5 days
Ausangate 5 days Trekk
Starting at
$650.00
Per Person
Description
- Lima, Peru
Ausangate Trek 5 Days offers you a real taste of the Andean life, as you will find and see modest communities where natives still speak the Inca language (Quechua) and where traditional methods of life are still used. Also, you will see hundreds and hundreds of alpacas So if you wish to do a genuine Peruvian trek out of the beaten track then this is the right excursion for you.
Our new itinerary avoids many of the areas that are becoming crowded with other trekkers.
Ausangate trek 5 days hightlighs
The Ausangate trek 5 days offers an array of wildlife including soaring condors, Alpacas, Viscachas, vicuñas, Condors, bobcats, and pumas. Our private campsites are located with amazing views of Ausangate Mountain from different angles and you will also have the chance to take a bath in 2 hot springs along the way and enjoy the trek’s signature rainbow mountains! The colorful mountains in the Vinicunca area are probably the most amazing thing you are going to see in our country!
Why book the Ausangate trek 5 days with us?
- We don’t overload our pack horses. We stand as the only Travel Agency offering Ausangate Trek 5 days, distinguished by our commitment to preventing the mistreatment of animals. In practice, this translates to our pack horses bearing a load that does not exceed 50 kilograms (equivalent to 100 pounds).
- Our Private campsites are located in the perfect location. 2 of them are the viewpoint of Ausangate and the beautiful lakes.
- Our horsemen are treated with respect. They receive all their equipment for free from our Company to work on the Ausangate trek 5 days to Rainbow Mountain. We provide them a fair salary, a decent tent with a pad, proper meals, trekking shoes, hiking pants, and a Winter hut. We care for their health, well-being, and the health of their families, and we are committed to social projects to improve their lives
- Small groups. 02 to 08 people maximum. This fact sets us apart from other travel companies that take bigger groups.
- Top-notch equipment. We provide Eureka Tents, Mountain wear Sleeping bags, Black Diamond trekking poles, and sleeping pads. We only use top brands and quality to guarantee ache-less nights up in the mountains.
- Satellite phones. Our guide brings the satellite phone all the time. We want you to stay in touch with your loved ones at all times.
- Portable toilets. We provide you with an Eco-friendly, comfortable & clean Toilet.
- Hotel to Hotel service. Direct pick-ups and drop-offs from your hotel in Cusco. We will never leave you stranded before or after our Ausangate trek!
- Highly Trained Guide. Our Tour Guides pride themselves on being up-to-date and have a comprehensive program of continual professional development. We love showing what a fascinating and amazing Ausangate in Peru is.
- Ground logistics. Transportation, Private lands permits, Rainbow Mountain tickets. We book, secure, and deliver all minuscule details of your hike for you.
- We don’t share our group of Ausangate trek 5 days with other companies.
- Cabins and Huts Included. You will spend the night in our Cabins and mountain Huts.
- Our itinerary of the Ausangate Trek 5 Days is specifically designed to get used to the altitude.
- We offer a group discount. If you are more than 3 people, we will give you discounts. Send us an email.
- Horses carry all the equipment and supplies so you can travel light.
Itinerary
We will pick you up from your hotel at 06:00 am and go by private transportation for about 2 hours to Tinki where we will get off to stretch our legs and will take advantage of visiting the Tiki town where we will see people still wearing their typical dress. Then we will drive for another about 1 hour on dusty and bumpy roads. Once we get to the trailhead, we will have our delicious breakfast and then meet our horsemen. We will start the hike From Upispampa through many remote villages with many stream crossings until you arrive in the small town of Upis. The path is almost flat with some ups and downs. We will hike for about 3 hours until we get to our campsite. Here we have our private Cabins where you will spend the night. Our chef will prepare a delicious lunch. After enjoying our food, you have the option to hike to Upis Lake which takes 2 hours round trip. The path to this beautiful lake is flat for about 40 minutes and the last 20 minutes is a gradual uphill. Once we come back from the lake, we will enter our cabins where we will have a chair to sit in and enjoy the tea looking at the amazing Ausangate through the window. Then we will have our dinner then we will go out to enjoy the first starry night, you will remember it.
- Elevation Gain: 330 m / 1082 ft.
- Elevation Loose: 56 m / 183 ft.
- Walking Distance: 8 km/ 4,9 miles.
- Hiking Hour: 3 hours roughly.
- Trailhead Elevation: 4,179 meters / 13,710 feet.
- Difficulty: moderate.
- Campsite Elevation: 4,432 meters / 14,540 feet.
- Highest Point: 4,432 meters / 14,540 feet.
- Accommodation: Cabins.
Early wakeup call at 5:00 am with coca tea brought to your cabin. After that, we pack up our belongings, eat breakfast, and start hiking up to Arapa Pass, which is uphill to 4958 m, then a slight decline to our lunch spot near Lake Pucacocha. After having the delicious food we keep walking uphill to get to the second pass called Pucacocha pass(5000m) then we will go downhill another couple hours to our campsite called Ananta where we will spend the night in our Mountain huts. Along the way, we will appreciate different glacier peaks, rivers, small lakes, alpacas, local herders, and llamas, of course, you will always be with your guide who will explain the area to you.
- Elevation Gain: 884 m / 2900 ft.
- Elevation Loose: 567 m / 1,860 feet.
- Walking Distance: 14 km/ 8,68 miles.
- hiking hours: 8 – 9 hours roughly.
- Trailhead Elevation: 4,400 meters / 14,430 feet.
- Difficulty: Difficult.
- Campsite Elevation: 4,700 meters / 15,400 feet.
- Accommodation: Mountain Huts.
You will be awakened at 4:00 am with coca tea. After our nutritious breakfast, we pack up, enjoy breakfast then start to hike up to Surini Pass, which is 5051m. From there you enjoy the colorful mountains around you and you will see Rainbow Mountain still in the distance. Then we go downhill to Circle Lake then continue walking the Peruvian flat until we to get Rainbow Mountain, where we will enjoy the amazing colorful mountains and their surroundings. We will get to the rainbow Mountain at 08:00 am. Then we will hike down for about 2 hours to Alqatari where we have lunch and dinner and then spend the night in our mountain huts. On the way, we will hike through small villages and of course Llamas and Alpacas.
- Elevation Gain: 665 m / 2.181 ft.
- Elevation Loose: 872 m / 2860 feet.
- Walking Distance: 16 km/ 9.942 miles.
- hiking hour: 7 hours roughly.
- Difficulty: Difficult.
- Campsite Elevation: 4,420 meters / 14,500 feet.
- Accommodation: Shelter.
After our delicious breakfast, we begin hiking up to the highest point of the Ausangate trail of our trip at 5300m called Palomani Pass. Therefore, you are going to feel like you are in heaven, higher than all the other hikes in all regions of Cusco. You will appreciate the great canyons and valleys of the Andes, but be aware that some Condors might be flying nearby. Once you get to the summit, you will be right at the bottom of the Ausangate Mountain which is considered to be the protector by the locals.
Along the way, we will appreciate different glacier peaks, bubbling streams, rivers, red lakes, chinchillas, alpacas, local herders, and llamas. We will then walk up and down and arrive at our lunch spot called Huchuy Phinaya. After our delicious lunch, we hiked another 1 hour to our campsite called Surapampa. This campsite is located close to Rocky área so we will see a lot of Chinchilas sitting on top of the rocks.
- Elevation Gain: 785 m / 2575 ft.
- Elevation Loose: 693 m / 2273 feet.
- Distance: 14 km / 8.69 miles.
- Campsite elevation: 4591 m / 15,062ft.
- Highest Point: 5,099 m / 16,729 ft.
- Hiking time: 7 – 8 hours.
- Difficulty: Difficult.
- Accommodation: Camping in Tents.
Today we cross the last pass, we begin hiking uphill for about 3 hours in order to get to the last pass at 4900m. From here we can appreciate some more glacier peaks and the 7 lakes of Ausangate and then we will descend to our lunch spot called PACCHANTA where our cooks and horsemen are going to make our last supper.
There is a nice natural hot spring in Pacchanta in the middle of the mountain. So, after 5 days of hiking, you will love to take a bath in the hot springs and might enjoy some beer. Therefore. you will have a chance to buy some handmade handicrafts from local people. Then we say goodbye to our horsemen and we will get our private van and drive back for 3 hours back to Cusco. Finally, we bring you back to your hotel at 6 pm.
- Elevation Gain: 528 m / 1732 ft.
- Elevation Loose: 815 m / 2,673 feet.
- Distance: 17 km / 10.563 miles.
- Highest Point: 5,050 m / 16,568 ft.
- Hiking time: 7 – 8 hours.
- Difficulty: Difficult.