Rainbow Mountain Tour Full Day

Get off the beaten path and explore the painted hills of  Rainbow Mountain Peru and Red Valley.

Rainbow Mountain Tour takes you on one of the most popular day hikes in the Cusco region. Spend a beautiful day away from the busy city life and enjoy the natural beauty of the painted hills of  Rainbow Mountain and Red Valley. Rainbow mountain is located in the Andes’ most remote place, where its inhabitants only speak Quechua, the native language of the Incas. 

Activity details of Rainbow Mounatin Tour

• Duration of car drive: 8 hours
• Duration of the hike: 4 hours
• Starting time: 4:30 am
  
• Return Time: 5:00 pm
• Depart from: From your hotel
  
• Drop off Location: Center of Cusco
• Age Range: 12 – 60
  
• Season: All year round
  
• Cancellation Policy: Fully refundable up to 24 hours before the tour
  

Highlights of Rainbow Mountain Tour

• Visit the Amazing Rainbow Mountain and Red Valley
•  Travel on a small group tour and make friends
  
•  Hike along with Llamas and Alpacas
•  Marvel at the Snow-capped Ausangate peaks.
  
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Full description of Rainbow Mountain Tour.

After being collected from the lobby of your hotel in Cusco at 4.30 am, drive for 4 hours to Cusipata Trailhead. Along the way, you’ll stop for breakfast in a local family house at Cusipata town (3386 m / 11108 ft), also. You’ll see several shepherding villages, potato farming lands, and amazing views of the Mountains as you climb.

Once we arrive at Cusipata Trailhead (4629 m / 15187 ft), begin the 2 hours hike up to Rainbow Mountain ( 5017 m / 19459 ft). Enjoy the beautiful natural scenery, herds of llamas and alpacas, and keep up local women’s pace that works here renting horses you can hire. Upon arrival at the top of Rainbow Mountain, you´ll be rewarded with a 360° of amazing views of the colored mountains and the Ausangate Mountain (6398m/20991ft), the highest peak in Cusco.

After spending time at Rainbow Mountain, if you still have energy and the altitude is not taking your breath away, you can take a 20-minute hike to the amazing and rarely visited Red Valley (4934 m /  16187 ft). Marvel at the moon-like landscape, take ´plenty of photographs, then start descending back to the trailhead to take our transportation for lunch at Cusipata town. Arrival at Cusco is around 5:pm, dropping you off near the Plaza de Armas at Regocijo square.

Rainbow Mountain Peru Tour will take you to a genuinely unique adventure through a preserved wild natural terrain with amazing views of the Ausangate Glacier Peak, isolated local villages, and colorful mountains. This tour is by far one of the most spectacular day hikes at a great value.

Included in the Rainbow Mountain Tour.

• Pick up from your hotel on the morning of the tour.
• Comfortable transportation with AC
• Blankets on the drive to stay warm.
• Breakfast with a local family at Cusipata
• Professional Native Tour Guide
• Entrance fee to Rainbow Mountain
• Entrance to red valley
• Trekking poles
• First aid kit, oxygen tank
• Lunch with a local family at Cusipata
• Drop off at Regocijo square
• All taxes Included

Not Included on Rainbow Mountain Tour.

• Emergency Horse (You can hire a horse)
• Gratuities

What you need to take:

• Passport
• Rain Gear
• Warm clothes (gloves, hats, scarf)
• Suncream, long -sleeves
• Water, snacks
• Extra money in cash for shopping or rent a horse
• Camera

Important to know before booking:

•  Everyday departure guaranteed
•  Group tours average of 16 people