Huaraz has been affected by several earthquakes, the most disastrous happened May 31 1970. An earthquake of 7.0 grades of intensity in the scale of Righter destroys the city almost completely, and as a result of the fatidical fact 72,000 people they died in the city like in the far away areas. Only the 10% of the constructions is intact, starting from that date the city of Huaraz has been totally reconstructed. The worst part happened in the denominated town Yungay, this town was totally buried by the mud, and stones that it brought I get the removed avalanche of the north part of the Huascarán. As a result 25,000 people died. Only a handful of people who they ran toward the cemetery survived the disaster. Due to the variety of their geography their climate also differs, being able to be warm in the coast and cold in the mountain range. The temperature average of this city is of 17°C it climate it's dry and generally cold, the best time to make tourism is from May to October, clear sky during most of the days and the rainy season is between December and March. Huaraz is the starting point to the important destinations for practices adventure sports, in its proximities they're practiced activities like sky, mountaineering, walks, climb in ice, and rock, canotaje, flights in wing delta, parapente, cycling, and walks to horse. It also has countless natural attractiveness as: the Lagoon of Llanganuco, the Snowy Pastoruri, the Snowy Huascarán (the highest in the Peru 6768 m.s.n.m.) and the Alpamayo, the snowy more beautiful of the world; The Alley of Huaylas, the Alley of Conchucos, "The Canyon of the Duck" and the Thermal Bathrooms of Monterrey. To the outsides of Huaraz is located the Archaeological Complex Chavin of Huantar, belonging to the oldest culture of the Peru where groups of buildings are observed, terraces, platforms, squares, coliseums, underground galleries, channels, columns, heads nail, etc. like our ancestor's expression. |
