Palccoyo Rainbow Mountain Tour

Palccoyo Rainbow Mountain Full Day Tour : While Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain boils with thousands of tourists every day, just 20 kilometres to the south lies not one but three coloured mountains resting in complete solitude. Ochre and red, with green, blue and white stripes, the dazzling Cordillera de Colores Palccoyo is visited by only a few travellers a day. To reach it only requires a gentle 1 hour hike with no incline, making it a less demanding alternative to the long trek to Vinicunca.

Palccoyo Coloured Mountain Enjoy the beautiful colourful views that this tour offers us as the tonality of the colours is set by the state of the weather at the time; when it is cloudy the colours will be fainter or darker and if the day is very sunny the colours will be lighter. During our journey we will have the opportunity to see the 7 varieties of South American camelids (llama, alpaca, guanaco, vicuña, taruka, etc.) and on a good day we will be able to observe the largest birds in the world in their habitat such as the Condor and if we are lucky we will be able to see the Andean feline, the Puma.

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Palccoyo Rainbow Mountain Tour

Day 1: Day Tour in Palccoyo Mountain Full day – 4780m.

We start this great adventure with the pick up of our passengers from their respective hotels at 7:00 am, and then we head for 3 hours towards the south of Cusco, on the way we can visit the Pitumarca village and its Inca bridge of the same name. After this visit we will continue our journey to the starting point of the hike located at about 4400mts. Here we will start our walk for 40 minutes crossing the plains in ascent to the mountain of colours located at 4780m. On the way we will be able to see wild animals like condors, vicuñas, Andean foxes etc… at the same time when arriving at the top we will appreciate the sunset over the snowy Ausangate, there we will remain for an hour, and then we will descend for 45 minutes in the route we will visit the stone forest and in the afternoon we will return by bus for 3 hours to Cusco arriving at 17:00 approx.