Program:
Transfer from Lima to Cusco by flight or by bus.
Acclimatization in Cusco (3400 m.)
Arround of the sacred mountains of the Incas
Day 1: CUSCO - TINQUI
We bus 100 km East by Southeast from Cusco in the morning. The road passes north of Ausangate, and we leave the road a bit west of the mountain. We camp in Tinqui at 3,800. As we fall asleep the setting sun lights up the glacier on the NW face of Ausangate.
Day 2: TINQUI - UPIS
We break camp and hike up to the Ausangate glacier. We set up camp alongside the Upis thermal springs, about 4 kilometers in the air. We bathe in the hot springs and the cold Upismayo which runs beside our camp
Day 3: UPIS - PUCACOCHA
We continue walking among high-altitude lakes in the valley immediately south of Ausangate, which are unnaturally green-blue. We rise to cross Apacheta and Palomani pass at 5115m. Descent to Ausangate base camp. Exist a refuge (optional to our services)
Day 4: PUCACOCHA LAKE - AUSANGATE BASE CAMP
We continue walking among high-altitude lakes in the valley immediately south of Ausangate, which are unnaturally green-blue. We rise to cross Apacheta and Palomani pass at 5115m. Descent to Ausangate base camp. Exist a refuge (optional to our services)
Day 5: POKACOCHA LAKE - SORACUCHUPAMPA
Short day from Ausangate base camp to netx campo. 3 - 4 hs. crossing lakes with view to Vilcanota mountains..
Day 6:SORACUCHUPAMPA - PACCHANTA
Long day. We will cross the Campa pass (5050 m.) and descent to Pacchanta village. Exist thermal baths (Optional to our services)
Day 7: PACCHANTA - TINQUI - CUSCO
We pass through increasingly inhabited valleys among the headwaters of the Paucartambo river on the north side of the mountain until the sun sets. We return to Cusco.
Recommended date : All year.
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