Ausangate and 7 lagoons is a circuit that is carried out on the slopes of the snowy Ausangate, along this journey you will see some high Andean communities, their people and the typical clothing they use there, you can also enjoy the beauty of the snowy mountains, rivers of the melt of the glaciers that run through the valleys, beautiful places home to the herds of llamas, alpacas that usually graze there, some species of birds typical of the area, and finally after a two-day trip and a night of overnight stay you will be able to enjoy the thermal baths with a beautiful view of the Apu Ausangate and of course, as the name of the tour indicates, we will see lagoons of wonderful colors that contrast with the landscape and the mountains.
In the morning we will pick you up from the hotel at 6:00 am, after picking you up we will travel in our private transport to the community of Pacchanta (4,286 msal / 14,061 ft.) which will take three hours of travel.
When we arrive at Pachanta we will have a breakfast and enough time to organize our things, then we will give you some recommendations before starting with this walk and thus we will start with our activity on the first day.
The walk will be uphill from Pacchanta to the Pachaspata camp (4,781 msal / 15,685 ft.) which will take three to four hours and once we arrive at the place, our cook will wait with a delicious lunch and after that we will have time to have a nap.
And in the afternoon after having recovered all your energy you will have the opportunity to explore the surroundings of the camp as well as you can take many photographs, this camp is located at an altitude of 4781 meters in the middle of the snowy mountains, basically we will be camping at the foot of the snowy Ausangate (6,384msal / 20,944 ft.).
In the afternoon we will have some hot drinks and then we will have a hot and energetic dinner, after dinner we will go to sleep but not before seeing the starry sky because finally we will spend the night under that beautiful starry sky.
Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Minimum altitude: 4,286 masl / 14,061 ft.
Maximum altitude: 4,781 masl / 15,685 ft.
Walking distance: 10 km / 6.213 miles
Walking time: 4 to 5 hours.
Difficulty level: Challenging.
This day we will get up with a cup of coca tea and an impressive view of Apu Ausangate, then we will sit down to have breakfast a nutritious breakfast prepared by our cook, after breakfast we will start with the walk downhill towards Pachanta which will take three hours’ descent. Throughout this journey we will see the lagoons of Otorongo Macho, Female Otorongo, Puca Cocha, Alqa cocha, Ccomer cocha, Azul Cocha and Pata cocha.
Finally, we will arrive at the community of Pacchanta where it will be the place of lunch, our cook will provide us with a delicious lunch, After lunch we will have enough time to enjoy the hot springs of Pacchanta which will be very comforting for our body.
After having enjoyed the thermal baths we will take our private transport to return to Cusco, it will take another three hours to return and finally we arrive in Cusco and you will be dropped off at the door of your hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Minimum altitude: 4,286 masl / 13,943 ft.
Maximum altitude: 5,020 m.a.s.l. / 16,061 ft.
Walking distance: 10 km / 6.213 miles.
Walking time: 4 to 5 hours.
Difficulty level: Moderate.
