ausangate mountain trek, trekking in peru

Day 01: Cusco - Tinqui - Upis.- The ausangate mountain trek / trekking in peru starts with transfer from hotel to bus stop, and depart to Tinqui by bus and travel about six hours to reach the small Andean village of Tinqui. Driving through beautiful countryside, we pass several villages including Urcos, Ccatcca, and Ocongate finally we will arrive to Tinqui, and stop for lunch. After lunch we will trek crossing grassy meadows below the jagged stone flanks of Ausangate Mountain 6,350 m.a.s.l. the highest snow peak in Southern Peru. After approximately five hours, we arrive to Upis. the ausangate mountain trek  has hot springs at the first and last camp site, this means that in this trek you can get complete relax at the end of the trek.

Day 02: Upis - arapa pass - Hatun pucacocha, uchuy finaya.- After early and nutritious breakfast, we continue with our ausangate trek - ausangate mountain circuit tour, this day the walk takes to the first pass called arapa (4750 masl). beautiful landscape are seen along the way, further-on we climb a rock-strewn area, throughout all the passage we will see the majestic ausangate mountain. Finally we arrive to the pass; from where is possible to enjoy wonderful views, the trek continues gentle down and where some lakes are near our trail, multicolored lagoons, we reach a lagoon called yanacocha (black lake) where lunch is given such as luxurious picnic, after lunch the ausangate trek continues straight to the camp site near to another nice  lake called hatun pucacocha.

Day 03: Jatun pucacocha - palomani pass - huchuy finaya.- This day the ausangate trek, seems to be more expectacular, in the morning a extended gentle ascent takes to the second pass named apacheta pass (4850 masl - 15, 908 ft), then a steep downhill leads to another lake called ausangate cocha. lunch is at this site, opportunity so see lamas.  after lunch an steep uphill wait

trek in ausangate mountain

singrina cocha - turquoise lake - trekking in peru

to summit the highest point of the trek (palomani pass 5150 masl), a cool site providing impresive landscape, the vilcanota mountain ranch and  the ausangate mountain are seen. The trek leads by gentle descend by about 2 hrs to the camp ground at huchuy finaya.

Day 04: huchu finaya - Qampa pass - Qomercocha.- energetic breakfast is a best start of the day, so after breakfast once again the group continues hiking by a nice gentle flatland, area to see couple andean houses surrounded by lamas, alpacas an horses, a fter about 3 hours the group will reach the lunch spot at pampa cancha (4050msnm 13,285ft), a nice location showing up a large andean valley, opportunity to see viscachas "andean rotten), lamas and alpacas.  after lunch an uphill waits to summit Qampa pass (5050 mt 16,564ft), second highest pass in the ausangate trek - ausangate mountain circuit. from summit once again nice landscape ornates our trek, gentle down hill lead to the camp near glaciers and starts.

Day 05: Qomer cocha - Pacchanta.- we would say this section is the easiest ausangate trek day, the trails leads near colorful lakes, lamas fences and villagers are part of attraction along the way, the arrival to pacchanta is at about 2 in the afternoon, time for lunch and siesta. the best way to get relax is by taking hot spring bath, at the camp ground camp and spend the last ausangate mountain circuit tour.

Day 06: Pacchanta - Arnacocha.- this is completely new part in the ausangate mountain circuit, a nice section that only few people had trekked, the trekking in peru of curse is more than just walking conventional trail, we trek by trail that other do not, we start with gradual uphill  towards maranpaqui (small lama  

herders settlement), where is posible to observe kids running on their typical clothes, then we hike by a narrow valley up to the button  of arnacocha where  the group lunches and camp. this camp site is the highest camp in the entire ausangate mountain trek - trekking in peru.

Day 07: Arnaqocha - singrina cocha.- the morning wait with a hot cup of coffe, because there is cold camp site, the hike goes on gradual uphil  to a large slope pass called arnaqocha pass (14,600 ft), then gradual down hill will lead to a nice turquoise color lake on where there is a possibility to see even vicuñas, lamas and alpacas. Lunch is at the singrina qocha - singrina cocha lake, after lung a nice and flat trail banking singrina cocha blue lake takes to the camp site, at the section called cochasiqui.

Day 08: Singrina cocha - mallma - Cusco.- the last section of the ausangate mountain trek - trekking in peru, usual breakfast waits, and there is still a nice section walk through a settlement leading to the road wehre our tansport is waiting, lunch at the end of trek and after lunch there about 3 hours minivan drive to get cusco city, where ends our ausanagte mountain trek - trekking in peru.

ausangate mountain trek

trekking in peru