Our Founders

Since 2010, Huillca Expedition has conceived its trips as a parenthesis of everyday life, moments of abandonment, of going beyond and reconnecting with nature. We offer more than 100 routes in the Peruvian Andes, in different modalities thinking that each traveler finds his adventure. Based in Cusco our team works with passion and precision close to the field in a spirit of sustainable tourism.

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Our founders of Huillca Expedition

Mario Hernan Huillca Chillihuani
Founder, General Manage

Mario Hernan Huillca - Founder

I am a mountaineer and engineer, I was born in the heart of the Vilcanota mountain range more than 25 years ago, the desire to travel to the mountains gave me the passion to found the travel agency "Huillca Expedition". The fundamental purpose is to share our passion to the greatest number of travelers, at the pace of walking, climbing and living our culture, with new types of travel, but without departing from our true nature of hikers, close and respectful of people and nature.

I made my first expedition with my father in 2010 when I was 13 years old, doing the Ausangate circuit, this time my father was an expedition muleteer. In that expedition I imagined how it would be if we as locals could organize expeditions showing our culture, from that moment my life changed to mountaineering and hiking, I traveled all the routes exploring the unknown and I think I am the only person who knows every corner of the Vilcanota mountain range and at 15 years old I started climbing and ascended for the first time to Jampa 5500 m at 16 years old and from that moment I started this project where hikers go without any risk to the mountains and seeing with other expectations mountaineering in this mountain range. Today before launching an expedition package we do all the risk assessments for the traveler and the environment that may put the expedition at risk and implement emergency and evacuation protocols. In this way Huillca Expedition is one of the safest companies in this mountain range.

Place of Birth: Pacchanta, Cusco
Age: 25 years old (1997)
Profession and Occupation: Agro-industrial Engineer, Student of official tourism guide, Photographer, Mountaineer, 
Languages spoken: Quechua, Spanish, Portuguese, English.
Specialties: Trekking expeditions, high mountain climbing, Andean explorations.
Family: Wife, 0 children

 

Delfina Mamani Y.
Co-founder, Administrator

 

I am one of the most passionate people about culture everywhere. I was born in Tinke, 20 km from the Ausangate snow-capped mountain, I have been in cultural tourism activity for years, what I am passionate about is to share the experiences, the culture, the gastronomy to the world from the heart of the Vilcanota. I am co-founder of Huillca Expedition to start with experiential travel. We have created a destination called Ausangate Experience in order to show our day to day life in this Ausangate village

Place of Birth: Tinke, Cusco
Age: 25 years old (1997)
Profession and Occupation: Technician in International Business Administration, Technical Assistant in Hotel Management, Student of Official Tourist Guide
Spoken languages: Quechua, Spanish, English
Specialties: Experiential and cultural tours
Family: Husband and 0 children

 

Pio Huillca Ch.
Co-founder, Operations Area Manager

 

The Cordillera Vilcanota is the most complete place I know in the world. With the experience of more than 27 years in this tourist activity, I have supported in founding the travel agency Huillca Expedition. During these years I have learned about the needs of mountain expeditions from camping and staffing. I know perfectly well what is required in trips of every season, that's why today I am in charge of the operations area. I treat the travelers as if they were my family, I respect and help to make their expedition unforgettable.

Place of Birth: Pacchanta, Cusco
Age: 47 years old (1975)
Profession and Occupation: Muleteer, Cook, 
Languages spoken: Quechua, Spanish
Specialties: Trekking, cultural and experiential tours
Family: Wife and 3 children

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