#4 – Ausangate Circuit, Peru

Ausangate (or Auzangate) is one of our top 10 hikes in the world.

Why?

Our favourite multi-day tramp in our favourite hiking region of the world — glorious New Zealand.  😎

• 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

World → South America → Central Andes → Peru → Ausangate

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For details click over to our Ausangate Circuit information page.