Ultimate Ausangate Trek Packing List Ultimate Ausangate Trek Packing List
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TAKE ON YOUR TREK

Ultimate Ausangate Trek Packing List

Essential packing list for trekking

So you are planning to trek the famous Ausangate?

his Ausangate Packing List will help you to prepare for your outdoor adventure in one of the most stunning regions of South America.

In it we have provided as much detail on every piece of kit you will need for a safe and successful trekking. The packing list includes personal recommendations on gear that we own and use. We believe these recommended items of gear provide the best value for money and deliver the best performance.

Essential packing list

PACKING LIST: Duffle Bag Duffle Bag
PACKING LIST: Daypack Daypack

Documents

PACKING LIST: Original Passport Original Passport

Clothing

PACKING LIST: Underwear Underwear
PACKING LIST: Base Layer Base Layer
PACKING LIST: Trekking Shirts Trekking Shirts
PACKING LIST: Hard Shell Jacket and Rain Gear Hard Shell Jacket and Rain Gear
PACKING LIST: Insulated Jacket Insulated Jacket
PACKING LIST: Fleece Jacket Fleece Jacket
PACKING LIST: Trekking Shorts and Trousers Trekking Shorts and Trousers

Headgear

PACKING LIST: Hat for Sun Protection Hat for Sun Protection
PACKING LIST: Head Band or Beanie Head Band or Beanie
PACKING LIST: Neck Gaiter or Balaclava Neck Gaiter or Balaclava

Hands

PACKING LIST: Inner Gloves Inner Gloves
PACKING LIST: Outer Gloves Outer Gloves

Footwear

PACKING LIST: Hiking Boots
PACKING LIST: Trainers (Trekking shoes / sandals) Trainers (Trekking shoes / sandals)
PACKING LIST: Hiking Socks
PACKING LIST: Thermal Socks Thermal Socks
PACKING LIST: Gaiters Gaiters

Important Accessories

PACKING LIST: Sleeping Bag Sleeping Bag
PACKING LIST: Trekking Poles Trekking Poles
PACKING LIST: Sunglasses Sunglasses
PACKING LIST: Headlamp Headlamp
PACKING LIST: Water Bottle or Hydration Bladder Water Bottle or Hydration Bladder
PACKING LIST: Camera / Videocamera Camera / Videocamera
PACKING LIST: Notebook / Journal and Pen Notebook / Journal and Pen

Personal Gear and Medications

  • Trekking Towel:

    A small to medium sized hiking towel can come in great use. LifeVentures or Discovery provide good, quick-drying trekking towels.

  • Small Locks:

    To protect your belongings in your rucksack or duffle bag

  • Waterproof Ziplock Bags:

    These come in handy for storing important / valuable items like your money, a passport and electrical equipment

  • Isotonic Powder:

    Can be used to flavour your water nicely and helps replace electrolytes, improving energy levels and aiding water absorption. Here are some good Isotonic powdered drinks

  • Diamox:

    Also know as acetazolamide, is a medication that can be used as a prophylactic (preventative) solution for altitude sickness. It does not cure altitude sickness and should never therefore never be used as a method to continue ascending to high altitudes. It can however help prevent the onset of altitude sickness and is commonly used by high altitude climbers and trekkers.

  • General Medications:

    We recommend taking paracetamol or aspirin for headaches (a common altitude sickness symptom on the Salkantay Trek) and Imodium for diarrhoea (another common problem as food preparation can be a little unhygienic)

  • Basic First Aid Kit:

    If you are joining an organised trek, your guide will most likely be carrying a first aid kit. If you are hiking unsupported or independently then a first aid kit is a must. Here are some compact and good outdoor first aid kits: Outdoor First Aid Kits

  • Suncream / Lip balm:

    No one wants burnt skin or cracked lips! Be sure to bring 1 x suncream (SPF 30) and 1 x lip balm

  • Baby wipes:

    For quick and easy wet washe when no showers are in sight! bring 1 x baby wipes

  • Blister Plasters:

    The dreaded blisters! We recommend taking Compeed blister plasters

  • Hand Sanitizer:

    Great for disinfecting hands before and after eating, or when they get dirty during the hike
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Llama in the high mountains of Ausangate

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The Greatest Hiking Trails in Peru

Here you will find the Best Adventure Treks around Ausangate, Rainbow Mountain, and Machu Picchu.

Our collection of the most fabulous hiking trails in Peru bring you up close and very personal with the region’s most jaw-dropping highlights: from the snow-peaked Andes to turquoise lakes, waterfalls, and glaciers that seem to hang as if by magic, as well as an abundance of wildlife spotting and a breathtaking, unforgettable adventure in nature.

Ausangate Trek - Campsite
Pupolar Trek
  • CUSCO
  • 5 DAYS

Ausangate Trek Classic

Upis Hot Spring, Arapa Pass, Yanacocha, Pucacocha Lake
Ausangate Trek 5 Days, a fantastic and less-known trek are surrounding the snow-capped Sacred Mountain (“Apu”) of Ausangate (6,384 masl / 20,945 fasl) that takes you over mountain passes, impressive mountain scenery, remote Andean villages, hot springs, and turquoise lakes. Ausangate, a five-day trek, is an unforgettable hike recommended for mountain trekking lovers, searching for an intense experience in remote areas and wild nature.
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  • Max group size: 12
  • 5 days trekking
  • Max altitude - 5200 metres
  • For Adventure Seekers
FROM US$ 600 View Details
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Rainbow Mountain Vinicunca Cusco 1 day
  • CUSCO
  • 1 DAY

RAINBOW MOUNTAIN

Rainbow Mountain, Warmisaya Pass
The majestic Rainbow Mountain, also known as Vinicunca or Winicunca (5,100 m / 16,732 f). On top of that, you’ll also visit the Warmisaya Pass where you’ll catch a glance of the snowcap of Ausangate in all its glory. You’ll understand why this Apu (what the locals call it) is so sacred.
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  • Max group size: 12
  • 1 day trekking
  • Max altitude - 5200 metres
  • For Adventure Seekers
FROM US$ 100 View Details
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Hatun Pucacocha in the Ausangate Mountain
  • CUSCO
  • 3 DAYS

Ausangate & Rainbow Mountain

Arapa Pass, Warmisaya, Red Valley
If you want to visit one of the most incredible places in Cusco, you’ll have to challenge yourself and conquer the mountains. It won’t be impossible since, as you start your journey, our guides and personnel will support you, always by your side to provide the best service so you can enjoy your trip to the fullest. You won’t be sorry! It will be an unforgettable excursion. This tour will take you to the most surprising tourist attractions in all of Peru.
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  • Max group size: 12
  • 3 days trekking
  • Max altitude - 5200 metres
  • For Adventure Seekers
FROM US$ 400 View Details
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Machu Picchu
  • CUSCO
  • 4 DAYS

Rainbow Mountain: Imperial

City Tour, Maras Moray, Salt Mines, Machu Picchu, Rainbow Mountain
We’ll take you on an unmatched journey. We’ll start, first, with a City Tour, traversing the main attractions of the city in its natural form. We’ll continue exploring the Sacred Valley of the Incas, enjoying the unique beauty of the fields of Andean crops in these places. We’ll also visit the enigmatic circular farming terraces of Moray and discover how, since time immemorial, salt has been extracted from Maras.
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  • Max group size: 12
  • 4 days tour
  • Max altitude - 5200 metres
  • For Adventure Seekers
FROM US$ 600 View Details
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Quelccaya Glacier
  • CUSCO
  • 2 DAYS

Rainbow Mountain & Quelccaya Glacier

Rainbow Mountain - Sibinacocha Lake - Quelccaya Glacier
We will start this program by heading south of the city of Cusco to reach the picturesque Rainbow Mountain. After exploring this beautiful place, we will head in our private transport to the Sibinacocha lake, the second-largest in Cusco. We will camp in the Ruita sector, from where we will be able to appreciate the great Quelccaya glacier.
AT A GLANCE
  • Max group size: 12
  • 2 days trekking
  • Max altitude - 5200 metres
  • For Adventure Seekers
FROM US$ 230 View Details
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Inca Trail route to Machu Picchu
  • CUSCO
  • 6 DAYS

Rainbow Mountain + Inca Trail

Rainbow Mountain - Inca Trail Classic - Machu Picchu
We want to propose a new travel option. It’s a combination of nature, culture, history and landscapes from glaciers to valleys and the cloud forest. We’ll visit these three most impactful settings of the Cusco region.
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  • Max group size: 12
  • 9 days treks
  • Max altitude - 5100 metres
  • For Adventure Seekers
FROM US$ 900 View Details
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7 Lakes of Ausangate Full-Day Tour
  • CUSCO
  • 1 DAY

Ausangate 7 Lakes Hike

Pacchanta - Comercocha Lagoon - Otorongococha - Azulcocha - Pacchanta Hot Springs
The Tour of the 7 Lakes is one of the most beautiful routes in all of the Vilcanota Mountain Range; you’ll stand before the imposing Ausangate, one of the 5 highest snowcaps in Peru. You’ll have the opportunity to connect with the purest of nature and gaze upon a gorgeous place in the Andes of Cusco surrounding these multi-colored lakes.
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  • Max group size: 12
  • 1 day hike
  • Max altitude - 4800 metres
  • For Adventure Seekers
FROM US$ 95 View Details
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For us quality of experience is only second to safety.

We are committed to providing world-class trekking experiences for our guests that go way above and beyond the mass-produced tours so common today.

2 days of adventures in the Andes

We did the 2-day tour through Ausangate, the rainbow mountain, and the red valley. The tour was private, the guide Jimmy was very friendly and professional, the whole trip has well organized the food was delicious during the excursion.
I thank the travel agency for this beautiful experience, and I recommend it.

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