Ausangate and Rainbow Mountain 4-Day
We are an agency specializing in adventure tourism that created adventure that created its own hiking route within this beautiful landscape full of spectacular views, the Ausangate route is surrounded by Quechua communities, which would come to be the last Inca descendants that exist, and are located Within this magical place, surrounded by immense mountains, waterfalls, snow-capped peaks, with rivers and lagoons on many sides, large ravines, and the most fantastic thing is the special habitat for South American camelids, llamas and alpacas, a fantastic trek if really You want to disconnect from reality, join us on this beautiful expedition into the Lares Valley and get to know the depths of our culture, living in the land of the last Inca descendants.
Explore Peru treks, is a fully locally owned tour operator in Cusco. We are certified local guides with an excellent knowledge of Incas history and culture. As natives, our guides will be sharing some of the astonishing facts on this action packed travel experience from Cusco.
We offer Ausangate & raibowmountain 4-day, both as a small group tour and as a private tour. We invite you to take a moment to check out our reviews on Tripadvisor.
It is highly recommended to spend some time in Cusco and acclimate to the altitude to avoid altitude sickness. Hike to Huayna Picchu is definitely challenging, although if you are with a reasonable physical condition it won’t be difficult to hike.
Cusco Hotel Transfer
0600 AM
We start the day with the pick up from your hotel at 6am, our private transport will take us to the community of upis, we will arrive at the small school of this community and it is in this place where we begin the walk, the route is slightly flat with a super view of the great snow-capped Ausangate and its surroundings, it is the ideal habitat for llamas and alpacas, the path will take us to the upis camp (4200 masl) near our camp there are some thermal baths, which is optional to enjoy this beautiful place .
The awakening will be 7:00 am with a cup of coffee or coca tea to activate our energy and then go on to have our breakfast, we begin our walk uphill gradually until we reach Paso Arapa (4989 masl -16567 feet) in the course of the walk we will observe the shepherds of alpacas and llamas, the snowy Ausagate covered with a lot of snow and if we are lucky, we will be able to see condors, chinchillas and vicuñas. In addition to enjoying colorful lagoons until we reach our lunch in front of the ausangate lagoons. After lunch and taking photos of this fantastic place we go to our second Puca Cocha camp, a spectacular lagoon in front of the Ausangate snow-capped mountain and surrounded by high mountains and glaciers, our camp is located at 4100 meters above sea level.
The awakening will be 7:00 am with a cup of coffee or coca tea with an incredible view of the lagoon of puca cocha, we begin our hike gradually uphill until we reach the Apachita pass (5,000 masl) with a super view of the surrounding lagoons to the snowy ausangate, After taking photos of this fantastic place and a rest in front of the snowy, we go to our last camp which is Ananta where our tents do not wait and spend the night with a super view of the stars in the sky, Our camp is located at 4700 meters above sea level.
Today is a very special day because we visit the famous mountain of colors and its wonderful view, we wake up at 4:00 am, we have our breakfast and then continue with our walk, the purpose is to arrive early to this beautiful place, the walk begins uphill until reaching the Ananta pass (15,090 feet-4500m-14,000 feet) from where you can see this incredible Rainbow Mountain also called the 7-color mountain, then we begin to descend and surround a small lagoon until we reach the 7-color Mountain where you will have a panoramic view of this fantastic place and the red valley that is 30 minutes behind the vinicunca mountain, later we will go to the final point of the trek where we will pick up our private transport that will take us back to the city of Cusco
A beautiful experience to reach the famous Rainbow Mountain!
