Duration: 3 days/ 2 nights
Quelccaya Peru Trek Departure Dates: Any day you would like!
Pricing: From $465 USD per person, for groups of 4 or more trekkers. Please contact us for pricing for smaller groups.
If you are short on time and interested in a short, challenging, and high altitude trek in the Cusco area, our Quelccaya Express route is a gorgeous option! This breathtaking route begins and ends at C’ochas, following along the expansive Quelccaya Ice Cap, the largest glaciated area of the tropics. This is a remote and little-known route, which offers solitude, physical challenge, and high altitude, panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and glaciers.
Early morning departure from Cusco to C’ochas, the trek departure point. The drive will last approximately five hours, with the last three hours following a remote dirt road. Upon arrival, break for lunch before beginning our trek across a pretty valley filled with grazing llamas, alpacas, and multi-colored pools fed by glacial melting. We will cross a river, then begin a steady climb to Bajo Huancanay (4,755 msnm), our camp for the night.
Duration: 5hrs/ 11km
Meals: L, D
After breakfast, continue the ascent to Alto Huancanay (5150 msnm), and the current border of the Quelccaya Ica Cap. Explore these impressive glaciers during the day, before returning to camp at Bajo Huancanay in the evening.
Duration: Depends on your interests and physical fitness
Meals: B, L, D
After a delicious breakfast, begin the hike back to C’ochas. Private transportation back to Cusco will be waiting. We will drop you off at your Cusco hotel in the early evening.
Duration: 4.5hrs/11km
Meals: B, L
Quelccaya Trek: Private transportation to the trek departure point, and return to Cusco, professional, English-speaking guide, private cook and fresh, healthy meals while trekking, mules and muleteers to carry equipment, emergency riding horse, supplies, and up to 8 kilograms of your personal items, all required equipment except sleeping bag.
