Ausangate (Awsanqati in Quechua) is the fifth highest mountain in Peru, its maximum altitude is 6,385 masl. It is located about 100 kilometers southeast of the city of Cusco.
It is located in the Andes mountain range, in a section called Vilcanota mountain range, corresponding to the Cusco region in Peru. Its main peak is 6,384 meters above sea level with large lagoons with a bright green / blue color.
In the Inca mythology of this mountain and of the nearby lakes – among which Sibinacocha stands out – the masculine energy is born that fertilizes the mother earth Pachamama; after a long flow, 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 Chillca community made up of llama and alpaca herders is known as the guardian of these pristine landscapes, from where you can hike in the mountains.
13:30 p.m. This circuit began with the gathering of tourists from their hotels in the city of Cusco and then visit the following attractions archaeological and religious:
The Cathedral
Colonial religious monument of extraordinary artistic value, with its fabulous paintings and works on “gold leaf”, carved wood and covered with embossed silver
Koricancha Temple
Also called “Temple of the Sun” perfect architecture and stone buildings reflect that it was the most important temple of the Inca Empire.
Sacsayhuaman
In Inca times was called “house of the sun”, and was a major religious center of great importance This construction is attributed to the Incas of the last dynasty, is located 5 km from the city of Cusco.
Kenko
Located a kilometer of Sacsayhuaman, was a ceremonial center as shown in the center a giant monolith, possibly that of an animal which was the main deity, surrounded by niches where they placed offerings.
PucaPucara
Old inn, lookout existed along the Inca roads. Its rustic construction type is formed by streets, houses, and courtyards.
Tambomachay
Located 9 km. of the city, known as the Inca’s bath, by the form of their water sources, could also be a temple dedicated to the worship of water, then return to our visit to the city of Cusco.
Estimated time of arrival at the hotel in Cusco: 18:30 p.m.
Overnight in hotel.
Breakfast. Start of the walk surrounded by landscapes like taken from watercolors, fresh air and a silent natural silence that will allow you to think of everything from the simplest to the most complex of our existence on this planet.
We will arrive at the Upis community at noon (4400 masl) where we will have a local lunch and then we will attend the rustic, but healthy and relaxing thermo-medicinal baths of the Community called Aguas Calientes Upis.
Return to the camp, dinner and overnight.
Overnight in Carp
Very early and after breakfast we will depart for a long, tiring but pleasant walk that will take us to the first pass known as Arapa (4800 masl) from where we can contemplate the mountain range and all its nuances of colors by the vegetation of the area, we will continue to descend towards Yana Cocha (4500 masl) or black lagoon where we will have an impromptu picnic surrounded by a spectacular view, after a short break we start up to the highest point of this journey to the Extreme Pass Ausangate (4850 masl) from where we will feel ourselves touching the sky with our hands and we will also contemplate all the beauty that the high Andean nature offers us.
Already somewhat tired but satisfied with everything we have experienced, we will descend to the edge of the Ausangate Lagoon (4650 m.a.s.l.) where we will camp and after a refreshing dinner we will spend the night.
Overnight in Carp
After breakfast and when dawn is just beginning we will start the adventure and the reason why it was worth choosing to do this walk and where we will test the most perfect machine that nature could create “the human body”.
If the day before we touch the sky with our hands, this day we will be in heaven, because we will ascend to the highest pass of this expedition, called Paso Palomani (5200 masl) from where we will have a spectacular and overwhelming view, over the Snowy Ausangate that I can assure you it will take your breath away.
With some nostalgia, but with enough cold we will descend a bit through a valley where we can have lunch and then ascend again to our camp in the place called Jampa (4700m.s.n.m), tired but happy we will have dinner and then spend the night.
Overnight in Carp
Breakfast. We will start the walk with a short ascent to Paso Campa (5,100 masl), and then continue our descent towards the thermo-medicinal baths of Pacchanta (4,350 masl) where we will take a relaxing bath and have lunch to continue towards the community of Tinki (3,850 masl) place of our last camp.
Arrival in Tinki, dinner and overnight.
Overnight in Carp
Breakfast. We will take the bus back to the city of Cusco, on the way we will see cultivation fields and small rustic houses with thatched roofs, material typical of the area.
Shortly before arriving in Cusco we will make a stop for the last lunch of the tour, according to the preference of the majority, we will pass in Tipon to eat Cuy or we will stop in Saylla to eat pork rinds. We continue our journey and we will arrive in Cusco.
We will arrive in Cusco at approximately 4:00 p.m.
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