Expenses

 
description price eachtotalnotes
Transportation
Flight: SF->Lima->SF $550 $1,650 Varried person to person.
Departure fee at airport $25 $75  
Bus: Lima->Huaraz - Ormenos*S/. 30.00S/. 90.00Prices dependent on company, season.
Excess (>30kg?) baggage charge*S/. 30.00S/. 90.00 
Bus: Lima->Huaraz - Express CIAL*S/. 30.00S/. 90.00Express CIAL highly recommended - good prices, luxury
Collectivo Huaraz<->other locales*S/. 20.00S/. 60.00total for various trips, per person
Collectivo: Caraz->Cashapampa, one way*S/. 5.00S/. 15.00 
Car: Cashapampa->Caraz, one way, for all*S/. 20.00S/. 20.00 
Accomodation
Lima: Hotel Grand Castle*S/. 15.00S/. 45.00Opposite the Ormeno bus station. Convenient, cheap motel equivalent, don't remember prices. Also at Hotel Europa, in central Lima. Highly recommended.
Huaraz: Casa de Guias*S/. 15.00S/. 45.00Dormitory, good services, decent restaurant downstairs.
Food
restaurants*S/. 50.00S/. 150.00You can get an excellent meal for S/.25, or a terrible meal for S/.2.50. Your results may vary. Also, the markets have an excellent supply of reasonably quality, cheap fresh produce.
Miscellaneous
Postcards S/. 1.00S/. 15.00 
White gas per liter S/. 4.00S/. 4.00From a shoe repair guy working from a tiny shopfront on the main street. Fairly clean gas.
National Park permit S/. 0.00S/. 0.00no way to pay when we entered
Arriero/ burros S/. 0.00S/. 0.00didn't use any
Total$1,912  
Notes
Peruvian Sole (S/.) ~= $0.30US at time of trip
In summary - all our expenses in Peru came to only a fraction of the cost of the airfare :-)
Most prices approximate. (*) suggests especially wild guesses.