $4,320 -- as of December 2010 -- offers travelers a 16-day itinerary of both climbing and trekking for adult groups only. The Exodus website describes its Cordillera Blanca package as "challenging," and Exodus may require proof of climbers' abilities before accepting a booking. All breakfasts and nine lunches and dinners are included in the price of the package, which features nine nights of camping, with lunch and dinner included, three nights in hostels and the other two in hotels. The Exodus group is committed to responsible practices, and a percentage of your package cost is donated to the Rainbow Centre, which works to educate children who have special needs.
The Andean Trails' company trek of the Cordillera Blanca is known as the Route of the Condor package and involves trekking over two high passes. Beginning climbers are welcome to take on these two peaks, and Andean Trails will provide full training and equipment for inexperienced travelers on this 15-day trail. The company provides breakfasts each day while also including all lunches, dinners and eating equipment for the seven days spent camping; the other seven are spent staying in hotels. The cost of flights is not automatically added to the price of the package, so travelers who wish to have their air transport booked should specify this when arranging the tour.
