MOUNTAIN 7 COLORS & PALCOYO

This one day trek to the Rainbow Mountain of Peru will leave you with a wonderful experience. Enjoy this new route rarely visited (rainbow mountains in Peru); an adventure that will spellbound you constantly. With a combination colorful landscapes, snow capped. Rushing streams, challenging uphills, soaring condors, vicunas, llamas, alpacas, chinchillas and pumas, everything seeming intact and undiscovered.

Considerations:

Day trip to the rainbow mountainis a challenging hike. you should be fit. We really recommend you to spend at least 3 days in cusco to acclimate. You will hike over 4300m (14,100ft) and is about 16 kilometers in length (9.9419 miles) in total length, with an elevation gain of 715m (2,260ft). This hike is difficult because of altitude.

Day 1: Mountain 7 color and Palcoyo

3:00 am – Departure from Cusco to Qollasuyo.
We will arrive at Checacupe and then arrive at the town of Pitumarca, where we will learn about the history of the first rebels who challenged the Inca Pachacútec.
Then we will go to the native town of Japura, Hachipacha to finally reach Quechuyno, where we will have a delicious breakfast.
After that, we walk passing beautiful landscapes and lagoons where alpacas, llamas, vicuñas, puma, Andean birds, condors, etc., live in a walk of 3 ½ hrs approx. until the Vinicunca Pass (5,200 m.s.), from where we will have an impressive view of the Cerro Colorado, which with the sunrise shows its impressive valley and hills of magical colors.
We will observe mountains such as the Apu Sarinini and the Ausangate Mountain, the highest in Cusco (6,372 meters above sea level).
The Community of Chillca, constituted by shepherds of llamas and alpacas, is known as the guardian of these Andean places
Every year, on the north side of Ausangate, the festival of Qoyllur Rit’i has been celebrated since time immemorial, where faith is impressive as dancers from different parts of Peru arrive.
At the end of the day: Return to Cusco.
Arrival approx: 7:00 pm.