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ITINERARY
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 break
camp and hike up to a pass at 4,500 which separates Ausangate proper to
the East from a spur named Quellacocha to the West. In the afternoon we
pass Lake Pucacocha, WSW of the summit and nestled among various minor
peaks. The setting sun plays in cascades of colored ice where we finally
make camp.
Day
4: PUCACOCHA - CHILCAPINAYA
We
continue walking among high-altitude lakes in the valley immediately south
of Ausangate, which are unnaturally green-blue. We rise to cross Palomani
pass at 4,800 masl. This is the highest point on the journey. We don't
pass between the massif and some spur, but rather rise to take advantage
of a gentler slope high on the mountain´s side. Here we can see east over
the large hand-shaped Lake Sivinacocha to the jagged, snowcapped Vilcanota
Mountains which crade this valley.
We
descend from the cold to camp at Chilcapinaya.
Day
5: CHILCAPINAYA - PACHASPATA
We
descend into the sunny Jampa valley inhabited by shepherds and their
flocks of alpaca and sheep. We lunch in the valley bottom, pass Lake
Ticllacocha, then climb over a pass at 4,650 masl. Camp is at small Lake
Q´omercocha if we make it, or at Pachaspata if dusk catches us here.
Day 6: PACHASPATA - PACCHANTA
We drop into the valley and village of Pacchanta and bathe in
their hot springs all the long afternoon.
Day 7: PACCHANTA - TIKI - 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 the road and our bus. We
get back to Cusco for happy hour and a night at the discos, or a
long rest, as your mood takes you.
B=breakfast,
L=lunch, D=dinner
INCLUDED:
Private service
Professional English/Spanish Speaking guide.
Private Bus in-out to the begin of the trail (Cusco-Tinki,
Tinki-Cusco)
Transfers Round-trip
Doubles Occupancies tents
Camping Equipment: Bathroom tent, kitchen tent, dinning tent,
stools, tables and Comfortable mattress.
Cooker / Muleteer.
Horses and Mules to carry our equipment.
Coffee breaks in the afternoons.
meals during the trek.
First Aid kit / Oxygen.
WE RECOMMEND TO BRING:
Personal sleeping bag
Back Pack and Day pack
Hiking shoes or snow boots
Winter coat and poncho
Water bottle, flash light, hat, sun block, sunglasses
Warm/Termic clothes
Chocolates, candies or other snacks
Photo Camera + Films
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