DAY 1.  Cusco - Mollepata - Soraypampa.  The ancasqocha hike starts with early departure from Cusco, our departure is around 5.30 am, on the way we pass by Izcuchaca and Limatambo local villages, after 2 hours drive we arrive to Mollepata last town to buy things needed for the hike. After a quick breakfast we start our walk ascending and passing through native  forest up to Sayllapata "lunch spot".  After brief the hike continues between green and beautiful landscapes. The firs ancascocha trek camp is at Soraypampa which is kind of highland valley. it's important to mention that in ancascocha hike all our camp sites are very cold at nights.

DAY 2.   Soraypampa - Chachaniq´asa.  ancascocha hike / ancasqocha trek hardest day. Soon after breakfast, with muleteers and safety horses we start the long hike, from about  1 hour hike we take a non much used trail from this place we’ll walk by four hours approximately towards the high step way of our ancascocha. Taking the right flank of the valley we will arrive at Inkachiriaska pass at 5100m.m.a.s.l., from this point we can over view the amazing landscapes of the area, such the closely impetuous snow-capped Salkantay known as the sacred mountain since ancient times, passing this place we will take the proper ancascocha trail first we get Toqtoqasa by a easy down hill trail, then we continue by narrow and straw covered trail, this takes approximately four hours to the camp site at 3900m.a.s.l.

ancascocha trek camp

ancascocha trek trail

lake in ancascocha / ancasqocha

DAY 3. Chachaniq´asa. - Occoruro. - After early breakfast we will reinitiate our beautiful walk, appreciating the beautiful landscapes on this part of ancasqocha trek, ancasqocha hike  this day the trail offers its beauty, landscape seen only in the southern Peruvian Andes, and ancasqocha trek of curse. All the journey is about 7 hours walk. In the trail we may observe the flight of condors, eagles and many Andean animals; our camp site is really quiet and cosy, surrounded by landscapes of dream at 3600m.s.n.m.

DAY 4. Occoruro - Ancascocha. In the morning of this day we can pass by a nice reddish sandy mountain called Accoqasa, to get this point is needed approximately 3 hours of good energy.  From the top with help of binocular we will appreciate the famous Inca trail which leads to Machu picchu that, mountain glaciers are seen in this day of ancascocha hike, mountains such as Salkantay, Humantay, Huayanay and at distance we can observe Huacaywillka (Sacred Tears), also a small archaeological site called Inka-raqay, closer to this we can take a brief stop, beautiful landscape, small lakes which shelters typical birds of this regions such Huallatas, ducks and many others which migrates from different places are seen in this highland. After lunch we walk by an easy trail until Ancasqocha Lagoon at 3700m.a.s.l. (reason for which our tour is named ancascocha hike / ancascocha trek).  where we set up out camp.

DAY 5.  Ancascocha - Chillaca. – we consider ancascocha hike / ancasqocha trek easy section. After a nutritious breakfast we will walk just down hill by 5 hours approximately to get Chillka, place where our trail ends.  But before this we will pass by small villages observing Andean valleys with its typical vegetation trees such as chachacoma, qewña, some orchids, begonias, and bromeliads that adorn the landscape. At the end of the  we will have our lunch then drive back to Cusco arriving in the afternoon, where our . ancascocha hike / ancascocha trek ends.

Our Service Includes:

• Private Transport to ancascocha trek head.

• Horses (for equipment and personal items), 1 emergency horse and a horseman.

• Entrance fee to the Trail.

• Tents, High quality camping equipment (including toilet tent, tables, chairs).

• Meals (Vegetarian food available on request).

• Water Supply.

• Professional bilingual guide.

• Return bus to Cusco in a private transport.

hikers in ancascocha trek