DAY 1: Cusco – Acatary – Ausangate – Ananta
Our professional guide and transport will pick you up at your hotel around 4.30am with the team that will accompany you on your excursion to the north of Cusco. Following 3 hours on the road, we´ll arrive at La Villa de Quesono at 4100m/13450ft. Here we´ll pack everything needed for the hike while our chef prepares a light breakfast. After 30 minutes we´ll start our 4-hour ascent and take in the gorgeous scenery, as well as some llama and alpaca herding communities. At Pukaqocha (5000m/16.400ft) you´ll witness a beautiful vista of snowy mountains and glaciers, in particular the famous Ausungate glacier at 6370m/20.000ft, considered the tallest mountain in Cusco. Here we´ll take a break and take photos, then start our two hour descent to the community of Ananta at 4200m/13780ft. This beautiful locale will be our campsite where we´ll enjoy our food and spend the night under the splendour of the Milky Way.
DAY 2: Ananta – Rainbow Mountain – Cusipata – Cusco
Our goal today will be Vinicunca (Rainbow) Mountain.
At 3.30am our chef will come to our tents to offer coca tea to mitigate freezing temperatures that reach -3°C/26°F.
Following a delicious breakfast, we´ll be ready to start the 2-hour ascent to Warmysaya Pass at 5035m/16890ft with its awesome vies of the White Cordillera. From here we´ll begin our descent to Rainbow Mountain at 5035m/16520ft, taking about 2 hours and a half to reach the summit of this locale, where you can take photos of its incredible vistas and the marvellous Red Cordillera.
We´ll continue our route to the Red Valley where we´ll take a half hour to snap photos. Afterwards we´ll carry on with our one-hour descent to the base of the mountain where our transport will be waiting for us.
After an hour on the road to the community of Cusipata, we´ll enjoy an inviting Peruvian-style lunch buffet, then finally return to Cusco at 17.00 where we´ll drop you off at your hotel.
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