CROSSING THE ANDES - Hiking Peru Tour Operator

CROSSING THE ANDES

CODE: hike-13
Program: 6 days / 5 nights

CIRCUIT: TINKI –AUSANGATE – PACCHANTA – TINKI

In this Vilcanota range you can hike at heights above 5000m and have fabulous panoramic views at crystalline lakes and nearby mountains.

You can see the typical Andean animals as lamas, alpacas and vicuñas, meet local people who speak Quechua and know about their religion (their contact with the Apus, the mountain spirit) , customs and life in the Andes.

This hike is quite a long and difficult one (you walk 7-8 hours a day), so we recommend to prepare well, doing shorter walks at altitude during 3 days before starting the hike.

Itinerary:

1st day: CUSCO- TINQUI by bus

Pickup from the hotel and transfer to the village of Tinqui (7 hours) where around Apu Auzangate starts the hike next day

2nd day: TINQUI – UPIS

After the breakfast we start walking to Upis, which will take about 6-7 hours. You can enjoy the typical Andean landscape of the high altitudes: great views, glaciers, lakes

3rd day: UPIS – QUINSACOCHA

Walking higher and higher, so a little difficult, you see other lakes and come closer to the glacier of Auzangate, which is the highest mountain in the region with 6320m.

You walk about 7 hours and camp near the lake Quinsacocha.

4th day: QUINSACOCHA – PAMPACAHUA

An other day of walking high! Lakes, glaciers, snow covered mountains of about 6000m high and a look into other valleys.

You walk 6-7 hours to reach the campsite at Pampacahua.

5th day: PAMPACAHUA – JAMPA

You cross the small villages where people wear their tipical dresses and camp in one of them, Jampa. Also you might have time to fish.

6th day: JAMPA – PACCHANTA

You still have to climb to another pass, at about 5000m, the see the green lake of C´omercocha. and will walk down to the thermal bath in Pacchanta and then to Tinqui from where you go back to Cusco, that same day (arrival at night) or the next day.