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Experience the magic and exciting hike to the top of Rainbow Mount (5036 m.a.s.l.) you will capture impressive views and then descend through the Red Valley, admiring its unique reddish soil.

Highlights

• Less traveled route, you will have the opportunity to enjoy the tranquility
• The mountain of colors captivates with its spectacular uniqueness in the world.
• The Red Valley, where nature exhibits a palette of vibrant colors.

Description

We start the Rainbow Mountain and Red Valley tour with the pick you up in your Hotel around 3:30 to 4:00 a.m. then we’ll travel 02 hours on a bus to Cusipata where you’ll have a delicious breakfast, then we continue one more hour to Phullawasipata (4626 mts. /15177 fts.) this is the trail head where we will start the hiking, first, we walk 1 and a 1/2 to two hours uphill where you will find a beautiful landscape, big mountain and local people with their typical clothes making their daily life, you will find groups of Alpacas, Llamas and sometimes wild Vicuñas, also small lagoon created by the thaws of the glaciers, once you arrive at the summit (Vinicunca 5036 mts. / 16522 Fts.) you will have a free time to rest and to take your pictures, then, we start to go back by a different way, the “Red Valley”, we call it like that for the red color of the mountain soil, they look pretty nice, and you will find only a few people, this is a totally different experience, this will be other 2 hours hiking downhill to arrive again in Phulawasipata where our transportation will be waiting for us to take us to have a comforting lunch, then we will bring you back to Cusco again around 4:30 or 5:00 p.m. (we drop you off one block from the main square

Includes

Pick up in the Hotel. Tourist Transportation to go and back (including polar blankets). 01 Breakfast, 01 Lunch (Vegetarian and vegan options with no extra cost). Professional bilingual guide. First aid kits (With oxygen tank). Wooden walking sticks.

Important Information

• The tour involves a hike of about 2 hours to the top of Mount Rainbow and then a hike of about 2.5 to 3 hours descending through the Red Valley, which adds up to a total of about 4.5 to 5 hours of walking in total.

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund