| description | | price each | total | notes |
| Transportation |
| Flight: SF->Lima->SF | | $550 | $1,650 | Varried person to person. |
| Departure fee at airport | | $25 | $75 | |
| Bus: Lima->Huaraz - Ormenos | * | S/. 30.00 | S/. 90.00 | Prices dependent on company, season. |
| Excess (>30kg?) baggage charge | * | S/. 30.00 | S/. 90.00 | |
| Bus: Lima->Huaraz - Express CIAL | * | S/. 30.00 | S/. 90.00 | Express CIAL highly recommended - good prices, luxury |
| Collectivo Huaraz<->other locales | * | S/. 20.00 | S/. 60.00 | total for various trips, per person |
| Collectivo: Caraz->Cashapampa, one way | * | S/. 5.00 | S/. 15.00 | |
| Car: Cashapampa->Caraz, one way, for all | * | S/. 20.00 | S/. 20.00 | |
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| Accomodation |
| Lima: Hotel Grand Castle | * | S/. 15.00 | S/. 45.00 | Opposite 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/. 15.00 | S/. 45.00 | Dormitory, good services, decent restaurant downstairs. |
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| Food |
| restaurants | * | S/. 50.00 | S/. 150.00 | You 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. |
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| Miscellaneous |
| Postcards | | S/. 1.00 | S/. 15.00 | |
| White gas per liter | | S/. 4.00 | S/. 4.00 | From a shoe repair guy working from a tiny shopfront on the main street. Fairly clean gas. |
| National Park permit | | S/. 0.00 | S/. 0.00 | no way to pay when we entered |
| Arriero/ burros | | S/. 0.00 | S/. 0.00 | didn't use any |
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| Total | $1,912 | |
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| 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. |
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