Ausangate + Rainbow Mountain 3 Days

We begin our Ausangate and Rainbow Mountain trip 3 days early with a pick-up from your hotel at 4 a.m. and head towards Pacchanta in our private van. We will take the road to Puerto Madonado. We will arrive at the small town of Tinke, from where our private van will take us to Pacchanta, where a rich breakfast will be waiting for us. From here, we will see Ausangate Mountain on the main north face. We will then get ready to start our hike, seeing very beautiful landscapes. From here, we will have views of Ausangate Peak (6,384 m).

We will continue the walk of Ausangate Vinicunca and begin the ascent to the first Arapa Pass (4,800 m). We will continue with a descent until we reach the Yanacocha Lagoon, Huchuy Pucacoha Lagoon, which is 45 minutes from the camp. From this point, we can see fabulous views of all the snowy peaks in the area. We camp and have dinner right in front of Ausangate and Hatun Pucacocha Lagoons. Here we will see the stars and hear the animals scream.

• Hiking Time: 6–7 hours
• Hiking Distance: 12 km (7.46 miles)
• Highest Point: 4,800 m (15,748 ft).
• Lowest Point: 4,35 m. or 14,272ft.
• Overnight Accommodations: Camping Facilities
• Meals: breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner

We will begin the ascent towards the Apacheta Pass (4,989 m). For this, it is recommended to have a very good breakfast. We will begin the ascent at 7.30 am; the ascent will last 1 hour and 20 minutes. Upon reaching this step, we will see the most beautiful panorama of the Ausangate Snowy. We will walk about 30 minutes at the top, we will take photos, we will breathe the purest air of the Andes, and we will begin to descend towards the Anantapata camp.

Arriving we will install our stores and see the sunset. We will see how the animals (alpacas, llamas, and sheep) arrive at their huts for the night. After a magnificent and adventurous walk, we will have dinner at 6.30 pm and get ready for the rest, and then in the morning leave early for Vinicunca and arrive very early before people arrive.

• Hiking Time: 8–9 hours
• Hiking Distance: 12km (7.46 miles)
• Highest Point: 5,000 m (16,404 ft).
• Lowest Point: 4,600 m (15,092 ft).
• Overnight Accommodations: Camping Facilities
• Meals: breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner
• Level of difficulty: challenging

After our breakfast, we walk past beautiful landscapes, where South American camelids (alpacas, llamas, Andean birds, etc.) inhabit a 1.30-hour walk. Until the place called Vinicunca (5,034 m.), from where we will observe the impression of the Mountain of Colours with the sunrise, it shows its best imposing valley and hills of magical colours that only exist in this place of Peru. Around us, we will observe the mountains that accompany them (Apu Sarinini and Ausangate Mountain). Ausangate is the highest mountain in Cusco, with a height of 6,384 m.

In Inca mythology, this mountain and the nearby lakes, among which Sebinacocha stands out, are where the masculine energy that fertilises the mother earth’s sacred Pachamama is born. After a long run, the waters are lost in the unknown lands of the Amazon to return with the rains and fill the lakes and glaciers every night, turning into the river of stars, or Willkamayu, known in the west as the Milky Way, that resembles our cosmos’s vision. The community of Chillca, constituted by shepherds of llamas and alpacas, is known as the guardian of these Andean places.
After a long photo shoot, we will return to our camp, where our delicious lunch awaits us, and then head towards the town of Cusco, where we will arrive at approximately 5 p.m. End of our services.

• Hiking Time: 3–4 hours
• Hiking Distance: 6 km/3,72 miles
• Highest point: 5,050 m (16,568 ft).
• Lowest Point: 4,500 m./14,764 ft.
• Meals: Breakfast and Lunch