Rainbow Mountain & Red Valley Premium Tour: Captivating One-Day Hike in the Cusco Region
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Cusco
Embark on a captivating one-day hike in the Cusco region with our premium tour to Rainbow Mountain and Red Valley. Interact with locals, hike alongside llamas and alpacas, and enjoy a picnic breakfast and lunch at the base of Rainbow Mountain.
Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain - Pick you up from the hotel at 5:00 am and travel 3 hours to the trailhead. Upon arrival, our chef will prepare a delicious breakfast with plentiful choices while you enjoy the scenery with a nice cup of coffee or coca tea.

After breakfast, we’ll climb Vinicunca for 2 hours (Also known as Rainbow Mountain). You can witness hundreds of llamas and alpacas and hike around the Ausangate Mountain range, Cusco’s highest mountains.

The hike is mostly plain with a gradual steep incline at the end, and you’ll need a warm jacket, caps, gloves, and a camera to record the great vistas.

At Rainbow Mountain, your guide will describe how the painted hills, Andes, and this mountain formed.

After admiring the Peruvian Andes and the 360-degree view from Vinicunca, we’ll take a 30-minute hike to Red Valley, a rarely-visited region with amazing views.

Next, we’ll return to the trailhead, where lunch awaits. Our chef uses local ingredients to prepare buffet meals. Return to Cusco around 5:30 pm.

What's Included
  • Inclusive of buffet breakfast, snack, lunch, and water
  • Roundtrip hotel transportation provided
  • All admission fees covered
  • Guided by a professional local tour guide
What's Not Included
  • Trekking poles (can be rent from us)
  • Gratuities
  • Emergency Horse
Additional Information

Rainbow Mountain has quickly become a top destination for single-day treks in the Cusco area. Standing over 5000m tall, a hike through Rainbow Mountain and the Red Valley is a memorable venture. We’ve specially structured our tour to allow you to reach the summit of Rainbow Mountain at a time when it’s still devoid of crowds.

Key Features of the Rainbow Mountain Peru Tour:

  • Engage with the Andean communities and local inhabitants while you trek alongside llamas and Alpacas
  • Experience both the Rainbow Mountain and the Red Valley in just one day
  • Enjoy the tranquillity of being one of the first to witness this awe-inspiring location
  • Savor a picnic-style breakfast and lunch at the foot of Rainbow Mountain
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
Location
Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain
Cordillera de Vilcanota
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Connector45296034261
May 22, 2024
Rainbow Mountaintop Amazing - Amazing tour, complete with picnic for breakfast and lunch in a tent in the mountains. Amazing food and even more amazing people! Maribel, Ronaldo and Monica were fantastic, would highly recommend!
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Acmh5
May 11, 2024
Great photos, hiking and food! - Hiking Rainbow Mountain and the Red Valley trail is something our family will never forget. Our guide Gary and our chef Bertrand took excellent care of us! We had an amazing spread for our picnic breakfast and an unbelievable, hot meal inside a tent for lunch. How Bertrand was able to prepare such a meal outdoors without a proper kitchen amazed us. Gary is a fun and entertaining guide who is also supremely kind and considerate. He looked after each person in our group that consisted of fast hiking young adults and slower hikers. He took many photos and knew good spots for getting good shots. I highly recommend this all-day hiking trip!
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Jasonp29
May 5, 2024
Beautiful Views, experience and well briefed/prepped - Katia, our TreXperience guide texted us the day before and prepped us well before the trip and pick up. We had a good nap in the comfy van after our 4am pick up until around sunrise where we started to discuss the landscapes, history and arrived shortly after for breakfast. The TreXperience team setup and cooked us a wonderful breakfast in a quiet and beautiful area I believe 3,000m+ up. We then did some breathing exercises, had some candies and prepared ourselves for the high altitude and short hike ahead. ***Warning*** I STRONGLY advise you are acclimatised to high altitude before doing this excursion. Spend a few days in Cusco and/or do this after other excursions like Machu Picchu. Our guide helped us a lot with the hike as we took regular short breaks, did breathing exercises and overall it was a very enjoyable experience rather than intense as we got used to our blood oxygen being lower than usual and heart rates very high for walking up a slight uphill! We had time for pictures on the hands and our guide took pictures of us with alpaca's and at the peak. She explained why and how the rainbow mountain was discovered and after we returned for lunch (same place as breakfast) we had another wonderful meal. Specifically, I do want to call out how great it was to have Katia as our guide. There aren't many female guides doing all of the excursions in Peru and me and my partner were incredibly impressed with the depth of her knowledge and deep care for the people/locals that we came across and can help support.
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379ianam
Apr 27, 2024
Stunning Day Trip with Breathtaking Views - We had an incredible day trip filled with breathtaking views and delicious meals! Our guide, Katia, was instrumental in helping us climb the mountain. She pointed out the best viewpoints and shared fascinating historical and cultural insights. Katia also taught us how to breathe properly and save energy to avoid any health issues, making it one of the most interesting and enjoyable day trips we've ever experienced.
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Hennohb
Apr 6, 2024
What a fantastic experience! - What an amazing day! Knowledgeable guides, Katia and Toro. We felt very safe going in such high altitude. Katia shared about the history, culture and the mountain. It was really interesting hearing from a female perspective and we encourage other females to also become guides:) Good briefing the day before. The early pickup at the hotel in morning worked really well. Safe driving by the driver Orlando and tasteful and amazing food, both breakfast and lunch by the cook, Sinchi. The meals were served in a beautiful spot before the rainbow mountain and tasted really good. There was a bit of wind when we had lunch, but that was not a problem, a tent was set up for us to enjoy the meal. The mountain itself was amazing!!
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Abelgh5949cd
Mar 31, 2024
Extreme adventure in the Mountain 7 colors - An adventure excursion, where we were able to climb the mountain of 7 colors and the Red Valley. The breakfast and picnic lunch were unbeatable, with typical local products. The guide José did more than his share, because although it was quite cloudy and snowing, he went up with us to the Red Valley and there it cleared up and we could see everything. On this excursion, both the guide, the driver and the two local cooks were great professionals. A great way to spend a day of adventure!
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193suek
Jan 11, 2024
Wonderful day, beautiful country! - Even though the weather was foggy and the colors not so bright, my son and I had a wonderful day riding up to the Andes with Sarah, our guide, and our cooks and driver. The food was amazing and the access and attention we got far superior to the others we saw on different tours that day (in fact, we met up with others we had trekked with to Machu Pichu and they were jealous/had wished they had booked our tour instead). A long day but worth it to see more of the wonderful culture and scenery of Peru!
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40caleby
Jan 3, 2024
Rainbow Mountain Tour - We had a very good day traveling to rainbow mountain with Jose Abad. Everything went smoothly from pick up to drop off. They made us breakfast and lunch, both delicious. Jose was very helpful with all our questions and needs. Highly recommend this tour group.
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Enochw589
Dec 31, 2023
Beautiful Country - Amazing day, we were treated so well on our tour. The food that was prepared for us was amazing to eat. Our guide Sutta, was great to talk with and took the time to explain many things about the area and Peru. Really loved talking with him and sharing our conversation. Absolutely will go again.
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476rameshs
Dec 29, 2023
Challenging trek, and worth all the strain at the end .. - Katiya was our guide from Trexperience, and she was really good. Quite passionate about the Peruvian culture and customs and knowledgeable about Peru as a whole. She helped my wife a lot while ascending and descending the last leg of the hike which is quite steep and strenuous. She is a star and she connected us at a personal level like a family forever and embraced us in to the Andean family.
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