Cusco: Rainbow Mountain Tour and Red Valley Hike (Optional)

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Get picked up from Cusco for a guided day trip to Vinicunca, known as the "Rainbow Mountain." Enjoy a scenic drive before hiking into the Andes of Peru and admiring the colorful natural wonder.

Highlights

  • Enjoy an incredible tour accompanied by a bilingual local guide
  • Let yourself be enchanted by the delicious food, breakfast and lunch included
  • Enjoy the best Andean landscapes in a tourist van

Description

The tour starts from your hotel in Cusco at 4:00 am approx, depending on your hotel location the pickup time will be quite different. Once the group is ready the great adventure will start in the direction of Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain. You travel by car for 2 hours approx in our tourist transport until arriving in the community of Cusipata. Here, you enjoy a delicious breakfast before continuing with the tour. Continuing the Rainbow Mountain Tour, The car leaves the main road to take the dirt road for 45 minutes more. During the trip, you can observe beautiful landscapes, canyons, and beautiful glaciers as The Ausangate Glacier (The biggest of Cusco region). Once you arrive at the final stop for the van, the group start hiking for 1.5 hours approximately. The time is an average and It depends on sure of your speed but no worries you will hike at your rhythm. After having a nice hike to the Rainbow Mountain Cusco, You finally arrive at the destination: The Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain (5.020m / 16.466 ft.). Once the group is together again, you have all the information about this beautiful attraction provided by our very knowledgeable tour guide. After that, you have free time to enjoy the beauty of the mountain on your own, take pictures, enjoy a snack, or just relax. After enjoying the Rainbow Mountain which is one of the best Day Trips From Cusco, The Group starts the walk back to the parking and then to the community of Cusipata. Here, you have a delicious lunch and then return to the imperial city of Cusco. Finally, at the end of the Rainbow Mountain Tour, you return to Cusco where our transportation will take you to the city center (04:30 pm approx) or if it is in private service, to your respective hotel. End of services Emergency numbers: +51 979300796 / +51 983784029

Includes

Local tour guide (Spanish and English). Breakfast Buffet Lunch Tourist Van Trekking poles (optional). First Aid Kid Oxygen Tank

Important Information

  • The tour guide usually stays in the back, helping the low people, and then meeting point at the mountain You have to rent horses by yourself (Optional) Bring soles in cash for snacks, toilet, etc Regrettably, the primary access to Rainbow Mountain is currently closed due to ongoing border issues between neighboring communities. Consequently, all activity providers are using an alternate route to access the mountain. However, this alternative route poses significant safety concerns when reaching the Red Valley. As a precautionary measure, visits to Rainbow Mountain are being temporarily limited until further notice

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