Palcoyo´s Rainbow Mountain 1 Day $ 30

Discover the fascinating Seven-Colored Mountain. Throughout that beautiful experience, you´ll travel by a variety of landscapes, with great magnetism, and will hike to the Rainbow Mountain and Red Valley, at about 5,200 meters above sea level (m.a.s.l. – 17,060 ft.).

ITINERARY

At 6:00 a.m., we´ll pick you up at your hotel and, after traveling, for about three hours and a half, on board our tourism vehicle, we´ll get to Palcoyoc, where we´ll have breakfast, and will start  the hike.

Each step of the way, you´ll have opportunities to take beautiful pictures of the peculiar range of colors that, with the magical touch of the first sunrays, irriadiate from those mountains, and can especially be appreciated in the great hill, similar to a dorsal spine, with variations of orange to violet tonalities.

This rock formation, of so many colors, is product of a complex geological history that includes marine, lake and river sediments, from the Pre-Cambrian Period, elevated by tectonic movements, meanwhile its more recent surface deposits would date back to the Quartenary Era.

These rock formations present the following colors:

  • Pink: Conglomerates of red clay and sand (3 to 4 million years).
  • Whitish: Composition of lime rock (about 400 million years).
  • Whitish: Calcareous Stone (about 400 million years).
  • Greenish-brown and purple: Composed of lead, rich in calcium carbonate (80 to 90 million years).
  • Red: Clay with iron oxide, from the Upper Tertiary Era (about 3 to 4 million years).
  • Green: Slate stone, with copper oxide (about 600 million years).
  • Earth colored greenish brown: Composed of rock, with manganese, of the Quaternary Era (1 to 2 million years).
  • Mustard yellow: Calcareous sands, with sulfur (80 to 90 million years).

From Cusco, we offer a 1-day circuit that includes the two-way trip, aboard a group tourism transportation vehicle, and a 2-hour hike. So, in order to appreciate the Seven-Colored Mountain, in its full splendor, book your space at our agency, and live that unforgettable experience.

Once the 2-hour hike over, we´ll have lunch in Palcoyoc and, in the afternoon, we´ll return to Cusco, ending the tour just a few blocks from the Main Square (Plaza de Armas), at 6:00 p.m.

INCLUDED - NOT INCLUDED

Included:

  • Group tourism transportation vehicle.
  • Professional bilingual guide (English and Spanish).
  • First-aid kit and oxygen.
  • Coca leaf tea.
  • Breakfast in Palcoyoc.
  • Lunch (vegetarian option).

Not included:

  • Entrance ticket to the mountain: S/. 10.00.
  • Hiking equipment: Hiking shoes, rain poncho, wool gloves, bonnet and scarf.
  • Hiking sticks.
  • Sunblock lotion and sunglasses.
  • Cold and/or hot drinks.
  • Tips and personal expenses.

RECOMMENDATION

What to bring:

  • Daypack.
  • Mineral water and snacks.
  • Clothes for warm weather, rain and cold, in successive layers.
  • Wool bonnet, scarf and gloves, sunglasse and sunblock lotion.
  • Mountain hiking shoes or sneakers (tennis shoes).
  • Photo/video camera and extra batteries.
  • Light binoculars.
  • Hiking sticks.

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