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Our Inca Trail Tour was absolutely incredible and exceeded all expectations! This was largely due to our guide Henrry who is so knowledgeable about the landscape, history, astronomy and spirituality of the region - he also has a really fun attitude & energy. The chef was wonderful and cooked us delicious food, it was lovely to try some peruvian classics while also accommodating our dietary requirements. All of the team at SAS were so welcoming and made our trek so special and memorable, we can’t thank you enough!!
read moreIncredible experience and will never forget!
Dayvis is the best tour guide. He is super nice, very knowledgeable and very accommodating! The whole SAS trek team is incredible and highly will recommend to all my family and friends! It was my birthday and they even baked me a cake with what they had, it meant so much to me! Appreciated all the cooks, porters and especially our guide Dayvis. We are so thankful for SAS !!
Best Salkantay Tour Company!!
SAS went above and beyond in every way for our 5 day salkantay trail! Best trip ever! Highly recommend this company for the best service and experience.
Roger, our tour guide made every moment so special full of knowledge sharing, laughter, and positivity. He brought us on special add on hikes and excursions that were incredible. Oscar, our chef, prepared literal feasts for every meal that were all delicious, unique, and nourishing. Other tour groups were salivating when they saw the food we were served. Elias, quickly became our friend with morning tent wake-ups with cocoa tea, his huge smile, and incredible service for camping and meal time. All of the staff was incredible and made our experience feel like “glamping” in the most beautiful Peruvian Andes scenery.
Jonathan, made planning this trip so easy with quick responses and extreme flexibility when we had to reschedule to 2022 after the 2020 surprise pandemic interrupted plans.
It should also be noted that during our trip there were strikes going on that led to blockades around Cusco, making it difficult to get to the trailhead on day 1. However, our SAS team was the only tour company that found a way for us to begin the trip on time with commitment and creativity. We are so thankful for SAS!!
Amazing 4d/3n classic Inca trail.!
I just finished hiking the 4d/3n classic Inca trail with SAS and would absolutely recommend this company. Communication was great from start to finish - even before my friend and I booked the tour, Jonathan was extremely responsive and helpful in answering all of our questions.
On the hike, our tour guide Deyviss was extremely knowledgeable about the history and culture of the Inca empire. He was also very accommodating for the varying fitness levels in our group, even helping me carry my backpack when I got really bad altitude sickness on the second day. Elias, the porter team, and the chef were also phenomenal, running ahead of us to ensure everything ran on schedule.
Overall, this was an amazing experience and I really enjoyed hiking with Deyviss and team!
Sacred Valley plus Short Inca Trail.!
Just finished the Sacred Valley plus Short Inca Trail 3 Days/ 2 Nights Tour. The tour was incredible and more than covered everything in the prospective. But what really made the trip was the office staff and the guide. The personal attention from the Cusco office staff Jonathan as he setup the trip just as we requested including getting tickets to Huayna Piccho Mountain at the time we wanted and arranging for airport transport and Covid testing. I had a few special needs due to age and allergies, and he made sure that they were addressed.
Our guide for the 3 days, Danny Ramirez, was both an expert guide with a deep knowledge of Inca and Spanish culture as well as the local flora and fauna, but also a personal coach, encouraging me forward yet giving me space to enjoy some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet. It was a real privilege for me and my family to spend 3 days with him. Thank you.
US$ 690.00 p/person
(Based on Double / Triple accommodation)
2 people group US$ 990 pp
3-4 people US$ 890 pp
5-8 people US$ 690 pp
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Price of the tour is based to the number of participants in the group tour, we will inform you previously your trek to your email.
Ausangate Mountain is the highest mountain in the Cordillera Vilcanota, an impressive range of mountains which include the massive Nevado de Ausangate (6,385 m) and three others summits over 6000 m. It is a beautiful and excellent trekking loop offering spectacular mountain scenery, snow-capped peaks, hot springs, turquoise lakes, glaciers, herds of llamas and alpacas, picturesque villages and traditionally dressed Quechua people. This is a moderate to challenging trek, not technical and often cold nights so be prepared and bring warm clothes. This six day trek starts and finishes at the small village of Tinqui and takes you around the massif of Ausangate mountains with over three high passes (two of them over 5,000 m). It is essential to spend few days in Cusco to acclimatize before starting the trek.
The range of mountains of Ausangate region are considered by the local people to be a sacred Apu (a sacred mountain and region) and it is the central most powerful point of pilgrimage for today’s Quechuas descendents. This fascinated trek can be also combined with famous Inti raymi fest, Sun`s festival in Cusco or the winter solstice fest in Qoyllor rity snow capped mountains opposite from Ausangate.
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The landscapes that can be seen on the route are spectacular and range from plains and rock formations to glaciers and lagoons, the design of the circuit also includes sharing the stories of its inhabitants, their world view, their relationship with these sacred mountains . “Stories are essential and it is the community members themselves" who can pass them on to visitors. Many take the trip as a physical challenge, but it is also a cultural and historical learning experience.
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Our Vision and Dream.- On the one side, it was wanted to stop the abandonment of communities by generating work opportunities and prosperity and at the same time to preserve and transmit their ancestral traditions and Andean customs. Empowering to the new generation of Peruvians who live around this sacred mountains and small villages, promoting justice, freedom, dignity, hope and opportunities to a better life.
Distance: 74 km
Duration: 6 Days
When to go: Best from April to December
Altitude : 3,800 masl to 5,165 masl
Difficulty: Moderate to Challenging
Modality: Trekking, scenic and Cultural
Location: Mountain range Vilcanota - Cusco
Day Temperature: 15 ºC to 25 ºC / Night temperature : 4ºC to -10º C
Remark : 2-3 day acclimatization required.
El Apu Ausangate or Auzangate.-
The range of mountains and snow capped mountains -named as Ausangate, located at the eastern region of the Cordillera of Vilcanota, to starts this beautiful and scenery trek, we need to head 100 km southern from Cusco, we will take you in our private van for 4 hours until Tinqui, where we start our trek and loop through amazing, valleys, mountains, lakes, moraines and summits. Ausangate snow capped mountain is the fifth highest mountain in Peru, with 6,384 meters high. The natives of the Andean zone call it Apu, which means God or sacred mountains.
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MARQUESES Boutique Hotel GET a FREE UPGRADE to our Suite or Deluxe rooms (booking this tour 6-2 months before.) Best location in Town, 24/7 Oxigen Assistance, (And many cups of Coca tea for the altitude). Free Pick up from Airport at your arrival to Cusco, Buffet Breakfast, Family-friendly and Non-smoking Hotel, Internet and Wi-Fi. “A charming and Amazing Hotel, Great Location one block near the center, the hospitality will blow you away. Your every need is attended to by friendly, knowledgeable staff. Excellent three-star Hotel”. © 2022 TripAdvisor LLC
Early transfer from your hotel in Cusco ( 06:30 am ) , 3 hours drive on a new highway to Tinqui 4,000 masl a village on the high plains “altiplano” east from Cusco where we start our trek. We follow a wide gently climb path towards the northwest face of the massive mountain of Auzangate. We pass through fields and by scattered farm houses, and later in the day we start to see llamas and alpacas. We camp at Upis 4435m where we are surrounded by snow capped mountains. 6 hours to walk in a acclimatizing hike. There are thermal springs at Upis where we can enjoy a swim at the end of the day.
B - L - D
2 People per Tents
4435m/14592ft
3350m/11021ft
16 Km
6 - 7 hours
Our first pass today. We climb for 3 hours to Arapa Pass 4757masl. From the Arapa pass we first traverse across an arid hillside and then we descend, sometimes quite steeply into a valley of deep blue glacial lakes and waterfalls. We camp by the lake Laguna Jatun Pucacocha 4585m which is at the bottom of one of the Ausangate glaciers, around 6 hours to hike.
B - L - D
2 People per Tents
4757m/15650ft
4585m/15084ft
17 Km
6 Hours
A beautiful day. We leave camp and climb steadily to Ausangate Pass 4850 masl. We descend to a beautiful lake Ausangatecocha formed by a melting glacier. From the lake we climb again steeply on glacial moraine to the highest point on the trek Palomani Pass 5165 masl. From the pass there are extensive views of all the peaks in the Cordillera Vilcanota. We traverse and descend, a steeply dropping into the valley, then follow the valley down to camp near the remote village of Pampacancha 4500 masl. Around 6 to 7 hours to hike.
B - L - D
2 People per Tents
4850m/15956ft
4500m/14850ft
16 Km
6 - 7 Hours
We follow up the Jampamayo River gorge to the small village of stone houses at Jampa 4650 masl. Towards Jampa the valley opens out more and the spectacular peak of Nevado Tres Picos, Qinsapunta “ 3 picks mountain” at 6093 masl. From Jampa we continue rising, then the trail starts to climb steeply to our highest campsite near the lakes Lagunas Ticllacocha 4800 masl. Around 6 hours to hike.
B - L - D
2 People per Tents
4800m/15792ft
4650m/15298ft
17 Km
6 - 7 Hours
We circle around the lakes Ticllacocha and climb for 2 hours to the last Jampa Pass 4950 masl. which is surrounded by glaciers, huge mountains and glacial lakes. We descend down towards the village of Pacchanta 4250 masl. We camp near the village and we can enjoy the hot springs here
B - L - D
2 People per Tents
4950m/16285ft
4250m/13982ft
15 Km
7 - 8 Hours
An easy, 4 hour walk across open fields allows us our final close views of Auzangate, and brings us back to the village of Tinqui, where we meet our transport and return to Cusco. Returning to Cusco around 4 or 5 pm in the afternoon.
B - L
4250m/13982ft
3350m/11021ft
8 Km
4 Hours
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SAS Travel is supporting many of the community projects run by Hotel Marqueses: Eg. "Cusco Hospital Regional Project", "Walk a Mile in my shoes", "Shoes shiners boys" If you are coming to Cusco please make a space for a couple of second hand clothes, shoes especially for kids, school equipment, toys and drop them off in our office. We will help distribute the items to people who really need them in small village schools and communities in the mountains of Lares, Amaru Choquecancha, Sacaca, Pampallaqta, Paru Paru. Thank you.
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