Rainbow Mountain and Quelccaya Glacier

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

  An official English and Spanish-speaking tour guide will accompany you along the route. Your guide will explain the culture and surroundings and keep you safe, sound, and comfortable to enjoy your trip 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.

• Sleeping Bag

• Trekking Poles

• 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

• 1 Night 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

• 2 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, and 1 Dinner

  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 with a cup of hot coca tea! Our staff will bring it to your tent so you can warm up before you start your day.

• 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

  All transportation is included in this tour. We’ll pick you up from your hotel and after the end of the trip, we’ll drop you back at the door of your hotel in Cusco.

• Permits & Entrance Tickets

• Entry to the Rainbow Mountain

Not Included:

• Day 2 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.