Welcome to Cusco and get ready to enjoy our 11 day ausangate trek.

Once you arrive to the local airport we will collect you and transfer you to your hotel in the city centre.  You will have a time to enjoy the city Inca and colonial heritage as well as the local restaurants.  During the evening there is several places to visit to have a delightful night time so does Cusco city have a good nightlife.

Today is a leisure day but you can add an extra activity to your 11 day ausangate trek by embarking into a tour to the Sacred Valley.

The Sacred Valley is one of the most representative and beautiful landscapes of Cusco. 

We will collect you at your local hotel in Cusco during the morning time around 08:00 am and travel towards Pisac village, visit its fantastic artisans market as well as the temple and architecture of Pisac dated from Inca times. 

On the Pisac artisans market, you will be having the opportunity in purchase any of the hand made crafts and textiles.

Once we have finished visiting Pisac, then will continue in direccion to Urubamba towards Ollantaytambo but first will stop in the way to have a lunch at Tunupa restaurant. We will head up on a private transport and to have also a panoramic view of this impressive and beautiful Sacred valley

Ollantaytambo has a magnificent structure which is worthy to explore. The people of Ollantaytambo are very proud on keeping their traditions and you will see them wearing beautifully typical dresses.  This village is surrounded by their local sacred mountains and valley of Patacancha and Willoq.

Finished our journey to Ollantaytambo, we will be visiting Chinchero artisan market and then return to Cusco at about 18:30 hours.

Include:

• Transportation
• Professional English speaking guide.

 Not include:

• Tourist ticket (extra PEN 70)
• Meals
• Gratuity

Note: Tonight we will have the Ausangate trek briefing at 7:00pm at the hotel lobby.

Our 11 day ausangate trek  adventure will start leaving early  Cusco in our way by bus to Cattca.  During the trip to Catta agricultural community, you will get amazing views surrounding mountains.

Once in Catta, this will be the starting point of our trek in direction to Tinki and from here will be getting organised with our gear and pack horses.  After 3 hours of trekking out of Tinki and passing through the Puna, plains in high altitude, we arrive at our lunch spot. 

The beautiful views of Ausangate mountain will captivate you meanwhile eating your food. After lunch, we’ll continue walking for another hour and a half until we reach our campsite in Upis at an elevation of (4400m/14432ft). The magnificent views of the snowy peaks in this spot area will full fill the memory of your camera!.

We will camp and eat dinner in Upis with stunning views of Ausangate.  (total trekking time: 4-5 hours).

Overnight at the campsite

There is more to see on this 11 day ausangate trek, thus we will start early but before we getting energise with some breakfast.   Our 2 hour hike will take us to reach La Arapa pass as it was a physical effort in getting here, we will be locating a spot to have some lunch.    

The surroundings of La Arapa are home of falcons and wild vizcachas,  there are also three beautiful lakes with tones of red, green, and turquoise and spectacular views of the surrounding snow peaks.

Finished our lunch, we will continue for another two hours on a slow ascent that will take us to the second mountain pass, the Abra de Apuchata, at (4900m/16072ft).   We will have a break and carry on descending for another half an hour until we reach our second campsite at Ausangatecocha (4440m/14563ft).

 Overnight at the campsite

Carry on our 11 day ausangate trek, we depart early to climb for two hours towards the third mountain pass, the Abra de Palomani. The physical endurance in doing this route will be pay off as soon as you see the landscapes from the very top at 5,200m /17,056 ft.

We will stay for while on the top celebrating our success in getting to the highest section of the entire 11 day Ausangate trek.  Finished our break time, we will descend for another two hours through an area, home of llamas, alpacas, and vizcachas until we reach Pampacancha located at (4050m/13,284ft). From here, we follow an uphill trail that leads us to our third campsite in Q´ampa at (4300m/14104ff).

 Overnight at the campsite

Today we are aiming to get to the natural hot springs of Pacchanta and relax our bodies of such physical efforts during the trekkings.  But first we will get prepared for another 2 hours hiking to reach the Q´ampa mountain pass at (5000m/16,400ft) and have the chance to see some Andean deer.  Afterwards, we descend towards the green lagoon of Qomerqocha before arriving small community of Pacchanta at 4,100m / 13,448ft to enjoy their hot springs.  We‘ll camp and spend our final night here.

Overnight at the campsite

It has been a such amazing time so far on this  6 out of 11 day Ausangate trek and still more to come.

Today we are heading back to Tinki and from there we will get our private transport to take us back to Cusco city late at night.

Today you will take your time at your pace and enjoy the beauty of Cusco.

We have not finished impressing you and now out Ausangate Trek and Machu Picchu 11 Days tour, we will begin by collecting you up at 8:00am.

Leaving city centre, we will head to the train station. Often the train leaves at 11:30 am (time may change depending on availability and changes to timetable). After a 3.5-hour journey of majestic views of the Sacred Valley you arrive to Aguas Calientes (Hot Springs Town) where you will spend the night.

Aguas Calientes is a town that has grew lately due its proximity to Machu Picchu and it has cafes, restaurants to choose from.  The surroundings of this town are in the middle of a deep and green valley crossed by a river.  If you decide to try the local natural hot springs can do so as you will not visit Machu Picchu until the following day.  (10 soles per person). 

We also suggest to do the following in Aguas Calientes:

Visit the Machu Picchu 'Manuel Chávez Ballón' museum and orchid exhibition. This is open from 9am to 4.30pm, and is a 35 minute walk down the road from Aguas Calientes to Puente Ruinas. It is a very illustrative museum that gives you an interesting introduction to Machu Picchu.

In order to get on time, we have to get up very early to catch the first bus at 05:30 am.  We recommend to get some breakfast prior leaving Aguas Calientes town which is included with the accommodation.

Once we are ready to go, get prepared your mind set for the coming questions on how it was built such amazing city and enjoy this unforgettable experience.

Your guide will take care of you and lead to most section of Machu Picchu.   You will have also out of Ausangate Trek and Machu Picchu 11 Days tour, time to explore this city by yourself being careful on the high edges of the structures. 

As you notice in most of the Machu Picchu pictures, there is a mountain facing the front of the ancient city.  This mountain is called Huayna Picchu (2,720m/8,890ft) and to get to the top you will spend around 45 minutes in climbing it.  However, as there is new governmental regulations set in place to preserve most of this place, you need to seek permission before getting to the top of this mountain.  You can ask us to get this permit for you in time.  

Finished this part of 11 day Ausangate trek in the citadel of Machu Picchu,  we will meet in Aguas Calientes, you can either walk or take the bus as it is downhill.  We will have a lunch there and share our experiences all together.

Time to take your breakfast and pack your suitcases.

It was fantastic time to share our 11 day Ausangate trek with you and pass now this experiences to your friends and family.  Thank you and welcome back at any time.

Finished your breakfast, you will get transfer from your hotel to the local airport for you to take your flight back (according to your airline schedule).

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