Rainbow Mountain Peru + Red Valley with ATVs FULL DAY TOUR
Description
Discover the Red Valley and Rainbow Mountain, combining an exciting ATV ride with a scenic 3 km hike. Enjoy two incredible attractions in one day—the perfect tour for travelers who don’t want to miss any hidden gems.
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Itinerary
START Our adventure begins with hotel pickup, then we travel for 3-housr to the town of Laya, where our ATV station is located. After enjoying a hearty breakfast, it’s time to gear up and get ready for the experience of a lifetime! EXPERIENCE RED VALLEY Accompanied by our expert guide, we’ll ride the ATVs uphill toward the mountains, making stops along the way for incredible photos. The scenery is breathtaking, and it’s very common to spot llamas and alpacas — we’ll even stop to get up close and take memorable pictures with them. At the end of the ATV route, we’ll hike 20 minutes to reach the Red Valley Viewpoint, a perfect spot for stunning panoramic photos.
RAINBOW MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCE We continue with a 40-minutes hike to reach the famous Rainbow Mountain . At the summit, take your time to enjoy the spectacular views of the Peruvian Andes, the colorful valleys, and the imposing Ausangate Glacier. This is the perfect opportunity to explore, capture unforgettable photos, and even meet friendly alpacas for the iconic Rainbow Mountain pictures. Once we’ve soaked in the beauty, we’ll begin our return journey by ATV back to the base. From there, our private transportation will take us to a local restaurant, where we’ll enjoy a well-deserved and comforting lunch. END OF TOUR Our tour ends in the Main Square Cusco (City Center) between 4:30 PM and 5:30 PM.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We pick you up at your hotel or Airbnb; if tourist vehicle access is restricted in some areas, we may ask you to walk a few minutes to a nearby meeting point for the van. We contact all travelers 24 hours in advance via the WhatsApp number provided, sharing helpful travel tips and the exact pickup time.
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Important Information
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Not recommended for travelers who are pregnant, have back problems, or have serious medical conditions.
Reviews(20)
Everything was great. Everything was as promised and planned. Our tour guide Carlos was great. Pickup was as planned.
We booked this tour with our 8 year old and 9 year old children after reading extensively about what this tour would have entailed. Firstly, the pick up is very early in the morning, 4am. Then it’s 45 mins of driving around Cusco to fill the bus and then 1 1/2 hours to the breakfast stop. It is a rushed breakfast. Buffet style but you have to line up and get your food, eat, use the bathroom and be back on the bus in 30 mins. The drive from this restaurant to the ATV station was extremely bumpy, uneven, winding and rough. The bus ride from hell. This is another 1 1/2 hours. Anyone suffering with motion sickness would have a difficult time even before actually getting up to the higher altitude as the bus ride makes you feel nauseous. We were told we would have a 20 minute session to practise using the ATVs but it was a mere 5 minutes. Everything was just very rushed. After getting to where the ATVs have to park the hike is NOT a 30 minute hike! We spent 3 days prior in Ollantaytambo and 3 days prior in Cusco before booking this tour and it was VERY difficult for my children at the altitude. The hike would have taken us about 1 1/2 hours going slowly and resting often at this altitude and we are quite an active family. The tour guide kept telling me: “I have to go meet the rest of the group, if you want to go back you can go back to the meeting point” This was after explaining to him that my children have to go slowly because of the altitude. There was no encouragement, it was more a rush to get to the top of the mountain and rush you back down again. Before booking we saw breakfast, lunch and oxygen included, however thank goodness we bought our own oxygen because the guide had none. Or if he had he never once offered any to my kids even after seeing how they struggled. On this tour I did not like the treatment from the tour guide, Alex. I felt we were keeping him back the entire time and everything was just rushing to get it completed. The “rest of the group” clearly mattered more. There was no offer of eucalyptus oil, Florida water, coca mints, oxygen….nothing to show that there was any real concern for my family. If booking with a family I would definitely look for another tour company…one with more experience taking kids and with a bit more compassion for persons in the group.
In time!excellent organized!The scenery amazing...but difficult to reach the peak because of the altitude...I 'm happy we did it!
Great experience to ride the atv then horses if you have issues with high altitude. They have horses waiting around to assist you up closer to the mountain then it’s a 10 minute walk . The only bad part was getting up at 3AM for their 3:30 pickup at your hotel then a long ride to a buffet breakfast . After that another long ride to meet the ATV station to drive up to rainbow mountain . It’s fun but we had high elevation issues so we were nausea and dizzy all thru out the tour . Carlos was Helpful in helping us bedding it through and got us a horse which we have to pay extra but it’s worth it at the moment . Once you reach the top it’s worth . They have food vendors , picture with the cool sunglasses llama and of course the rainbow Mountain View . Carlos is a great fun tour guide with great vibe .
The atvs are a must! The experience was great. It’s still a tough hike up but the atvs help get you up the trek
Great experience Our guide (Rogelio) was exceptional- checking if we were all ok during the day and always translating to English
This tour was amazing. The guide was very engaging. He kept us updated throughout the trip. He made sure everyone was always accounted for and safe.
The guides are very attentive and were near us all the time to assist in the mountain climb that is not easy.
Wonderful experience from start to end. It met all the expectations and the whole tour was easy to follow with amazing views. Definetely recommended.
Excellent tour, David is a very good guide.
