Hike to Quelccaya Ice Cap 2 Days / 1 Night

We leave Cusco very early (3:00 am) for about 2 hours towards Pitumarca (3570 m / 11712 ft), where we will make a short stop to stretch our legs and take our box breakfast (not included, you can request it to your hotel in advance). Continuing with our journey for another 5 hours until we reach Phinaya (4890 m / 16043 ft). And then for another hour until we reach the end of the road where we will have a snack to share. Then we will walk for 3 hours ascending, enjoying the scenery and breathtaking views of the highest mountain in the city of Cusco Ausangate with 6385 meters above sea level, along with the Jahuaycate 5070 meters above sea level. During the tour in this high Andean zone, we will be able to appreciate the herds of llamas, alpacas, and wild vicuñas in the Andean Cordillera. Finally, after several hours of travel we arrive to the Base Camp (5200 m / 17060 ft) where we will have our dinner and once again, we will delight ourselves with the privileged views

We will wake up very early, at 4 in the morning, after our breakfast, we will continue our tour for another hour walking on moraine, then we will have time to walk on the base of the glacier and then we continue for an extensive plain walking on snow from that point we can already begin to observe the wall of Quelccaya, we will make an ascent until we are in front of the ice wall (5300 m / 17388 ft), we will enjoy a great landscape. Later, we begin to descend for another hour returning by the same moraine path to the starting point of the hike in Base Camp taking our lunch there. Finally, and after this beautiful experience we return to Cusco, arriving at approximately 22:00 pm.