Apu Ausangate in its maximum splendor

At Ausangate Peru, we specify the included and non-included services under all the tour itineraries listed on our website. We take care of all the logistics, but please pay attention to the details to avoid missing anything. Some items may differ for specific programs, so please read carefully before booking with us.

What is Included?

• High Quality Service & Safety

• Pre-departure Briefing

  Detailed trek briefing with your Guide the day before the tour. The meeting is at 5:00 pm in our office.

• Experienced Tour Guide

  Our official tour guides speak fluent English and Spanish, are professionally trained and certified. We choose them for their experience, responsibility, unbridled passion for exploring, and pride in sharing our culture and history. In every experience, they will keep you safe and comfortable so you can enjoy your time worry-free!

• Private Camping Equipment

  • A spacious dining tent to enjoy your meals worry-free
  • Tables, chairs, dishware, and cooking equipment
  • A portable travel toilet
  • Inflatable mattress
  All equipment carried by our horses

• One Duffle Bag

  For the trek, you’ll receive a duffle bag to pack your personal belongings up to a maximum weight of 7 kg / 15.4 lb (this weight includes your sleeping bag). The horses will carry it on the route.

• Medical Kit or First AID Kit

  All Ausangate Peru guides have received specialized training in first aid. We hold mandatory training sessions for them every February. Your guide will always have a first aid kit and oxygen to face basic emergencies (altitude sickness, travelers' diarrhea, cuts, scrapes, etc.). If necessary, we'll evacuate you from the path as quickly as possible and ensure that you arrive at a clinic for treatment.

• Extras Included in our Service

  We believe that attention to small details is what sets us apart from other local companies. You’ll receive a sleeping pillow, a cover to protect your backpack on the route, and a rain poncho.

• 24/7 Customer Service

  We have telephone service available 24 hours/day for ease of communication with Ausangate Peru leading up to your tour.

• Satellite Phone

  Your tranquility is our first priority. Although our guides are prepared for emergencies in the mountains, calling a doctor, hospital, or a friend can make you feel more secure. For this reason, each Salkantay Trekking guide carries a satellite phone to call any location worldwide and from anywhere on the mountain.

• Accommodation

• 3 Nights Accommodation in Tents

  Ausangate Peru uses the best equipment to ensure your safety and comfort. Every 2 people will share a Eureka Timberline or Mountain Hardwear tent with a capacity of 4 people.

• Meals

• 4 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, and 3 Dinners

  Our chef prepares the best dishes in the middle of the mountains. We respect all diets (vegetarian, vegan, or special menus are available at no extra cost). Meals include breakfast, lunch, dinner, and complimentary hot drinks and snacks.

• Water on the trail

  We'll provide you with boiled, filtered, and cooled water during your hike. For this, you need to bring a camel bag or an empty bottle, which you can refill during each meal (we recommend a capacity of 2 liters).

• Wake up tea

  You'll wake up every morning at the camp with a cup of coca tea! It'll be brought to your tent so you can warm up before you start the day.

• Tea Time or Happy Hour

  Every afternoon before dinner, the cooks will provide you popcorn, cookies, coffee, hot chocolate, tea, hot water, etc. After a long day of hiking, you won't have to wait until dinner to relax, warm-up, and enjoy a bite!

• Daily snacks on the trail

  Every morning we’ll give you snacks so you can enjoy them during the walk. The snacks include local fruits, biscuits, chocolates, caramels, etc.

• One cloth snack bag per person

  To avoid the use of plastic bags that contaminate our environment, we'll give you a cloth bag for your snacks.

• Hygiene Products

  We'll provide you with a small towel and soap to clean your hands before each meal.

• Transportation

• Private Transport

  • Day 1: You'll be picked up from your hotel in the morning and will travel by private transportation to Upis, the starting point of the Trek.
  • Day 4: Once you complete the tour, we will take you back to the door of your hotel in Cusco.

• Cargo Mules

  While trekking, cargo mules will carry all the camping equipment and your baggage allowance (7 kg / 15.4 lb). Muleteers will be responsible for your duffle bag and personal items.

• Permits & Entrance Tickets

• Entry Ticket for the Ausangate Trek

• Entry to the Rainbow Mountain and the Red Valley

Not Included:

• Sleeping Bag

  You can rent one from our company if you don’t own one. Our sleeping bags are effective and durable to protect you from temperatures as low as -18ºC (0ºF). They are mummy-form and include a sleeping liner. The bags are cleaned after every use and have a maximum usage of 30 trips.
  • US$ 20.00 per person

• Trekking Poles

  Trekking poles are very helpful on rough and uneven terrain. You can rent a set from our company if you'd like.
  • US$ 20.00 per person

• Day 4 Dinner

• Personal Hiking Gear

• Travel Insurance

• Tips for our staff

  Tipping is usual on any excursion in Peru. Although we pay good salaries to our entire team, something extra is always welcome, especially considering the hard work they do. Typically, group participants collect their tips to hand out to the horsemen and chefs together.

• Additional costs or delays beyond our control

  Landslides, bad weather conditions, itinerary modifications due to a safety concern, illness, pandemics, government policy changes, political instability, strikes, an act of God, etc.