AUSANGATE TREK + RAIMBOW MOUNTAIN 5 DAYS

Early wakeup call at 5:00 am with coca tea brought to your tents. 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.

• Walking Distance: 14km/ 8,660 miles.
• hiking hour: 9 hours roughly.
• Difficulty:
• Campsite Elevation: 4,420 meters / 15,400 feet.
• Accommodation: Tents.

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 where you enjoy colorful mountains around you and you will see the Rainbow Mountain still in a 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 campsite. On the way, we will hike through small villages and of course Llamas and Alpacas.

• Walking Distance: 13km/ 8,345 miles.
• hiking hour: 7 hours roughly.
• Difficulty: moderate/Difficult.
• Campsite Elevation: 4,420 meters / 14,500 feet.
• Accommodation: tents.

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.

• Walking Distance: 14 km/ 8,5 miles.
• hiking hour: 9 hours roughly.
• Difficulty:
• Campsite Elevation: 4,620 meters / 15,190 feet.
• Accommodation: 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.

• Walking Distance: 12km/ 7,5 miles.
• hiking hour: 6 hours roughly.
• Difficulty: moderate/Difficult.