At 8AM will be the pick-up from your hotel in Arequipa. Firstly, we fit all our mountain equipment and then we drive to the northeast of Arequipa through mountains and volcanoes. The first stop will be at national reserve of Salinas an Aguada Blanca, where we will appreciate lot groups of Vicuñas, and Andean wildlife. Another place to stop will the Mirador of the Andes, as known as “Patapampa 4910M”, this is the highest point between the road from Arequipa to Colca canyon. Nice view of volcanic range in the region of Arequipa.

From the highest point we will drive pour jeep on dirt road across the Altiplano (Hight plateau) over 4400M of altitude from the east to the west.

Around midday we will hike along the Sallalli valley for about 2hrs to find a place to make picnic as lunch.

On the way we will observe big groups of Alpacas, Llamas and Vicuñas into the national reserve.

Around 4PM we will arrive to the base camp of Ampato Mountain (4800M). Camping dinner and early rest (L - D).

At midnight we will wake up to have some early breakfast, and then we aboard the jeep to take us up to the end of the road (5200M).

Around 1AM we will start the trek on sandy and ash region thanks to the Sabancaya volcano. The first section will be for about 4-5hrs and then we will find the snow section, where we will use our climbing equipment (ice axe - crampons - head lamp - ice boots - etc.). The second section will be between 4-5 hours of very slow climbing.

Around 10AM we will reach the summit of Ampato Mountain (6310M). At the top we will see the canyon lands, snow peaks, closer we will see the Sabancaya and Walca Walca volcanoes and the amazing Andes of the southern of Peru.

At the top OPTIONAL visit, the archaeological site where the maiden of Ampato (Juanita, the Inca mummy) was found in 1995 by the American Johan Reinhard. Then 4 hours of descend to the bottom where we will find our jeep and then drive back to Arequipa (4hrs) and end of the service at your hotel (B - L).