Ausangate Circuit is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.

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Our favourite hike in the high Andes. Doing it independently only recommended for confident, self-sufficient hikers experienced at high altitude. It’s remote.

AT A GLANCE

Peru

• circle sacred Ausangate massif (6372m, 20,905ft), the highest peak in southern Peru
• 4 high passes between 4757m – 5165m
• 70km (43.5mi) plus sidetrips
• almost everyone does Ausangate with a guide, but it’s quite doable independently if you are acclimated 
• many options to extend this trek
• best months are the May-September dry season
• Tinqui is 5-8 hours now only about 3.5hrs by bus on a new road, about 100km S.E. of Cusco
• sidetrip to the “rainbow mountains” of Vinicunca

Read more on our Ausangate Circuit information page.