Trek Difficulty

On each trek page we have attempted to grade trek difficulties as best as we can. It is very subjunctive as it depends on your fitness, experience and a whole range of factors including your health on the day. Trekking in the Andes is never easy!!! The most common feedback we get is "this trek was much harder than I anticipated, you should rate it harder." (about most treks!) Read the reports on each trek page to get a good idea of what other trekkers thought of the difficulty!

The trek difficulties are in relation to one another NOT to trekking in your home country, or even in another country. Therefore Huchuy Qosqo is considered easy, Ausangate considered moderate and Choquequirao to Machu Picchu difficult... but actually ALL are challenging!

Most people can do many of the treks as long as they have average to good fitness and a good attitude. (but they do find it a challenge!) Some training before the trek WILL make it much easier! We strongly suggest that if you do not consider yourself very fit (be honest!) to talk to us prior to doing a trek! Also, please advise us if you have any medical conditions - ie bad back, sore knees, weak ankles as well as other medical conditions. If you do not tell us we assume you are 100% healthy!

We do not take any responsibility for your assumptions about the grading of the treks ("but I thought it would be easier than it was...!") or poor/insufficient acclimatization.