Rainbow Mountain - Full Day (Group Tour)
Description
Take a trip to the colorful Rainbow Mountain on this private tour. While hiking, experience the beautiful Andean landscape with its snow-capped mountain peaks, colorful mountains, llamas and native mountain people. Once at the Rainbow Mountain you will be amazed by its beauty and its colours. Breakfast, lunch and entrance fees are included in this tour.
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Itinerary
This tour will take you on an amazing journey through Andean landscapes, where you will hike towards the amazing Rainbow Mountain. You'll see snow-capped mountain peaks, Andean animals and the highlight of the tour, the painted hills of the Rainbow Mountain. You will be picked up from your hotel in Cusco between 4:00am and 4:30am and drive to the restaurant where breakfast is served. The drive takes around 2.5 hours. The hike from the starting point to the Rainbow Mountain takes around 1 hour. As you get closer to the Rainbow Mountain, you'll begin to see the first signs of the colored minerals that forms the painted hills. Your guide will explain what makes up the existence of the Rainbow Mountain, and finally you will hike up to a view point that gives you a 360 degree view of the beautiful landscape that makes up the sacred land. Once you are back to the starting point of the hike, you will be provided a lunch buffet. The tour ends at Plaza Regocijo around 5:30pm.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick-up at your hotel near the center of Cusco between 4:00am and 4:30am
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Important Information
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Minimum age is 12 years
- This tour is not recommended to people with asthma, heart problems or high blood pressure
- It is very recommendable to spend at least two days in Cusco or the Sacred Valley before going on this tour, in order to adjust to the high altitude
- Recomended to bring: Sun screen, Sun glasses, Sun-hat, trekking shoes, rain poncho, bottled water, snacks, money, extra clothes & back pack
- Not recommended for travelers with asthma
- Not recommended for travelers with high blood pressure
Reviews(9)
A full on day. Bus pickup. Brekky was poor so take snacks. Lunch good. Trip in was an adventure & great sights to see. Hike required a lot of energy & care but well worth it. Horses & mules used by many to get to 4200m. Top of mountain 5031m -5C. Well worth it!! Walking poles would be handy. Enjoy!!
This was a very beautiful hike to get to rainbow mountain. I highly recommend to go just for the hike scenery. I would even say it was more gorgeous than rainbow mountain. I wouldn’t worry about the driving as others put. Yes, there are a few scary parts but that’s what you get for going to hike up in the mountains you have to get there somehow. They should put in additional info to bring snacks and Advil. A lot of us had headaches due to the altitude and luckily another traveler had some and shared!
For us it was one of the top 3 most amazing trips we did in Peru! The climbing was actually more difficult that we expected because of the altitude and because of the aptness of the slope, but once we got up there it was amazing and totally worth it!! Jose was the best guide to have, he helped us a lot and he was full of great energy!
On our second day in Cusco we decided to book a hike to Rainbow mountain...one of the best thing so we ever did! Stunning views, great weather & high altitudes (5,250m at one point) make sure you are aclimatized before you do this. Jose is the best guide, he's friendly, knowledgeable and answered all of our questions about the plants, animals & culture. The BEST part was Jose taking us to Red Valley. It has jaw dropping views! Costs an extra $10 soles per person & worth every bit. We hiked late August so there was some snow on the trail, bring grippy shoes & poles if you need them. Thank you Jose & Julio (driver) for an amazing trip! They were so efficient, we made it back to our hotel by 4pm considering the craziness of downtown Cusco traffic.
The trekking was long and hard breath but worth, the tour guy give us stick to help it. And some of the traveler even me, we mistake paid the entrance fees but the guide give us a refund with no problem.
<p>The place is wonderful, but it can also become a nightmare to go up there. In the voucher they say they they will bring some oxygen, but it isn't true. I was feeling bad, I asked for some oxygen you have to reach 5,200 mt -17,000 ft, but didn't have it with them. Overall it is not very well explained in the description, it looks easy, but it is not.</p>
<p>While the trek and experience was well worth it, please be weary of the driving! Another traveler and I witnessed the driver nodding off multiple times on the way to the hike WHILE driving. Also the driving was a bit erratic. Scariest experience was riding in the van-definitely not a professional.</p>
<p>Worth the view and beautiful place, however, our tour guy was a con artist. Told us it would be 70 for the horse charged us 80 and then took ten sols from me because he had no change. He said he would give it to me on the way out and never did. In the tour asked us to pay for apart of the tour that was included with our package and we had to show him proof because he wanted another 10 sols each. Also on the way home dropped us in the town plaza when our tour specifically said hotel pick up and drop off. After a all day hike we needed to take an additional cab home. I was disappointed with the lack of professionalism especially when we paid good money for this tour.</p>
