Ausangate and Rainbow Mountain Trek in Peru, from Cusco (5 days)

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Highlights

Price per person

Price includes

• Guiding fee
• Transportation from your hotel/airport (if in area) to the start of the trip and back
• Luggage transfer during the trip
• Permit and entrance fees
• Group porters (transport of tents, cooking equipment, etc. for the group)
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Itinerary

• Day 1: Cusco – Urcos – Tinqui – Upis – Arapa Pass – YanacochaTinqui

  We will leave Cusco early in the morning by bus. On our way to the upper of Tinqui (4050m/13287ft), we will pass little farms and meet local families. After a short stop while we pack your belongings in duffel bags, we start walking towards the community of Upis (4400m/14436ft). The objective here being to have the lunch-break for a while and discover the beautiful scenery of hills and the front part of Ausangate. After  lunch, we continue hiking up to Arapa pass (4800m/15748f). Thereafter, we will descend towards Yana ccocha (4500m/ 14763ft) where we’ll set up the camping site.

• Day 2: Yanacocha – Pucacocha Pass – Anantapata

  After breakfast we discover amazing lakes and different kind of colors, from where we ascend towards Pucacocha Pass (4900m/ 16076ft). Thereafter, we will continue to Anantapata (4500m/14763ft) where we will camp.

• Day 3: Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca) Montaña de 7 Colores – Ausangate Cocha lake

  After breakfast we take the trail to another mountain pass. Dropping down, we’ll hike by Lake Kayrawiri, surrounded by rugged mountain peaks and the great valley below. Striations of color are imbedded in the hillsides. Then we go on to Cerro Laya Grande via massive glacier del Inca, and the most striking colors in the sediments of Yauricunca or Vinicunca. We lunch here in this unique landscape. We see hundreds of Andean geese nesting in the cliffs of Anta, and after that we comeback to Ananta from where we continue to Ausangate Qocha Lake (4650m/15256f) where we will camp.

• Day 4: Ausangate Cocha Lake – Palomani pass – Jampa Ausangate lake

  Today we take in our highest mountain pass (5100/ 16732ft.) with its panoramic, spectacular views of snow-covered Ausangate. Descending alongside the glaciers, we hike to Finaya pampa where see different king of camelids like Alpacas, Lamas and the wild vicuñas and sometimes Condors. After a day of great hiking we arrive at Jampa (4700m/15420f) where will camp.

• Day 5: Jampa – Campa Pass – Pacchanta – Cusco

  The highlight of this day is definitely the spectacular ascent to the Campa pass (5050m/16568ft). Moreover, we will pass several lovely lakes on the way to Pacchanta (4350m/14270ft). Here, we will visit the hot springs and will have a typical lunch. After relaxing at the hot spring, we continue by car to Cusco.

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