PALCCOYO RAINBOW MOUNTAIN
About This Tour
This mountain range is the first cousin of the already famous Mountain of 7 Colors “Vinicunca” but with better accessibility. Its more than nine thousand natural hectares have a color similar to a rainbow, which gives it a happy and at the same time mystical atmosphere.
Additionally, on your tour, you will appreciate a stone forest, ideal for nature lovers. Get up close and personal with the wonderful geology of a mountain range full of natural pigments produced by nature's erosion and melting of ice over thousands of years.
What to Pack
- Picture of your ID or passport.
- 2 or 3 liter water bottle
- Warm clothes & jacket.
- Trekking shoes.
- Raincoat or plastic poncho.
- Cap.
- Sunscreen
- Sunglasses.
- Camera with extra battery.
- Trekking poles.
What’s Included
- Round trip tourist transportation.
- Meals 1 Breakfast / 1 Lunch (Vegetarian Option please indicate at the time of booking).
- Bilingual tour guide (English - Spanish).
- Entrance ticket for Palccoyo Mountain.
- Visit the stone forest.
- Oxygen and First Aid Kit.
- Extra dinks.
- Tips.
- Food not included in the program.
- Entrance to the Red Valley.
- Entrance to the Red Valley Viewpoint.
- Life insurance.
Tour Plan
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- Your adventure will begin around 04:30 to 05:00 in the morning with pickup from your hotel in the city of Cusco.
- Once the entire group is there, we will head south towards this incredible mountain, taking an approximately 2-hour trip to the town of Cusipata, where we will enjoy a delicious breakfast.
- Then we will continue our trip for 1 hour and a half and visit the colonial bridge of Checacupe, where we can take photos.
- We will continue with a trip of one and a half hours until we reach the beginning of the walk, which will be at 4,800 meters above sea level. During this journey, we will see the natural breeding sites
of Llamas and Alpacas, beautiful Andean animals. We will begin walking for a period of 30 minutes accompanied by a guide. - At the top, we can observe the natural pigments and geological formations very closely. In turn, we can tour the stone forest and observe part of the red valley which is located in the same area.
- After touring PALCCOYO MOUNTAIN we will return to the Cusipata district where we will have a buffet lunch organized for your group.
- Finally, we will return to the city of Cusco around 5:00 p.m.
Note.- It is recommended that tourists take at least 2 days to obtain good air conditioning and fully enjoy this walk.
Maximum Altitude: 4,900 masl (16,000 feet).
Minimum Altitude: Checacupe town 3,400 masl (11,150 feet).
Trek time: 1 hour ascent and descent
Trek distance: 3.5 Km (2.1 miles).
Difficulty degree: High-moderate.
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