Meals

Food: The Alpaca Expeditions chefs cook delicious meals that many previous trekkers have raved about. We honor all food restrictions. Be sure to remind your tour guide of any food restrictions at the beginning of your trek. Food is typically served family-style. You will enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner each day of the trek, along with a happy hour of tea and snacks. You will also be provided a snack each morning, for you to enjoy along the hike. Your last meal with your chef will be after breakfast on day four. Lunch the last day is not included. You will enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner each day of the trek along with a happy hour of some tea and snacks. You will also be provided a snack each morning for you to bring with you and enjoy along the hike. Lunch the last day is not included. Water: Beginning from your first lunch until your last breakfast, Alpaca Expeditions will supply all the water needed. This water will be boiled, filtered and then cooled, before distributing. You must supply your own water bottles or camel back. We recommend carrying about 3L worth. We will refill our waters at each meal.

Guide

Professional Guides: All of our guides studied English and tourism at Cusco National University. They all grew up in this region and have a true passion to teach others about their heritage. They are fun yet professional, and will ensure you are safe and happy. Porters & Horsemen: We include a personal porter, who is responsible for carrying your duffel bag containing your personal items. There is no additional fee for this. We will give you your duffel bag at your briefing the night before, to be filled with the things you will need for the next night and day. You will not have access to your duffel bag until your arrive at your evening campsite.

Transport

All your transportation is included in this trek. You will be picked up directly from your hotel around 4:30 a.m. and brought to the trailhead to begin your trek. Once you complete the trek, you will be brought back directly to your hotel in Cusco for drop off.

Accommodation

3 nights camping - Alpaca Expeditions has the best equipment. We use Eureka Timberline 4 person tents that are shared by only two people. You will have a spacious dining tent to enjoy your meals in.

Others

Briefing: The night before your trek, you will come to our office for your briefing. You will receive your duffel bag that will stay with your porters, while you hike. This bag should not exceed 7 kg/14 lbs and does need to include your sleeping bag and air mattress. First Aid: Every Alpaca Expeditions guide has received training in first aid from a physician. We conduct mandatory training sessions every February, which every single Alpaca tour guide must attend. Your tour guide will always have a first-aid kit for basic medical problems (traveler’s diarrhea, cuts, scrapes, etc.) and oxygen. We will get you off the trail as quickly and comfortably as possible, if needed, and ensure you get directly to a clinic for treatment. Extras: We believe it’s the attention to small details that separates us from other tour companies. Every trekker receives a small pillow to sleep with, a foam mat for insulation, a day pack cover to protect their things while hiking and a rain poncho. We will work hard to create your best vacation. Satellite Phones: Our top priority will always be the safety of our clients and our team. While we are prepared and all our guides are trained for most of the issues clients have on the mountain, being a phone call away from any doctor, hospital or friend helps everyone feel assured that they are safe. Radios, which all our guides have, are limited in how far they can reach, so Alpaca Expeditions has added Satellite Phones to every trek. Every guide will have a fully charged phone that can be used anywhere on the mountain to connect us anywhere in the world. And they can be used by our clients for non-emergencies as well. While they are not cheap to use, they are available just in case you need to check in on the puppy you left at home with grandma.

Hygieneprotocol

Alpaca Expeditions’ Safety Protocols With these announcements, we also want to let you know that Alpaca Expeditions is ready to operate the allowed tours with all the needed safety protocols. To guarantee an amazing but safe experience to you and your loved ones. The protocols are as follows: All of our staff. Including guides, porters, cooks and drivers will go through a COVID19 molecular discard test before being able to work. Our doctor will check on our staff to go through a discard triage for any risk of infection before every service. Temperature control is mandatory to both staff and passengers. Hand-washing is mandatory for both our staff and clients. Alpaca guides always carry a personal first-aid kit including masks, gloves and thermometers, satellite phone etc. The usage of masks is mandatory to both staff and passengers. The 1 and a half meters minimum-distance between each person will be respected and organized by our guides. Our vehicles will be disinfected following the biosecurity protocols given by the Health Ministry in Peru before and after every service. Inside our vehicles there will always be masks, hand sanitizer and a first-aid kit with oxygen masks, etc. in case any of our clients need them. We will only use 50% of the vehicle capacity in order to respect the social distancing requirements.

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Others

Rentals: Every trekker needs a sleeping bag, when camping. Inflatable air mattresses and walking sticks (with rubber tips) are optional, but encouraged. If you don’t want to bring any of the above, they are all available for rent: Sleeping Bag: $20 Inflatable Air Mattress: $15 Walking Sticks (Pair): $15

Insurance

Insurance is not included.

Optional

Other activities and services are not included.

Flights

International flights are not included.

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Day 1 Day 1: Cusco – Pukutuni School – Pucaccocha
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Cusco – Pukutuni School – Pucaccocha

Pick up will be at 4AM and it will be a three hour drive to the trailhead at Pukutuni School. Here you will enjoy some breakfast and meet your crew: chef, porters and horses men. It will be a three hour hike until your lunch spot at Upis village, in the skirt of Ausanagte Mountain. After lunch you will climb for another 1.5 hours uphill to the first pass called Vicuña Pass (4850 meters) and then approximately 3 hours to your evening campsite at Pucaccocha. All along the way there are stunning of views of the valleys, waterfalls, and glacier peaks.

Trail head elevation: 4200m

Walking distance. 16km

Camsite elevation. 4600m

Weather: cold

Rate: Challenging
Day 2 Day 2: Pucaccocha - Condor Pass – Alpaca Pass - Sororni Lake
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Pucaccocha - Condor Pass – Alpaca Pass - Sororni Lake

After an early, nutritious breakfast, you will continue the hike with a 2 hour climb to Condor pass (4900 meters). On the way you will have magical views of Ausangate mountain and lagoons and perhaps you will see some llamas and alpacas. It is then a gradual downhill hike for 2 hours to our lunch spot. After lunch you will have a small climb to Alpaca pass (4950 m) where you can see a small part of Rainbow Mountain. After 1 more hour of downhill hiking, you will get to this evenings campsite. This is one of the most beautiful spots to take in the Andean sky.

Walking distance: 08 km

Campsite elevation: 4700m

Weather: cold

Rate: Challenging
Day 3 Day 3: Soroni Lake – Rainbow Mountain – Kayrawiri - Drive To Ollantaytambo And Train To Aguas Calientes
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Soroni Lake – Rainbow Mountain – Kayrawiri - Drive To Ollantaytambo And Train To Aguas Calientes

Spending the night on the mountains means you will be one of the first to arrive to the amazing Rainbow Mountain. Again you will enjoy a nice breakfast with hot drinks to start your morning. You will hike 2 hours gradually uphill to get to this famous mountain. On the way you can see some wildlife of vicuñas. Upon your arrival, the views will be stunning and because it will be so early, you should be able to get some spectacular photographs of all the colors. Your guide will explain to you about the colors and minerals. Once you are ready to leave, it will be 1 hour to the end of the trail where you will say good bye to your trekking team and continue from this point with just your guide.

It will be a 4 hour drive to Ollantaytambo, where you will have some dinner before catching your 7PM train to Aguas Calientes, the village below Machu Picchu. You will have the opportunity to take a nice hot shower and sleep in a comfortable bed in a hotel in the town.

Walking: 6 km

Weather: Cold

Rainbow mountain elevation: 5030m

Rate: Challenging
Day 4 Day 4: Machu Picchu & Return To Cusco
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Machu Picchu & Return To Cusco

Today will be the most important day of your expedition. To get the most out of the day, we encourage every group to have an early breakfast before catching one of the first buses up to Machu Picchu (starting at 5:30 a.m.). The hotel will hold your bags for you while in Machu Picchu. This way, you will only be required to take your personal backpack with all essentials up to Machu Picchu. The bus ride from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu will take approximately 30 minutes. Once in Machu Picchu, your guide will introduce you the beauty of Machu Picchu. You will head directly to a well-sought out location from where you will watch the sunrise and take photographs. Your guide will then guide you around the main sectors of the citadel, for a total of 2.5 hours. During this guided tour, you will learn some more about the history and culture of the Inca Empire. At the end of the tour, you will have some time to yourself or, if you arranged to hike Huayna Picchu* (must be booked in advance, as it sells out and costs $75 per person), your guide will show you where to begin this hike, which will take no more than 2 hours round-trip. For your return from Machu Picchu, we recommend to begin heading back to Aguas Calientes town by no later than 2 hours prior to your train departure. Your guide will inform you of your train times prior to your return. The train return from Aguas Calientes to Ollantaytambo will take approximately 2 hours. In Ollantytambo, our Alpaca Staff will be waiting for your right by the station´s exit door ready to bring you back to Cusco by car. The car ride to Cusco will be approximately 2 hours and will have you dropped off at your hotel in Cusco.

Machu Picchu Mountain may be hiked as well, instead of Huayna Picchu Mountain. This hike is more challenging and takes three hours minimum, round-trip (at an extra cost of USD $75 per person).

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Machu Picchu - Ausangate To Rainbow Mountain Trek 4 Days.

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Itinerary of your trip Machu Picchu - Ausangate To Rainbow Mountain Trek 4 Days.

Day 1: Cusco – Pukutuni School – Pucaccocha

Day 2: Pucaccocha - Condor Pass – Alpaca Pass - Sororni Lake

Day 3: Soroni Lake – Rainbow Mountain – Kayrawiri - Drive To Ollantaytambo And Train To Aguas Calientes

Day 4: Machu Picchu & Return To Cusco

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