Rainbow Mountain Peru Trek 2 Days

Rainbow Mountain Peru Trek 2 Days is one of Cusco’s treks that shows us one of the most important natural tourist attractions in Peru.

To the south of Cusco’s City is Ausangate snowing, where we can find beautiful lagoons of different colors and sizes, in addition to the American camelids such as llamas, alpacas, and Vicuñas.

It is in this place, where one of the most beautiful natural attractions is located, the Rainbow Mountain or Vinicunca Mountain, which thanks to social networks became one of the most visited natural tourist attractions in Cusco.

Rainbow Mountain Peru Trek 2 days option is recommended for people who wish to experience and see part of Ausangate Trek, and to reach the Rainbow Mountain before the caravan of tourists who take the tour Rainbow Mountain full day.

Ausangate Mountain is beautiful, but there are two points on Rainbow Mountain Peru that are wonderful: the Pucacocha viewpoint and Rainbow mountain viewpoint and the red valley.

We consider that Rainbow Mountain Peru 2 days is a great option and an unique experience in the mountains of Cusco.

Rainbow Mountain Peru Trek Itinerary

Day 1: Cusco – Paso Pucacocha – Ananta – Surinacocha.

Cusco is the starting point, we will pick you up at your hotel and board our tourist transport, we will go south of the city of Cusco, it will take us about 4 hours to get to our starting point of our trek.

The Hike to Pucacocha pass (5000 masl) and the viewpoint of the Ausangate lagoons will be our first point of the visit, then we will continue our walk until we reach to Anantapata, where we will have our lunch.

After lunch we will continue our walk until we reach the Huarmisaya pass (4,980 masl), from here we will descend to the Surinacocha lagoon where we will camp.

Day 2: Surinacocha – Rainbow Mountain – Red Valley – Cusipata – Cusco.

After a good breakfast, we start the walk very early, on the way to Rainbow Mountain, we will find beautiful lagoons that are complemented by wonderful landscapes.

We will arrive at Rainbow Mountain or Vinicunca Mountain (5035 masl),  after 1 hour and 20 minutes of walking,  where we will have time to enjoy its beauty and take the best photos, after this visit we will continue towards the red valley where we will also have time to visit the place.

At the end of our visit, we will continue the walk until we reach the meeting point with our driver and transport, which will take us to Cusipata, where we will have our lunch, at the end of lunch we will board our transport towards the city of Cusco.

We will be arriving around 4 pm to 5 pm, we will leave you at your hotel and, in this way Rainbow mountain Peru Trek 2 days and the Red Valley ends.

INCLUDES:

• Pick up from your hotel.
• Professional guide.
• Tourists transport Cusco to Chilcapampa / Phulawasipata – Cusco (start of the trek to the 7 Colors Mountain Tour).
• Food (1 breakfast, 2 lunches, 1 dinner).
• Specialized cook.
• Muleteer and Horses of the Zone.
• First aid kit, emergency oxygen.

NOT INCLUDED:

• Services not mentioned.
• Entrance to Rainbow Mountain (National Tourists S/ 10.00 and Foreign Tourist S/ 20.00).
• TIPS for guides and cooks.

WHAT TO BRING WITH YOU

• Backpack with different types of clothes needed for the whole trip.
• Waterproof walking shoes or boots.
• A small backpack for needed items during the day.
• Waterproof clothes, such as pants jacket or poncho for the rain (plastic ponchos can be bought in Cusco).
• Warm, comfortable, thick clothes, including a jacket especially for sleeping at night.
• Sleeping bag.
• Mattresses will be provided by the agency, which you will carry.
• Flashlight with batteries.
• Camera with batteries (batteries are used faster in cold conditions).
• Water bottle and water, purification tablets.
• Hat or cap to protect from the sun and cold.
• Sun cream.
• Moisturizing cream for face and body, after exposure to the sun.
• Toilet paper.
• Hankerchiefs.
• Snacks (cookies, energy bars, chocolate, dry fruit etc. We will provide snacks morning and night as the trip requires).
• Small towel.
• Bathing costume.
• Cash in Sols or Dollars.
• Optional, walking sticks.