Rainbow Mountain

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Climb the Andes Mountain Range to witness one of the most beautiful natural landscapes in Cusco. The tour to the Rainbow Mountain is a challenge that gives you a great reward when you reach the top to appreciate the colors of the mountain.

Rainbow Mountain

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13779.5 f.a.s.l./4200 m.s.n.m.

Nature, landscape, adventure, hike

Moderate

Group tour

English & Spanish

14 hours

Rainbow Mountain, Cusipata.

Get ready to live one of the most breathtaking landscape beauty experiences in Cusco

A mix of adventure and challenge that will take you to discover unique landscapes through snow-capped peaks and nature until you reach the top to see the 7-color mountain, worldwide recognized. We will start with a trip by private transport to the town of Cusipata, where a local breakfast waits for you.

This town is where you will start the challenge of a 3-hour walk that will have its best reward when you get to see the 7-color Mountain, labelled by National Geographic as one of the 100 places you must visit before you die.

After spending time at the top, you will start the way back by walking downhill to the town of Cusipata, where a replenishing lunch waits for you before heading back to Cusco by tourist transport.

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Why to book this tour with What a Trip?

• We pick you up and take you back to your hotel in Cusco.
• A bilingual professional guide will accompany you along the route.
• Breakfast and lunch are included.
• Small group, with close guide service.
• We guarantee punctuality when picking you up.

• We pick you at the hotel lobby at the agreed time.
• Meeting with the guide.
• We go to the town of Cusipata on a tourist transport (around 2h).
• You have breakfast in the town of Cusipata.
• We continue by bus for 1h20min toward the beginning of the path in Phulapatawhe, where we will start the hike.
• You purchase your entrance ticket to Vinicunca Mountain.
• You begin the 2-hour walk uphill for 2.5 miles (4km).
• You arrive at Rainbow Mountain or 7-color mountain (5,036 m/17,060 ft).
• You will have free time to admire one of the Andes’ most impressive gifts of nature, and take beautiful pictures.
• You will walk downhill for about 2h to the place where our transport waits (3.7 mi/6 km).
• We will return on our tourist transport to the town of Cusipata.
• You will eat a replenishing lunch in the town of Cusipata.
• You will take a break and we will share our experiences.
• We begin the return to Cusco city (arrival around 18 h).

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