Main Info
DESCRIPTION:
This beautiful Hike, it is located in the mountain range of the Andes, in a section the called is Vilcanota mountain range, corresponding to the Cuzco region in Peru. Its main summit is 6372 meters above sea level with large lagoons with a bright green / blue color.
LEGEND
In the Inca mythology of this mountain and nearby lakes- among which sibinacocha stands out – the male energy that fertilizes the mother earth pachamama is born; after a long run, the waters are lost in the unknown lands of the amazon to return, to fill the lakes and glaciers every night turned into the river of stars or willkamayu known in the west as the milky way. The community of chilca made up of shepherds of llamas and alpacas is known as the guardian of these pristine places, from where you can make mountain walks spending the night in comfortable shelters or tambos among which are machuracay tambos, in a trekking called road of apu ausangate. Every year on the north side of the ausangate is celebrated the Great festivity of qoyllurriti (Quechua snow star) before the feast of Corpus Christi, during which thousands of Quechua pilgrimage to the lord of quilled in the temple of SinaQara.his Multisport tour combines the best of our Rafting and Rainbow Mountain tour, Variety Reigns on these 2 days program. You could be Rafting on the adrenaline packed rapids of the Upper Urubamba River, then ‘. hiking up towards a ridge of multi-coloured sediments of the famous Rainbow Mountain.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
● Professional Bilingual English-speaking tour guide.
● Pre-Departure Briefing at your hotel 1 or 2 days before your trek.
● Pick up from your hotel and transportation to beginning of the trek.
● Return transportation to your Cusco hotel.
● Emergency oxygen bottle and medical kit.
● 01 Trekking pole.
● Vegetarian and Free gluten options available.
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED
● Personal Snacks.
● Tips – Gratuities.
● Sleeping bag
● Dinner in the second day
● Travel insurance
WHAT TO BRING AND ADVICES
● You can acclimate for the altitude in one or two days this will depend on how your body
react to the altitude; you can take some personal medication for the sickness of altitude
just in case.
● In case you need to pay the remaining balance, it is advisable to take some cash. You
can get some money from the ATM machine that are located in the centre of the City of
Cusco.
● Rain poncho, rain jacket, proper hiking boots.
● Proper warm clothes, at that altitude is quite cold and windy a bandana will be helpful.
● Sun Glasses, Sun block. The sun is really strong You will need to protect your head
(with a hat) and skin.
● Extra snacks always recommended.
● A bottle of water.
● Travel insurance this from your site, always recommended.
Itinerary
Download BrochureWe will pick you up around 6:30 am; and we will drive for about 3 hours to south is Cusco, we
will pass by Pitumarca town and then continue to Quesiuno, ones we arrive to this spot we will
start the hike (4 or 5 hours hike); in there is the base camp but the lunch will take after 2 hours.
- Meals: Lunch, Dinner
- Night: Ananta Campsite
- ACTIVITY LEVEL: moderate to hard.
- WALKING DISTANCE: 10/11 km
- WALKING TIME: 7/8 hours
- MINIMUM ELEVATION: 4376m/14357ft
- BASECAMP ELEVATION: 4795m/ 15371ft
- MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 5200m/17060 ft
On this hike day; our Trek guide will explain about the option s of the day and the wonder that is very early.
A. - if you want to see the sunrise in Vinicunca, the wake up is very early 4 am, will get your
snack and going to the pass, from there you will see the rainbow mountain, one hour more you
will reach the mountain, you can wait because the clarity of the sun is around 7 am in the
morning.
B. If you no want to see the reflection solar the wake is normal 5 am well take the breakfast, will going to the pass from there you will see the mountain chain (rainbow mountain), when we arrive to Vinicunca, behind us the people will arrives from Cusco. Well after you enjoy the day, we continue walk to the lunch places and then come back to Cusco.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
- Night: Not included.
- ACTIVITY LEVEL: moderate to hard.
- WALKING DISTANCE: 7 km
- WALKING TIME: 4/5 hours
- MINIMUM ELEVATION: 4795m/ 15371ft
- BASECAMP ELEVATION: 4795m/ 15371ft
- MAXIMUM ELEVATION: 5100m/16732 ft
