We’re a Cusco-based company, founded in 2006 in association with the people of the peasant communities of Chillca and Osefina. Our goal is to offer unique trekking and lodging experiences on the Apu Ausangate Route, with a focus on community-based rural tourism, and to promote the development of these communities.
Our social vision is to create alternatives for sustainable development that are inclusive, and in balance with the cultural perspectives of the Andean original communities . To those ends, we have been working intensively for the preservation and safeguarding of the natural wealth, ancient knowledge and traditional ways of life of these communities.
Additionally, we’re proud to count on an operations team composed of trained community members , including guides, kitchen personnel, housekeepers, security guards and maintenance personnel. We also work with women weavers of the community, who are keepers of ancestral knowledge .
Our team has over 30 years of experience in the tourism and Andean mountaineering market, and is a pioneer in creating trekking and climbing routes in this amazing natural setting.
Mission
Our mission is to provide our travelers with an unforgettable experience touring and enjoying the natural beauty and cultural richness of the Ausangate Route.
In addition, we seek to promote sustainable tourism, focused on preserving the customs, knowledge and traditional ways of working of our indigenous peoples and promoting the strengthening of the labor capacities of the members of our associated communities.
Vision
Our vision is to be the model business for Community-based Tourism in the country, by promoting sustainable development in the communities involved in our project, while guaranteeing the conservation of our ecosystems and natural resources in the High-Andean region, as well as safeguarding its cultural and spiritual heritage, and its traditional ways of livelihood.
VALUES
Cultural Recognition
We work in association with two native communities, who share their knowledge and traditions in each of our programs.
Fair Labor and Trade
We practice equal distribution of profits , by placing a higher value on the services and products provided by our associates , the inhabitants of the Chillca and Osefina communities .
Innovation
We’re focused on constant and positive change , by offering new products and better tourism options to our clients.
Excellence and Details
We maintain high standards of quality in all our services, taking care of every detail to provide our clients an unforgettable experience.
Personal Connection
Awareness and empathy towards other people is one of the core values of our work, and a permanent practice in our company.
Conservation
We support conservation of ecosystems and local lands, and the preservation of the first-peoples’ native cultural heritage.
Press
Thanks to our proposal for sustainable social development, to the work we’ve done with the partner communities , as well as to the high cultural and aesthetic value of the route and the quality of our services, diverse press outlets have published reports and reviews of Andean Lodges .
CERTIFICADO DE EXCELENCIA DE TRIP ADVISOR
Our Trip Advisor Award .
EN LOS DOMINIOS DEL APU AUSANGATE
El camino del Apu Ausangate es considerado por los expertos como una de las rutas de trekking mas espectaculares del mundo..
TURISMO RURAL – COMUNITARIO
Experiencias unicas..
REVISTA SOMOS – ANDES A BUEN PIE
Vislumbres y personajes del mundo andino en la nueva ruta del trekking al Apu Ausangate…
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD – DAY OF THE LLAMAS
By building lodges and putting its beasts of burden back to work, a village is back from the brick….
RUMBOS- LA RUTA DEL AUSANGATE
DE SOL & PIEDRA La Ruta del Ausangate
Poznaj Swiat Ameryka Poludniowa – Peru
Teczowa gora…
PEREGRINAJE EN EL PARAISO – AUSANGATE
Cinco días de travesía, animados por una consigna: visitar el majestuoso Apu Ausangate, guiados por sus protectores…
Camino del Apu Ausangate – Trekking
Criadores de llamas en Cusco entre los 4.000 y 5.200 msnm
PANORAMA DE LAS AMERICAS- NEVADO AUSANGATE
Perú camino al Ausangate de como cinco días a pie por el lomo altísimo de los andes peruanos…
HORIZONTE AS MONTHANAS SAGRADAS
As Monthanas Sagradas a vida nos vales e picos nevados dos Andes Peruanos e quase a mesma do tempo dos Incas…
APU – AUSANGATE CAMINATA
Caminata en torno a la montaña sagrada de los Andes entre paisajes de belleza extrema.
FIRST CLASS – EL VIAJE PERFECTO – AUSANGATE CUSCO
El viaje perfecto, esta en busca de una experiencia única e irrepetible. Está dispuesto a pagar una suma considerablemente mayor que un turista promedio…
THE AUSANGATE TURISTIC CIRCUIT
The Ausangate circuit was conceived as a tourism project in association with the local communities — and at the request of the villagers…
CAMINO AL NEVADO AUSANGATE – REVISTA VAMOS
Iñigo Maneiro llegó al Perú hace 16 años para vivir y trabajar en la selva del Alto Marañón. Ha trabajado en varias cadenas hoteleras recorriendo el Perú…
LOS SERVICIOS DEL TURISMO RURAL COMUNITARIO
Según un estudio de Prom-Peru sobre el perfil del turista rural, en el 2007 mas de la mitad de los turistas que viajo a Puno (60%), Madre de Dios (69%) y….
El Comercio Perú – Somos
A mediados de los 70 y con una industria turistica incipiente, ser un joven poliglota le abrio las puertas. Eso y descubrir el placer de explorar la naturaleza…
El Comercio
En el distrito cusqueño de Pitumarca a unos 5000 msnm donde la nieve es perpetua, y el frío muy intenso, dos comunidades han encontrado oportunidades de desarrollo…
El Comercio – Economía
el Camino del Apu Ausangate se llama la ruta. Completarla toma 5 días y es un asunto de obstinación. Y también una clara lección para cualquier empresario de como lograr la incluir social aun en las puntas mas altas.
Desnivel
Los Andes peruanos son unos viejos conocidos de los alpinistas y los trekkers españoles que visitan, mayoritariamente, tres lugares: la Cordillera Blanca, la Cordillera de Huayhuash y el Camino del Inca.
Descubriendo
en esta conversación, el empresario turístico cusqueño nos habla de este sector que genera grandes ingresos para Cusco, pero advierte que se debe hacer mucho mas para generar un desarrollo sostenible
ALP
La rivista della montagna (Vivalda Editori) queste settimane di dibattito intorno al nuovo Governo di impegno nazionale sono statte spesso usate, metaforicamente, espressioni alpinistiche:”Monti ha una montagna da.scalare”;”la dura scalata di Monti”; “Tutti insieme in una cordata per uscire dalla crisi”
