06DAYS AUSANGATE
Private Tour

RATES 2023

PRIVATE SERVICES

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RUMBO EXPLORA have carefully selected the best private transport options, of arrivals and departures between Cusco Airport and hotel, all year around. RUMBO EXPLORA offer you the possibility to make your transport reservation, due that not all transport companies have an automatic booking system. We will confirm your reservation within 24 hours.

CUSCO AIRPORT TRANSFER Private Transportation to/from Hotel
ORIGIN / DESTIN.	RATES	ACCORDING N° OF PASSENGERS	TRANSPORT / SPECIFICATIONS
Cusco Airport / Hotel Distance: 5km	US$15.00	From 01 – 04 persons	Type: Minivan (Hyundai – H1) + luggage space N° of Seats: 05
Cusco Airport / Hotel Distance: 5km	US$20.00	From 05 – 08 persons	Type: Short Sprinter (Mercedes Benz) + luggage space N° of Seats: 10
Cusco Airport / Hotel Distance: 5km	US$25.00	From 09 – 13 persons	Type: Large Sprinter (Mercedes Benz) + luggage space N° of Seats: 15
Cusco Airport / Hotel Distance: 5km	US$00.00 US$00.00	From 14 – 19 persons From 20 – 25 persons	Type: Minibus Irizar (Mercedes Benz) + luggage space N° of Seats: 25
Cusco Airport / Hotel Distance: 5km	US$00.00 US$00.00	From 20 – 30 persons From 31 – 42 persons	Type: Bus Irizar (Mercedes Benz) + luggage space N° of Seats: 42

05DAYS AUSANGATE
Private Tour

DESCRIPTION OF ITINERARY:

DAY 01: CUSCO – TINKI – UPIS:
Early morning our driver and guide will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the village of Tinki which will take us about 04 hours, located at the foot of the Vilcanota Mountain. On the way we will pass the small villages of the South Valley as Urcos, Catcca and Ocongate. We reach in Tinki (4000m/13120ft) a small village on the high plains (altiplano) where we meet our porters or mule-drivers (arrieros) that will carry our camping equipment and backpacks. Lunch included during trek. Then a 5hrs trek which will begin from Tinki, following a wide gently climb path towards the northwest side of the Ausangate Mountain, we arrive to Hotsprings of Upis (4435m/14547ft) our first campsite surrounded by snow-capped mountains. From here we get marvelous views of the Ausangate Mountain (6,350m/20830ft) and also enjoy the hotsprings. Dinner included in tents. Overnight in Upis.

• Land transport: Cusco – Tinki 4hrs
• Walking distance: 16 Km / 9.9 miles
• Estimated walking Time: 4 – 5 hours
• Maximum Altitude: 4435m/14547ft
• Accommodation: Camping tents
• Weather conditions: Cold, rainy December-March, dry
• Trail Conditions: Rocky, narrow, slippery (trekking shoes required)

DAY 2: UPIS HOTSPRINGS – LAKE PUKAQOCHA:
Breakfast included in tents. Then 2:30hrs trek to get Arapa pass (4,850m/15910ft), from here you will enjoy wonderful views of snowy peaks which belong to the Andean mountain range (cordillera de los Andes). We continue with our hiking, starting to descend passing the multi-colored glacial lakes (Pukaqocha, Hatunpukaqocha, and Qomerqocha) and waterfalls. Lunch included during the trek. A short walk in the afternoon will take us to the multi-colored Lake called Pukaqocha. Some days it can be heard ice falling (avalancha) into the lake from its sides. (We are not in any danger, because our campsite is far away from the lake). Dinner in tents. Overnight in Pukaqocha.

• Walking distance: 17 Km / 9.9 miles
• Estimated walking time: 6 Hours
• Maximum Altitude: 4,850m/15910ft
• Accommodation: Camping tents
• Weather conditions: Cold, rainy December-March, dry
• Trail Conditions: Rocky, narrow, slippery

DAY 3: LAKE PUKAQOCHA – UCHUY FINAYA – PAMPACANCHA:
Breakfast included in tents. We start to hike in direction to apuchata called Ausangate pass (5000m/16400ft). Descend to the beautiful lake Ausangateqocha, then we climb for about 2hrs steeply to Palomani pass (5200m/17055ft) the highest point of our journey, from where we will enjoy the wonderful views of Ausangate and Vilcanota Mountain range. Then we descend for about 2 hours walking down into the valley, through the lands of Finaya, we to reach our campsite near the remote village of Pampacancha (4500m/14760ft). Dinner in tents. Overnight at Pampacancha

• Walking distance: 16 Km / 9.9 miles
• Estimated walking time: 6 – 7 Hours
• Maximum Altitude: 5200m/17055ft
• Accommodation: Camping tents
• Weather conditions: Cold, rainy December-March, dry
• Trail Conditions: Rocky, narrow, slippery

DAY 4: PAMPACANCHA – QOMERQOCHA – TICLLAQOCHA LAKE:
Breakfast included in tents. Today we begin our trek which will be for about 3 hours uphill, passing on the way the Jampamayo River, until Jampamayo village (4300m/14105ft). We continue towards Jampa valley where can be seen some pumas (mountain lion), and many vizcachas (Andean squirrel-rabbit with long tail), this place opens out to the spectacular snowy peaks of Quinsapunta or three Peaks Mountain (6093m/19985ft) and Puca punta or red peak Mountain. We reach to Qomerqocha Lake (green lake) where we have lunch, among the wild vicuñas and green lakes in the Peruvian Andes. Then we follow the path raising steeply to our highest campsite, near the lakes of Ticllaqocha (4800m/15745ft). Dinner included in tents. Overnight in Ticllaqocha.

• Walking distance: 17 Km / 9.9 miles
• Estimated walking time: 6 – 7 Hours
• Maximum Altitude: 4800m/15745ft
• Accommodation: Camping tents
• Weather conditions: Cold, rainy December-March, dry
• Trail Conditions: Rocky, narrow, slippery

DAY 5: TICLLAQOCHA LAKE – QOMERQOCHA LAKE – HOTSPRINGS PACCHANTA:
Breakfast included in tents. Our hiking is for about 2hrs uphill until the Jampa pass (5000m/16400ft), place surrounded by lakes, huge snow-capped mountains. We follow the path downhill towards Pachanta (4250m/13940ft), on the way can be seen many herds of grazing llamas and alpacas, living together with the mountains. We reach to Pacchanta where we have lunch near the village. Afternoon free time to enjoy the hotsprings. Dinner in tents. Overnight in Pachanta.

• Walking distance: 14 Km / 8.7 miles
• Estimated walking time: 6 – 7 Hours
• Maximum Altitude: 4950m/16285ft
• Accommodation: Camping tents
• Weather conditions: Cold, rainy December-March, dry
• Trail Conditions: Rocky, narrow, slippery

DAY 6: HOTSPRINGS PACCHANTA – TINKI – CUSCO:
Breakfast included in tents. In the morning 3 hours walking to return to the small village of Tinki, across open fields which allow us the final views of Ausangate Mountain. We reach in Tinki village, where we will enjoy a delicious Pachamanca, and Andean way of cooking underground or with soil blocks. Finally after to enjoy our spectacular journey trek over the Andes, we take our transport back to Cusco, arriving approx. around 5pm. Then transfer to our hotels which is included.

• Walking distance: 8 km / 5 miles
• Estimated walking time: 3 – 4 hrs
• Maximum altitude: 4250m/13940ft
• Weather conditions: Cold, rainy December-March, dry
• Trail Conditions: Rocky, dusty and slippery
• Land Transport: Tinki – Cusco 4 hrs

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WHAT IS INCLUDED: The tour INCLUDES land tourist transportation & escort guide from Cusco hotel to Tinki village (start of the Trekking), the combined entrance ticket to Tinki and campsite fees, English-Spanish speaking guide for 06Days Trekking, horses and porters to carry all the camping equipment (spacious sleeping tents, sleeping bags, pillows, double thickness foam sleeping mattress, cooking equipment, dining tent, kitchen tent, tables and chairs), horses for riding in emergency cases, 7kg personal luggage allowance to put on the horses, experienced cook, all meals (5 breakfast, 6 lunches, 5 dinners), food (includes fresh fruit, avocados, fish, chicken, meat, pancakes, omelettes, pasta, soup and rice) recommended for trekking journeys, also hot drinks as coca tea and coffee, filtered drinking boiled water, land tourist transportation back from Tinki village to Cusco. Besides pre-trip information + organization and all local taxes. There are no hidden extras in our prices. Our company, in shared operation with our partner in Cusco provides for our guest comfortable Tents as Eureka, North Face or Doite, in single & double occupancy, besides oxygen & first aid kit, exclusive for foreign.
NOT INCLUDED: Breakfast (1° day) but it can be offered early morning in some hotels in Cusco, sleeping bags for the trekking, dinner at the end of the tour (6° day), we recommend in Cusco where there are restaurants. Optional gratuities for the guide, cook and porters. Our staff is well paid so tipping is voluntary, as desired.

Camping Equipment – Ausangate Trek

TENTS & LAMPS FOR OUR CLIENTS:
All of our tents are made of waterproof materials. Rumbo Explora, in shared operation with our partner in Cusco offer deluxe & private services for our demanding clients, supplying solar-powered lamps, for giving an excellent service at night, thus substitute the gas lamps currently employed for group tours by many local companies. The camping equipment with some brands or models:

• Eureka Tunnel Vision – larger groups
• Eureka Timberline 4 Outfitter – double occupancy
• Eureka Timberline 2XT – single occupancy
• Eureka K2XT – double & single occupancy
• Eureka Equinox – single occupancy
• The North Face VE25 – double & single occupancy
• Doite Cima 4 – single & double occupancy
• Doite Kailas 3 – single & double occupancy
• Doite Himalaya – single & double occupancy

TENTS & LAMPS FOR OUR STAFF (GUIDES, COOKS AND PORTERS):
Tents, sleeping bags, sleeping foams, rain ponchos and shoes for our staff are manufactured in Peru. We can guarantee the comfort of our staff during the excursion. For deluxe private Ausangate Trek our company, in shared operation with our partner in Cusco supply solar-powered lamps for our staff, to give an excellent service at night, thus substitute the gas lamps currently employed in group tours by many local companies.

COLLECTIVE TENTS:
For Salkantay Trek program it is employed dining tents, kitchen tents, and shower tents available. Additional to camping equipment we have porter backpacks, support belts, shoes, duffle bags, porter jackets, all manufactured in Peru. Besides our partner in Cusco have provided free insurance for all Ausangate Trek staff, we can guarantee that our staff are well paid in Cusco region, we consider them as the absolute minimum requirements for treating our camp staff fairly and as human beings.

SLEEPING MATS/PADS & SLEEPING BAGS:
For giving a top comfort service for all our clients at Salkantay Trek we work widely with three layers of orthopedic foamy pads, to guarantee a good rest, after a long hiking.
Our company, in shared operation with our partner in Cusco provide for our guests clean and comfortable sleeping bags (eureka), who offers different models in remote areas far away from city for different temperatures.

KITCHEN EQUIPMENT / TABLEWARE & CUTLERY:
For ensuring a maximum hygiene and the best service possible, our company, in shared operation with our partner in Cusco buy all fresh produce and food directly from local markets, where we can find out fresh fruits, meat, fish, potatoes, vegetables and others. Also it is employed for Inca Trail cutlery which is stainless steel, dishes, cups and glassware made in China, as Ausangate Mountain is located in the Andes, in remote areas far away from Cusco city, the weather is cold and plastic equipment not good. Besides the kitchen is equipped also with ovens, exclusive for our clients.

WATER FILTERS FACILITIES:
Rumbo Explora guarantee all meals and food along the journey. Travellers do not have to bring water purification tablets or water filters on the trek. Be sure that we operate in areas where water source is clean besides it is filtered for cooking and boiled for drinking purposes, and it is regularly monitored, for not put our clients’ health at risk. We use biodegradable soup and detergent, in shared operation with our partner in Cusco, exclusive for clients of Rumbo Explora.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSABILITY:
Toilet facilities: As Ausangate Trek program takes several days, our company, in shared operation with our partner in Cusco employ (toilet tent) portable toilet facilities including biodegradable bags (manufactured in United States). Some organic wastes are taken out and buried in remote areas far away from Trail, or carried back to Cusco. On the journey of Ausangate Trekking there are not proper flush toilets.
In Cusco & Machupicchu: On the Ausangate Trek (protected area) is not allowed drop-off rubbish or polluting the environment that is why our Company put in operation the collecting of garbage from all our excursions where we operate following the Peruvian regulations, respecting the protection to environment.
In Puno & Lake Titicaca: Rumbo Explora recommends to all our drivers during the excursions, put on tourist transportations and motor boats a small rubbish bin and all this will be taken to the garbage collector and then to the Municipal dump, to avoid the pollution in Lake Titicaca region.
In Arequipa & Colca Valley: As the excursion to Colca Valley takes 02Days or more, people carry water in plastic bottles for several days, which produces garbage against the environment. We decided to collect all wastes possible from all our tours, especially from our Trekking program in Colca Valley where we operate, taking back to Arequipa to send to Municipal dump.
Lima & Nazca-Paracas and other places: Lima, Nazca and Paracas are towns located on the desert, where the temperature in summer gets warm up to 30°-35° degrees, and wastes produce contamination. We suggest to all our visitors put the wastes into the rubbish bin.

FOR EMERGENCIES – FIRST-AID-KITS & OXYGEN BOTTLES:
Inca Trail program, Salkantay, Ausangate, Lares Treks and others implies downs and ups along the trekking and not medical centers, in some areas our clients will cross hiking over 4300m/14,100feet, is our priority to carry for emergencies oxygen & first aid kit, exclusive for foreign. Our guides are trained in first aid, and we can guarantee the trekking for the Inca Trail program and all treks where we operate. In a future not far away we will provide satellite phone as a priority for our services on Inca Trail program, exclusive for our clients and staff, just for emergencies.

IMPORTANT: Our tourist transportation vehicles have nation wide circulation permit and 2 types of insurance (Certificate of Statutory Accident Insurance Transit SOAT, besides has vehicle Insurance Policy to all risks in record) + oxygen & first aid kit + panoramic windows + reclining & confortable seats, exclusive for our demanding customers. Rumbo Explora provide to visitors all possible choices. Beware with some local illegal companies or a middleman that offers to visitors low rates that not guarantee the service & quality offered.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BY RUMBO EXPLORA	OTHER LOCAL OPERATORS
Technical specificatications: Our modern & new tourist transportation vehicles: Mercedes Benz & Renault (10 to 19 seats), Minibus (25 to 30 seats), Buses (40 seats)	Technical specificatications: Few tour operators work with good tourist transportation vehicles as: Mercedes Benz & Renault (10 to 19 seats), Minibus (25 to 30 seats), Buses (40 seats)
First Aid Kit & Services: Oxygen & first aid kit, telephone charger and maps of Colca valley, which led us to be one of the best tour operators in the southern Perú.	First Aid Kit & Services: Few tour operators provide this service.
Insurance policy: Our tourist transportation vehicles have national permit circulation and 2 types of insurance (Certificate of Statutory Accident Insurance Transit SOAT, besides has vehicle Insurance Policy to all risks in record)	Insurance policy: Most of tour operators work with vehicles which have local permits only.
Tours guides: We put at your disposal the most qualified staff of tourist guides, with degree of the Institute (3 years) or University (5 years) and certified from the language center of the university and Peruvian-American Cultural Center (US Embassy) with a high level of English.	Tours guides: Some travel agencies are not paying their guides or drivers, hiring them without experience. We are sure that you will be forced to buy souvenirs during the journeys with higher prices, and the guides will try living of their commissions, which can be a bad experience for you. ¡Be aware!

IMPORTANT NOTE:

You can see that in Rumbo Explora we have developed for you tailor-made itineraries with the best price as competitive as possible, providing an excellent service and paying our guides 10% above the legal wage agreed with the tour guides in Peru. Our staff are some of the best paid in Cusco & Machupicchu, Puno & Lake Titicaca, Arequipa & Colca canyon, Lima and Nazca & Paracas, which allows us to attract only the Best Tour Guides, Motor Boats and Land Transportation with national permit, to none other local company, that can only provide a cheaper price by providing a far inferior service and saving on staff costs, ¿How? Hiring tour guides in training without experience and not paying them, besides avoiding taxes to government.
Big Travel companies from Europe, North America, Australia and others work with the Peruvian Tour Operators located in Lima-Peru, who work as middlemen receiving from them good prices from the Tours & Packages, and paying to us 40 to 50% minor the normal price, besides 2 to 3 months delayed, being this the reason that Rumbo Explora have decided to offer tours & packages directly to travelers.