COVID-19 PROTOCOLS

Please note that Covid protocols, both best practices and entry requirements, are changing frequently. While we cannot eliminate the risk of exposure to COVID-19, we do carry out a variety of measures designed to mitigate the risk of illness for climbers and staff. It is important we work together with the same team-oriented perspective we rely on in climbing, and we greatly appreciate your partnership. Please take a few moments to thoroughly read the information below and know that we look to improve our operation as additional information about the virus becomes available.

Vaccinations & PCR Testing for Entry and Exit

We expect that all trekkers will be vaccinated and completed the waiting period (2 weeks after final vaccination) before joining our Salkantay expedition. See complete instructions below. Please contact us if getting vaccinated prior to the expedition is problematic.

Masks

Climbers will be asked to wear proper facemasks in all public places while not on the mountain. This includes while in towns, while being transported and while in hotel premises or during meals.

Transportation

Based on recommendations and factors at time of departure we may opt to use multiple vehicles for transport to and from airport and to and from the trekking location in better social distancing.

Lodging

Lodging will be in shared rooms and tents unless a single room is requested. Subject to change based on conditions.

Dining on the Mountain

Guides may opt to have outdoor dining and not use a dining tent should circumstances warrant.

Screening

If you experience fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea please immediately contact Alpine Ascents. Anyone experiencing these symptoms within 14 days of their trip date will be asked to reschedule their trip. All climbers may be verbally screened for these symptoms on arrival.

Mitigation Measures

Hand washing and hand sanitizing facilities are provided throughout the program, We encourage you to regularly clean or sanitize your hands while on this journey, especially after touching your face, sneezing, coughing, using the bathroom, eating, or drinking. Common areas, high-touch surfaces, and restrooms are sanitized regularly.

We are committed to keeping our environment clean for your protection as well as ours.

BEFORE YOUR TRAVEL TO PERU

• Travelers entering the country must fill out a sworn statement (link) and also provide proof of negative results for one of the following tests before boarding the plane: a molecular test (PCR), an antigen test or a medical certificate of epidemiological discharge. PCR or antigen test results must be obtained no later than 72 hours prior to check-in. Best to carry a printed copy as well as a digital one.

Note: On the link above, the page will load in Spanish, it is easiest to use google translate to reload the page in English.
USA is listed out of alphabetical order, and can be found after Ecuador in the list. (USA appears as the standard Spanish abbreviation for USA – ‘EE.UU’ when the page is in Spanish).
In the Type of Document box, select PAS and enter your passport number in the # of Document box.
If you are unable to select PAS, you will need to disable any browser pop-up blockers or ad blockers.
Enter your Date of Birth.
Hit the ‘Search’ button to continue to the form.
Fill out the Personal Information, Personal Itinerary, and Health Information sections of the form and submit by hitting the ‘Register’ button.
Carry your digital boarding pass.

ARRIVAL IN PERU

Upon arrival in Peru, visitors will need to take an antigen test within the first 24 hours. The test can be taken at any authorized laboratory or at your hotel in Lima or at your final destination (Cusco) – including the lab at Lima Airport. A negative result of this test will dispense the need for any form of confinement while you are in Peru. The passengers must pay for the test.
The entrance of non-resident passengers from United Kingdom, South Africa and/or Brazil, or who have made a stopover in such countries in the last 14 days, is suspended from March 29 to April 11.
The only requirement for domestic flights is a signed affidavit stating that no symptoms of COVID-19 are present.