¿Para quién es este trek?

Para gente con experiencia previa en trekking de altura. Se cruzan cuatro pasos por encima de los 4800 m y no se baja de los 4000 en ningún momento del circuito.

¿Qué tan frío hace?

Las noches son bajo cero durante todo el año por la altitud. Hace falta bolsa de dormir apta para esas temperaturas y ropa térmica.

¿Hay pueblos en el camino?

No. Es una zona remota de puna alta: solo pastores de alpacas que viven ahí todo el año, aguas termales naturales y el glaciar.

¿Necesito aclimatarme antes?

Sí. Conviene pasar al menos dos días completos en Cusco (3400 m) antes de subir más alto, tomar mucha agua y evitar el alcohol las primeras 48 horas. La altura afecta por igual a personas en buen estado físico.

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Ausangate Circuit

A full loop around the greatest apu of the south

5 days / 4 nightsExpertUp to 125,100 m.a.s.l.

About the tour

The Ausangate circuit is the hardest and most remote trek available from Cusco. It loops right around a 6,384-metre peak, crossing four passes above 4,800 metres, and never drops below 4,000. There are no villages along the way and no archaeological sites: what there is is glacier, meltwater lakes in impossible colours, hot springs rising from the ground, and alpaca-herding families who live up there year-round. On clear days the rainbow mountain detour can be added. It requires previous high-altitude trekking experience and serious acclimatisation in Cusco. This is not a beginner's trek.

Highlights

Full loop around Ausangate
Four passes above 4,800 m
High-altitude hot springs
Coloured glacial lakes

Day-by-day itinerary

Cusco – Tinqui – first campsite

Road transfer to Tinqui and the start of the circuit, climbing towards the base of the Ausangate massif. First campsite at altitude.

First pass and glacial lakes

Crossing the first pass above 4,800 m, between meltwater lakes whose tones run from turquoise to deep green depending on the minerals in the glacier.

Hot springs and the south face

A day along the south face of Ausangate, with hot springs rising from the ground in open puna and continuous views of the 6,384 m glacier.

High passes and optional rainbow mountain

Crossing the last passes of the circuit, the highest on the route. On clear days the detour to the rainbow mountain can be added.

Descent to Tinqui and return to Cusco

The circuit closes with the descent to Tinqui and the road transfer back to Cusco.

Qué llevar

Pasaporte
Bolsa de dormir apta para bajo cero
Casaca impermeable y capas térmicas
Botas de trekking ya usadas (no estrenar)
Linterna frontal con pilas de repuesto
Protector solar factor alto y labial con SPF
Bastones de trekking
Botiquín personal y pastillas para la altura

Frequently asked questions

For people with previous high-altitude trekking experience. Four passes above 4,800 m are crossed and the circuit never drops below 4,000 m.

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