Palcoyo Rainbow Mountain Excursion: A Scenic Route from Cusco

Embark on a scenic Palcoyo Rainbow Mountain excursion from Cusco. Capture stunning photos, explore historic bridges, and enjoy breathtaking views of Nevado Ausangate.

Duration: 13 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Cusco - start piont
  • Palccoyo Rainbow Mountain - We will be passing by your accommodation wherever you are staying, preferably within the historic center of the city of Cusco, the pick-up starts at approximately 4:00 am.
    Then we will head to the south of Cusco , to the town of Cusipata where we will have our first stop to have breakfast….
What's Included
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Professional tour guide (ENG/ESP)
  • Pick up from the Hotel city center
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Oxygen assistance
  • Walk sticks
What's Not Included
  • horses rent
  • Meals not mentioned
  • Entrance
Additional Information

Your pick-up will begin from your chosen lodging, ideally located in Cusco’s historic city center, at around 4:00 am. From there, we’ll journey southwards to the town of Cusipata for our first stop and breakfast. On our way to Palccoyo town, we’ll pause for photographing the scenic views of the colonial and Inca bridges. Once we reach Palccoyo Mountain…

Location
Cusco
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Heleenr38
Nov 5, 2025
Recommended! - It was a great experience! Everything went very smoothly and our guide, Wilfredo has guided us well. Highly recommended!
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Jessbr115pz
Oct 20, 2025
Palcoyo: The Stunning, Stress-free Alternative to Rainbow Mountain - Palcoyo is the stress-free way to see the Rainbow Mountains. It's a short, easy 45-min walk to see three mountains and avoid the Vinicunca crowds. There was also snow at the start which made it extra special. Our tour guide, Willy, was amazing and patient. He also offered to take multiple photos for me along the way. Highly recommend it!
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Imansunga32
Oct 14, 2025
A rewarding experience - Great experience - need to prepare, it can be physically demanding. But thanks to 'Sexy' Wally - our tour guide - he was able to bring everyone up and down the mountain and answered all our questions - you'll be in good hands 🙌
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448riadha
Sep 30, 2025
TO DO! - We loved our trip with Wally (ps sexy Wally), very affordable for the proposed Service, we recommend + Ps: watch out for those who have car sickness because bcp turning!
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Alejandrocsepulveda
Sep 18, 2025
Thank God for this creation - Thank God. It's a must-see worth the sacrifice. You must go and feel the wonderfulness of the experience and creation of God and the universe. Eye with altitude sickness hits hard. I saw people in very bad shape. Please take your precautions.
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Paulaccl
Sep 18, 2025
Walk to Mount Palcoyo - Magnificent landscapes. Little tourism for this mountain! I made the booking with Chullos travel, gave great assistance. Our guide Alex , super attentive and friendly , always attentive to help on the walk . Because the altitude where we reached 4.900m is hard , we suffer a little because of the bad altitude ! I highly recommend!!
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C1213vbhansh
Sep 18, 2025
Great guide and fantastic views - Had a great tour with Alex to the Palcoyo mountain. We were picked up at our hotel and everything went smoothly. Highly recommend Alex and the tour. Less crowded than the Rainbow mountain and the hicje was very scenic.
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Vinoop2023
Sep 10, 2025
Excellent Rainbow range experience - Both the driver Mr Wilson & the Guide Edwar both went beyond expectations, both assist the women to make sure they reached the top and get down safely. They also took us to the Alpaca centre
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Clemence_c
Oct 21, 2025
Great tour- but communication could be improved - Pick started later than expected! Communications about the delay wasn’t great as the person texted did not speak English, I had people from my hotel called few times to get information on what time I ll get picked up as they were late and did not communicate first. It is a very long ride to the mountain, breakfast was included and standard. When we arrived the mountain was covered of snow, we still hike it, but rainbow color couldn’t been seen, I wish they would have mentioned it or give option to rebook for another day if cover of snow. Once we arrived at the mountain, 5 or 6 others tour group were there, everyone hikes together, all group got mixed up and climb at there own pace. Our guide was really accommodating and kind, because of the snow, we asked if we could make a stop in the way back to a very nice spot we saw to get other kind of picture with lamas, and they did it. We were the only group that stopped and were able to make picture with lamas.
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D645tvalexandraz
Oct 12, 2025
Spectacular! - Overall the tour was great! But for as much time as was spent in the van, I would say that the van was not comfortable and lacking shock absorbers. But the mountains were spectacular! Definitely worth the effort.
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From $31
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).