DAY 1: CUSCO – OCONGATE – TUNQUI – UPIS

We will pick you up at 06:00 am from your hotel and go by private van for about 2 hours to Tinki where we will get off to stretch our legs and we will take advantage of visiting the Tiki town where we will see people still wearing their typical dress. Then we drive for about 1 hour on dusty and bumpy roads. Once we get to the trailhead of our hike, 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 get to the small town of Upis. The trail is almost flat with some ups and downs. We will hike for about 3 hours until we get to our campsite. Here you will spend the night in our comfortable tents. Our cook will prepare a delicious lunch. After enjoying our meal, you have the option to hike to Upis Lake which takes 2 hours round trip. The trail to this beautiful lake is flat for about 40 minutes and the last 20 minutes is a gradual uphill. 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: Tents.

DAY 2-. UPIS – ARAPA PASS – YANACOCHA – PUCACOCHA

We will wake you up at 05:00 am with coca tea or coffee delivered to your Cabins and you are given a delicious breakfast for the day ahead. In The morning start hiking up to Arapa Pass (4968m) Along the way we are going to observe local farmers and alpacas, Ausangate snow-capped to your left side, and you will have English- a speaking guide explaining about flora, and fauna and talking about the landscape along the trail. if we are lucky we might see condor, chinchillas, and vicuñas. Also, we will enjoy colorful lakes and get to our campsite of Puca Cocha where we are going to be surrounded by high mountains and unbelievable hanging glaciers, watch and hear the glacier crashing into the tarns below! As usual, tents are going to be set up inside the mountain huts for us to change, take a nap, and have our lunch. Since this campsite is close to Puca Cocha Lake, you will go to the lake where you will see many types of ducks, Andean geese, and many other types of birds. Then you will have dinner at our dining room which is built with rocks and mud. 

• Elevation Gain: 490 m / 1607 ft.
• Elevation Loose: 294 m / 964 ft.
• Walking Distance: 10 km/ 6,21 miles
• hiking hour: 5 – 6 hours roughly
• Difficulty: moderate/difficult
• Campsite Elevation: 4,577 meters / 15,016 feet.
• Accommodation: Mountain Huts or tents
• Highest Point: 4740 m / 15,551 ft.

DAY 3: PUCACOCHA – ANANTA – SURINI PASS – QUEULLA QOCHA

Today is a difficult day, You start with Puca Cocha pass (5051), the very colorful mountains that surround you. As well as you have a spectacular view of Mount Ausangate and colorful glacier lakes then you will enter into the Red Mountain valley, an intact landscape with vivid colors all around, and llamas eating grass right close to you.  Then you will have lunch at our dining room where our Rainbow Mountain 2 day spend the night. After our meal, we need to climb the second pass called Warmi Saya pass(15,090ft-4500m-14,000feet)from where you see this amazing Rainbow Mountain in the distance, but you are not quite there yet! From this place, you go downhill to circle the lake and keep walking a Peruvian flat until we reach our campsite. If the weather is good, we will go to the Rainbow Mountain for the sunset.

• Elevation Gain: 723 m / 2372 ft.
• Elevation Loose: 468 m / 1535 ft.
• Highest Point: 4918 m / 16,135 ft.
• Walking Distance: 8 km/ 4,971 miles
• Campsite Elevation: 4,864 meters / 15,958 feet
• hiking hour: 7 – 8 hours roughly
• Difficulty: Difficult
• Accommodation: Camping in Tents.

DAY 4: QUEULLA QOCHA – RAINBOW MOUNTAIN – RED VALLEY – CUSCO

Today is the day you have been waiting for. We will wake you up at 06:00 am with coca tea delivered to your tent then you will hike for about 45 minutes until Rainbow Mountain.  you will have time to explore the area and take pictures. We will spend approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour (depending on your trekking speed and weather conditions). After enjoying the RAINBOW MOUNTAIN for about one hour, we go to visit the RED VALLEY which takes another 30 minutes. Then we go to the bus station to catch our van. Today after our last supper we say goodbye to our horseman and the chef and get back to Cusco where you will be dropped off at your hotel around 03:00 pm.

• Elevation Gain: 194 m / 636 ft.
• Elevation Loose: 435 m / 1427 feet.
• Highest Point: 5,040 m / 16,535 ft.
• Walking Distance: 5 km/ 3,107 miles
• Trailhead Elevation: 4,864 meters / 15,958 feet
• Difficulty: Easy
• Hiking Hour: 2 hours roughly

Included

• Camping tents.
• English-speaking guide with radio communication.
• Pre depárture briefing which will be carried out in our Office 1 day prior to your departure.
• Portable private toilet tent.
• Dining room with seats every night where you can rest after a long hike.
• Professional cook.
• Wake up tea. It can be Coca tea, Coffee, chocolate, or any type of tea.
• Mules which carry all of our trekking gear.
• 6 kilograms of your personal belongings.
• Duffel bag provided by the company, for your 6 kg personal belongings.
• Wáter every day. We boil water and cool down to refill your bottle.
• Happy hour. Every afternoon our cook will prepare hot tea, and you will drink it with popcorn and biscuits.
• Entrance fees to access private lands of the Ausangate area.
• Large Dining tent, table, stools, all cutlery, and kitchen tent.
• Tents to overnight, Three-person tents are provided for 2 people to provide you with plenty of space for personal gear.
• Entrance fee to Rainbow Mountain.
• Red Valley ticket.
• Meals: 4 Breakfasts, 4 lunches, and 3 dinners with option for vegetarians, Pescatarian, gluten-free, lactose intolerance.
• Private transportation to and from your hotel in Cusco.
• Foam Mattress.
• First aid kit. Every February our guides receive training about first aid kids. They carry in their backpack basic medications to face diarrhea, altitude sickness, any injuries, etc.
• A metal tank of Oxygen. Our guide will have a tank of oxygen at all times.
• Hygiene Product. We will provide you with a bowl a wáter and towel paper to clean your hands at every campsite.

Not Included

• Sleeping Bags. We rent a sleeping bag. It costs $20 for the entire trip.
• Trekking poles. We rent it. They cost $20 for the entire trip.
• Personal riding horse. Additional horses may be rented according to the needs of the individual and group.
• Voluntary Tips for Guide, Driver, and Cook.
• Travel Insurance.

• Day pack with a Rain cover.
• Torch/ headlamp.
• Extra socks (wool is best).
• Hiking pants and shirts- layers.
• Rain pants.
• swimming suit.
• Camping shoes/ sandals- to wear in the evenings.
• Camping pillow.
• Water-resistant trekking shoes.
• Warm clothing (thermal underwear, fleece, hat, and gloves).
• Waterproof clothing (poncho).
• Synthetic or cotton clothing (trousers, shorts, t-shirts).
• Sunhat and sunglasses.
• Sun cream.
• Lip Balm.
• Camera/ extra battery.
• Water bottles such as Nalgene.
• Basic medications.
• Walking sticks.
• Personal items.
• Personal snacks.
• Cash (if you’d like to purchase souvenirs).

4 Day Ausangate Trek (Prices for 2024 & 2025) can leave any day of the week but not during the February month because of the wet season.

2024 /2025 Land Cost

Availability: Daily Departures All Departures are 100% Guaranteed. If You’re Booked, You Are Going, We Won’t cancel your Trip !!!

How to Book?: Send us all Your Personal information, as well as a Deposit of 30%, and the Final Balance, will be paid once you are in Cusco.

Group Service: Price per person: US$540

(You will be joined into a formed group of people who come from different countries/Nationalities): (Group Size: 02 Minimum – 06ppl Average – 08ppl Maximum)

Private Service: Price per person: US$620

Recommended for Honeymooners, Families with children & Groups of Friends (02 Person Minimum)

If you are a group of 02 we depart (No matter if you have paid as GROUP SERVICE). We NEVER pass our people onto another operator as most agencies do here in Cusco.

Remaining Balance: Commonly paid in Cusco at the briefing time before to start your hike to Ausangate.

Extras & Upgrades

There are complementary services and upgrades you can included in this trip.

• Emergency horse: US$100.00
• Sleeping bag: US$20.00
• Single Suplement (Single tent) US$30.00
• Walking poles (pair): US$20.00