Ausangate Qampa Climbing Tour: Easy 2-Day Mountaineering Experience in Cusco with Panoramic Views

Qampa, also spelled Campa and Qampa, is the easiest, most popular mountain in Cusco and may be climbed without experience in mountaineering. It requires a glacier hike and sometimes a small rock climbing pass depending on the season. The summit offers a panoramic view that reaches to Salkantay over 200km to the NW.

Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

pacchanta baja - Your tour guide will collect you from your hotel in Cusco at 6:00 a.m.Afterwards, we drive towards Tinki, a small town located on the highway called Inter Oceanica, after 2,30 hours of driving. Here we have 30 minutes to stop to explore, take a breakfast, or buy some stuff that you could need on this tour. Then, we continue our…

What's Included
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
What's Not Included
  • Water
  • Tips
Location
Cusco
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Femo_666
Sep 4, 2025
The Best Trip I’ve Ever Taken – Absolutely Unforgettable! - I recently completed my first glacier mountaineering tour with ice climbing on Nevado Qampa, and I can honestly say it was the best trip I’ve ever made. The scenery was unexpectedly beautiful, and the level of service went over the top. A huge thank you to Guide Urbano, Chef Benigno, and Horse Driver Angel – they were incredible throughout the entire tour. The cuisine prepared by Benigno was outstanding, and the team’s support made everything manageable even though the altitude really impacted endurance. The trek itself was challenging but very well executed, and I felt completely safe under Urbano’s guidance. I had done 4 days of acclimation in Cusco before the climb, which helped a lot, though I would recommend even more time at higher altitude if possible. Despite a few mild headaches during and after the climb, the experience was absolutely worth it. I would 100% recommend this tour to anyone looking for a first-class glacier mountaineering experience – it exceeded all my expectations!
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Scenic64478363688
Mar 10, 2025
Awesome Climb - I had an amazing two-day mountain tour to Nevado Qampa in Peru. Everything was perfectly organized, and I experienced so much along the way. Our guide was knowledgeable, attentive, and made sure I felt safe and comfortable at all times. The landscapes were breathta-king, with stunning mountain peaks, deep valleys, and impressive glaciers that made the experience even more special. I highly recommend this tour for anyone looking for a safe and unforgettable adventure in Peru!
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Susg2281om
Oct 7, 2024
amazing views - We totally enjoyed the tour! We had a great guide, delicious food, nearly every weather condition imaginable and amazing views. We would definitely do it again! (: Thanks a lot!
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Eric
Sep 10, 2024
Made my first multi day hike a pleasant one - The meals were always a spectacle and tasted great Never had a shortage of water or food Extra duffel bags were carried by horses so you can over prepare Tents and sleeping bags were set up for you All we had to do was enjoy the hike and our experience Inspired me to do more multi day hikes
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Roblp2711lk
Jun 26, 2024
Good refund policy - After having bad food poisoning, this company showed a very solid refund policy, only keeping the funds they had already committed to the expedition themselves. Very good.
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Erinrk7582qw
Jun 20, 2024
Great company! - Really nice experience. I was in Cusco for 6 weeks and this was my favorite tour that I did! The guides were very experienced and made me feel safe! The food was also really good and they made us a cake when we got back from the summit!! Such a fun adventure if you are looking to try mountaineering for the first time.
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658matthiase
Apr 30, 2024
Awesome Adventure - We did the Qampa Climbing Tour and extended it to 3-days in total. It was an amazing adventure. The views were magnificent. The organization was perfect and everything on-time. Our guide Hector was great, explained us a lot of things and took care of our health condition. And the served food was very good. Remark: The 5.520m summit ascent was challenging and requires some degree of fitness, also given the altitude. To sum up: Definitely recommend it to everyone seeking their Peruvian mountain adventure!
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941angelan
Sep 20, 2022
Jampa Mountain climb - Excellent service, really professional and friendly. I really enjoyed the climbing with the crew of Vidal Expeditions. Flavio our mountain guide was incredible leading inexperienced people to the summit of Qampa mountain 5,520 meters. This was our first ascents over this altitude and we did not have lot of experience. However Flavio made the best job ever to got the summit even we were really slow on the last part. Vidal Expeditions team were awesome, very helpful and happy to share things with us, Miguel our cook was excellent always providing 3 dishe on each meal. Angel and Mario were nice too taking care all our luggages. We really appreciate what they did for us on these two day climbing. I definitely recommend Vidal Expeditions and Flavio.
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Giulianag623
May 5, 2022
Fantastic Days - Qampa climb!! We had 2 incredible days hiking and climbing Qampa mountain around the Ausangate, we were only 2 people who decide to climb this mountain with 5,520m and took the service of Vidal Expeditions. They were great answering our emails and Vidal the owner provide us every details of this trip, our mountain guide was Urbano (Aka Chino) who made even better this two days trip, we hike and visited the 7 lakes on the first day, and he took incredible photos. The second day we woke up super early in order to reach the summit early morning to see the sunrise, after a few hours hike and climb we finally got the summit and got incredible views. Whole team were great for this adventure and I definitely recomment this climb for everyone who wants to experience climbing a mountain over 5,500m. and ask for Chino then you will thanks me later.
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Karin
Apr 27, 2022
Qampa Climbing with VE - We have climbed the Qampa mountain in Ausangate, we were only two people in the excursion and had 5 workers with us, (1 tour guide, 1 chef, 2 horse drivers and 1 chef assitant) they made great job in this 2 days trip. Our guide Vinerson was a native guy from the Andes who climbed a several times this Qampa mountain, the first day was nice because we visited the seven lakes. Thar was great and happy this is included in our tour. Incredible turquoise lakes with Ausangate mountain in the background made outstanding this trip. We hike for 5 hours exploring this such a nice place and Vinerson guided us to each of these even we had chance to see more lakes around our campsite. The second day was the most challenging of this trip because we have to woke up super early in order to reach the Qampa summit for the sunrise, have a breakfast and we have begun the walk to reach the moraine and start hiking on the glacier and fanlly climb the mountain to get the summit. They organized very well this trip, good climbing gears, camping equipment, meals was great, and the team were very professional. We definitely recommend VE and Vinerson for this climb. They will make sure you get the summit and have unforgettable experience.
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From $380
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).