RAINBOW MOUNTAIN
SHORT INCA TRAIL
In the last five years the Rainbow mountain has been visited by many people. Known as Vinicunca mountain, it is very popular because the colors that we can see there are very impressive and the tourists get very impressed with them. Completely covered with snow in the past, that's why nobody knew about this place before, but global warming was also affecting this area and is when the local people found this amazing place. Let's start a new adventure and book with us.
itinerary
Early in the morning we pick you up from your hotel at 4:30 am and drive for two hours to Cusipata village where we will have breakfast in a local restaurant. We stop for 30 minutes here, for stretching our feet, using toilets and to get some snacks before going to the rainbow mountain. Once we finish breakfast, we continue for one more hour in the car to the starting point of the hike. We start walking around 4800 m.a.s.l/15748 ft. for two hours, so means that here is very cold and we need to dress warm clothes, but once we start the hike to the Rainbow mountain in a sunny day, you will take off some clothes because gets warm but when gets cloudy is cold again. That's why the weather in the Andes is considered very unstable, sometimes it could be rainy for a while but we recommend bringing good equipment for enjoying the hike. In the way up you will enjoy the view which is surrounded by snow capped mountains, alpacas walking in the way, local birds and if we have luck we can find condors (Andean bird) or vicuñas which are from the same family of alpacas and llamas, very strange to see but sometimes they appear on the distance and that would and awesome experience. Once we get to the summit (5030 m.a.s.l/16502 ft.) we get from there the best views of the Rainbow mountain and we see the highest mountain of Cusco city, Ausangate mountain (6385 m.a.s.l/ 20948 ft). After getting the pictures we start going down, back to the car for 1 hour, then we drive to our restaurant in Cusipata village for 1 hour as well and have a buffet lunch before going to Cusco city. We arrive in Cusco city around 5:00 pm to 6 pm and we drop you off close to the main square of Cusco city.
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Important to know before you go:
You have to climb 1 mile (3 km) to reach the highest point. All participants must be in good physical condition. If you need to rent a horse for any reason, please be aware that the agency does not manage the rental and will not be involved in the process. The operator is not responsible for changes in weather conditions during your tour. We recommend obtaining more detailed information about the meteorological conditions through applications or another procedure and then selecting the most favorable departure day concerning the functionality of this query.