Rainbow Mountain Tour: Andean Landscape Adventure

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Cusco

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Embark on a private tour to the vibrant Rainbow Mountain. During the hike, enjoy the stunning Andean scenery featuring snow-capped peaks, colorful mountains, llamas, and indigenous mountain communities. Upon reaching Rainbow Mountain, be captivated by its breathtaking beauty and vivid colors. This tour includes breakfast, lunch, and entrance fees.

Duration: 11 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain - This tour offers an incredible adventure through the Andean landscapes, leading you to the stunning Rainbow Mountain. Experience breathtaking views of snow-capped peaks, encounter Andean wildlife, and marvel at the tour’s highlight, the vibrant hills of Rainbow Mountain.
Guests will be picked up from their hotel in…

What's Included

Pickup from your hotel in Cusco
Shared transportation
Entrance ticket to the Rainbow Mountain
Bilingual tour guide
Breakfast and lunch
Trekking Poles
Warm Blankets
Oxygen bottle and first aid kit

What's Not Included

Hotel drop-off
Horse for carrying you and your belongings (rent can cost between 70 - 100 Soles per horse)
Tips
Optional: hike through the Red Valley (20 Soles)

Additional Information

Minimum age is 12 years
This tour is not recommended to people with asthma, heart problems or high blood pressure
It is very recommendable to spend at least two days in Cusco or the Sacred Valley before going on this tour, in order to adjust to the high altitude
Recomended to bring: Sun screen, Sun glasses, Sun-hat, trekking shoes, rain poncho,…

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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Walker_d

Nov 27, 2018

Full-Day Rainbow Mountain Hike from Cusco - This was a very beautiful hike to get to rainbow mountain. I highly recommend to go just for the hike scenery. I would even say it was more gorgeous than rainbow mountain. I wouldn’t worry about the driving as others put. Yes, there are a few scary parts but that’s what you get for going to hike up in the mountains you have to get there somehow. They should put in additional info to bring snacks and Advil. A lot of us had headaches due to the altitude and luckily another traveler had some and shared!

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Alexandra

Oct 15, 2018

Just beautiful - For us it was one of the top 3 most amazing trips we did in Peru! The climbing was actually more difficult that we expected because of the altitude and because of the aptness of the slope, but once we got up there it was amazing and totally worth it!! Jose was the best guide to have, he helped us a lot and he was full of great energy!

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Kurby123

Aug 28, 2018

Rainbow Mountain & Beyond - On our second day in Cusco we decided to book a hike to Rainbow mountain...one of the best thing so we ever did! Stunning views, great weather & high altitudes (5,250m at one point) make sure you are aclimatized before you do this. Jose is the best guide, he's friendly, knowledgeable and answered all of our questions about the plants, animals & culture. The BEST part was Jose taking us to Red Valley. It has jaw dropping views! Costs an extra $10 soles per person & worth every bit. We hiked late August so there was some snow on the trail, bring grippy shoes & poles if you need them. Thank you Jose & Julio (driver) for an amazing trip! They were so efficient, we made it back to our hotel by 4pm considering the craziness of downtown Cusco traffic.

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José

Jul 9, 2018

Hard breath but worth it - The trekking was long and hard breath but worth, the tour guy give us stick to help it. And some of the traveler even me, we mistake paid the entrance fees but the guide give us a refund with no problem.

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Brianhd9342wb

Jun 11, 2019

BH Rainbow - A full on day. Bus pickup. Brekky was poor so take snacks. Lunch good. Trip in was an adventure & great sights to see. Hike required a lot of energy & care but well worth it. Horses & mules used by many to get to 4200m. Top of mountain 5031m -5C. Well worth it!! Walking poles would be handy. Enjoy!!

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Richard_m

Oct 24, 2016

While the trek and experience was... - While the trek and experience was well worth it, please be weary of the driving! Another traveler and I witnessed the driver nodding off multiple times on the way to the hike WHILE driving. Also the driving was a bit erratic. Scariest experience was riding in the van-definitely not a professional.

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Aamanda

Sep 21, 2016

Worth the view and beautiful place... - Worth the view and beautiful place, however, our tour guy was a con artist. Told us it would be 70 for the horse charged us 80 and then took ten sols from me because he had no change. He said he would give it to me on the way out and never did. In the tour asked us to pay for apart of the tour that was included with our package and we had to show him proof because he wanted another 10 sols each. Also on the way home dropped us in the town plaza when our tour specifically said hotel pick up and drop off. After a all day hike we needed to take an additional cab home. I was disappointed with the lack of professionalism especially when we paid good money for this tour.

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Biagio

Feb 21, 2017

The place is wonderful, but it can... - The place is wonderful, but it can also become a nightmare to go up there. In the voucher they say they they will bring some oxygen, but it isn't true. I was feeling bad, I asked for some oxygen you have to reach 5,200 mt -17,000 ft, but didn't have it with them. Overall it is not very well explained in the description, it looks easy, but it is not.

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From $76

up to 15 guests

1 - Adult