The Huancayo City is the capital of the "Departamento de Junín", the city is 3250m height, it has a average temperature of 13°C, it is dry and intense sun. The temperature in the nights could descend until near the 0°C in the months of July and August, it knows you like the station of frost. During the day the temperature could ascend until 22°C. The station of the rains begins by the middle of November and it could extend even ends of April, The more convenient access route is Lima - La Oroya - Huancayo, a distance of 300 Km and a average journey of 6 hours in automobile. The travel was in train also some years ago through the tallest railroad of the world. It is possible for air route Lima - Jauja, but the air service is sporadic.

Huancayo is known historically like "la incontrastable", for the unbroken race of the "Huancas", it is commercial and tourist center of this region now in order its ease access from the capital of the country.

The "Mantaro" valley has an extension of 50 Km in it there are several counties, Huancayo is one of them, in order to visit the valley you should make a journey for the populations of both margins.

The most important tourist places are:

• Plaza constitución in Huancayo

• Cerrito de la Libertad in Huancayo

• Jauja, The first capital of Peru

• Paca Lake, near Jauja (2 Km)

• The trout hatchery in Ingenio

• Concepcion, twice heroic city

• Ocopa monastery (El convento de Ocopa)

• Owl Cave (La cueva de las lechuzas)

• Las Puya de Raimondi

Typical Dishes of the region:

• Papa a la Huancaina

• Pachamanca

• Caldo de Cabeza

• Patasca and Mondongo

• Patachi

• Chupe Verde

• Quinua Lawa

• Carnero al Palo

• Trout

Typical dances of the region:

• Huaylarsh antiguo

• Huaylarsh moderno

• Chonguinada

• Huaconada

• Danza de los Chinchipos y Gamonales

The handcraft:

• He carved wooden in Mito town.

• The ceramists and artisans in Aco town.

• The craftsmen of the silver in "San Jeronimo de Tunan" town

• The fabrics in Cajas Town