The 7 Ausangate Lakes Trek is one of the most beautiful routes in the Vilcanota mountain range. Here, you’ll see the impressive Ausangate, one of Peru’s five highest snowy peaks. You’ll get to connect with pure nature and enjoy stunning spots in the Cusco Andes surrounded by lagoons with different colors.
You’ll also relax in the Pacchanta hot springs before having a traditional lunch prepared by a local family who will warmly welcome us into their home. This is a day trip where you’ll discover native communities that still keep their culture and traditions alive. Ready to experience this?
This amazing day adventure starts early. We’ll take a private transport to the Pacchanta community. A local family will greet us with a traditional and hearty Andean breakfast. Then, we’ll begin our trek through the 7 Lagoons in the Andes. Along the way, you’ll enjoy incredible views of huge glaciers, including the mighty Ausangate at 6,384 meters.
We’ll start climbing to visit the first lagoon, Comercocha, which means “green lagoon” in Quechua. As we continue, we’ll pass by lagoons like Patacocha, Azulcocha, and China Otorongo. After hiking about 15 km, we’ll return to Pacchanta for lunch. If you’re up for it, you can soak in the hot springs to relax before heading back to Cusco, ending this unforgettable experience.
The best part of the day: Walk near the impressive Ausangate and explore beautiful lagoons of different colors.
We’ll start the day by picking you up from your hotel and heading south of Cusco. We’ll pass through charming villages where people wear colorful traditional clothes, keeping their culture and traditions intact. We’ll make a quick stop in Ccatca to visit its plaza and some of its streets that make the place even more beautiful.
Next, we’ll travel along the interoceanic highway that connects Peru with Brazil until we reach Pacchanta, located over 4,000 meters high. Here, a wonderful local family will welcome us into their home for a nutritious breakfast made with Andean ingredients. After breakfast, we’ll head to the Vilcanota mountain range, where you’ll see the spectacular Ausangate glacier, one of the most amazing glaciers that feeds the beautiful lagoons we’ll visit on our hike.
We’ll then climb for about three and a half hours to reach the Ninaparayoc viewpoint. Along the way, we’ll pass Comercocha and Alqacocha, lagoons with blue and turquoise waters at the foot of the mysterious Callangate glacier. Later, we’ll return to Pacchanta and visit lagoons like Patacocha, Otorongocha, and Azulcocha.
Before soaking in the relaxing hot springs of Pacchanta, we’ll go back to our host family’s home for a delicious lunch. Finally, happy with this beautiful experience, we’ll take the private transport back to Cusco.
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“MACHUPICCHU PERU TRAVEL” is a 100% Peruvian local company and tour operator in Cusco, with many years of experience in hikes, adventure tours, and travel packages. We are a 100% local company.
Our dream as a local company is to offer personalized travel and hiking experiences, operated solely by local professional staff, focusing on a PERSONALIZED and HIGH-QUALITY SERVICE.
We are proud of our reputation as a travel operating agency, in addition to practicing RESPONSIBLE and SUSTAINABLE actions with the environment and local people.
We consider our staff as family and guarantee them a fair salary. We are very proud of our team! Without their support, we could not offer the quality of service that hundreds of our travelers have enjoyed.
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To offer a more personalized service at “MACHUPICCHU PERU TRAVEL,” we maintain a limit of 8 people for each of our groups. This distinguishes us from other companies that operate with larger groups.
We are very proud of our guides. They are experts and professionals, fluent in English. They are experts and knowledgeable about the routes, and they are passionate about Inca heritage and history. Our guides are dedicated to their continuous personal and professional development, researching to offer you accurate and recognized theories about Inca and Andean culture. They are friendly, athletic, and well-educated, with degrees in Archaeology, Tourism, Botany, History, or Anthropology.
Hiking with “MACHUPICCHU PERU TRAVEL” is an uplifting experience, we prioritize your comfort and enjoyment throughout the hike, and you will have the assistance of our porters. You will interact with local people, explore incredible sites, and rediscover ancient Inca ancestral towns. Our porters carry your gear, prepare your meals, set up our camp tents, and take care of you while you relax.
We provide our porters for free with: jackets, sun hats, warm hats, shirts, pants, hiking boots, comfortable travel bags, canteens, back support belts, sleeping bags, mattresses, and travel insurance. All are hired from isolated communities, improving their economic circumstances and supporting the education of their children. We treat all our porters like family!
Our team (guides, cooks, porters, muleteers) and our equipment make “MACHUPICCHU PERU TRAVEL” stand out among our competitors. On our adventure hikes, we include:
At “MACHUPICCHU PERU TRAVEL,” we have always believed in giving back to isolated local communities. As part of our commitment to responsible tourism, we carry out various social projects and always hire local people.
We are very proud to support our local people. We not only employ them but also support their families, contributing to a holistic approach with our employees from the Peruvian Andes and their loved ones.
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