Ausangate Trek (05 Days – 04 Nights)
This adventure option is recommended for people who enjoy walking through nature and feeling the energy of Mother Earth also called “Pachamama”. We will admire the gigantic mountains called “Apus” which are considered as Protector Gods and Regulators of the climate and is the most sacred mountain of this area. This walk will allow us to know how people live in the Andes, what are their customs, their traditions and thus learn from their lifestyle that is astonishing and interesting. We will also observe different types of Andean animals such as llamas, Alpacas, guanacos, etc.
Itinerary
DAY 01: CUSCO – OCONGATE – TINQUI – UPIS Very early in the morning, we will pick you up from your hotel, and we will board the bus (3 hours) to head to the village of OCONGATE. In this place we will start our trek towards the town of TINQUI (3,800 m.a.s.l.). Here we will have our first corresponding break for lunch. Then, we will continue our tour observing some snowy, local animals, and plants common at this altitude, until arriving at our first camp in the place denominated UPIS (4,140 m.a.s.l.). The tour lasts 7 hours approx. up to the camp.
- Food: lunch and dinner
- Maximum Altitude: 4447 masl / 14589 ft
- Minimum Altitude: 3778 masl / 12395 ft
- Travel distance: 10 km / 6.21 ml
- Approximate walking time: 8 hours
Day 02: Upis – “Abra Arapa” After a well-deserved breakfast, we will start our second day of walking towards “ABRA ARAPA” (4,700 m.a.s.l.). This place is one of the most beautiful because the walk is not so arduous. The most extraordinary thing is that you will be able to observe imposing snow-capped peaks, as well as beautiful landscapes. Then we will arrive to our second camp at “ABRA ARAPA” where we will have our dinner. This tour lasts 6 hours approx.
- Food: breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Maximum Altitude: 4650 masl / 15255 ft
- Minimum Altitude: 4447 masl / 14589 ft
- Travel distance: 16 km / 9.94 ml
- Approximate walking time: 9 hours.
Day 3: “Abra Arapa – Abra Campo” After another well-deserved breakfast, we wil begin our hike towards ABRA CAMPO (5,121 m.a.s.l.), this will be our next camp. During the tour, we will be able to appreciate majestic glaciers together with the Color Mountain or “Colored Hill/Cerro Colorado” that are above the plain. In the same way, we will have the opportunity to be able to observe many Andean camelids who live at these heights, a hard 8-hour tour.
- Food: breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Maximum altitude: 5121 masl / 16814 ft
- Minimum Altitude: 4650 masl / 15255 ft
- Travel distance: 16 km / 9.94 ml
- Approximate walking time: 9 hours
Day 4: “Abra Campo – Pacchanta” On this day, our trek is not as exhausting as we will walk on a plain where we can enjoy the thermal baths in PACHANTA, in this place, we will be camping and we will have the opportunity to observe some communities that still maintain their customs in animal breeding.
- Food: breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Maximum Altitude: 5070 masl / 16633 ft
- Minimum Altitude: 4300 masl / 14107 ft
- Travel distance: 14 km / 8.69 ml
Day 5: Pacchanta – Tinki – Cusco On The Last day of the trek, after our breakfast, we will continue our journey until we reach TINKI, where our bus will wait for us to return to the city of Cusco. During this trip, we will be able to appreciate many communities that still preserve their houses and ancestral customs.
- Food: breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Maximum altitude: 4300 meters / 14107 feet
- Minimum altitude: 3778 meters / 12395 feet
- Travel distance: 10 km / 6.21mi
- Approximate walking time: 5 hours
End of our services.
Included/ Not Included
Included:
- Transportation and pickup from the hotel of CUSCO – TINKI – CUSCO.
- Camping equipment: large tents, mats, “mattresses”
- Dining tent with table and chairs, tent service.
- Food: 4 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, 4 Dinners
- Professional guide (English or Spanish)
- Chef and assistant with full kitchen equipment
- Mule drivers and mules to transport the equipment of camping, feeding and backpack of the tourist.
- Emergency Horse.
- Entrance to the AUSANGATE Park.
- First aid case, oxygen and ropes.
Not Included:
- Sleeping bag.
- List of things to carry in the backpack: (Maximum weight 7 Kl)
- Sunscreen and repellent.
- Waterproof jacket.
- Rain poncho.
- Small backpack (for personal things).
Important
- Each passenger must carry his own backpack with his personal equipment.
- Camps are subject to change according to the criteria of the guide or the progress of the group.
- The price shown at the top of the itinerary is in shared or “Pull” service (Group of 8 to 14 people). Prices in private service vary according to the number of passengers, check rates with reservas@peruplanetexp.com.
Recomendations
You Need To Take:
- Flashlight and batteries.
- Sleeping bag.
- A personal backpack with changes of clothes.
- Raincoat in rainy season.
- Cleaning articles.
- Trekking shoes.
- Money in soles or dollars.
- Bathing suit.
- Hat, sunglasses, sunblock, insect repellent.
- Mineral water (2 liters) and purification tablets (“Micropur”).
