Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain, Cordillera de Vilcanota, Cusco, Peru
This awesome new - Must to Visist and see place in Cusco depart early from Cusco city. We will pick you up from your hotel by 04:30 am Make sure to have a comfortable boots and warm clothes you will feel the cold from the mountains even when it is a sunny day. This is a once in a lifetime experience to Vinocunca Rainbow Mountain region near the famous Auzangate snow capped mountains.
€45,00
Daily Tour
14 Hours
Max 12 people
Cuzco
There is a place in the south of Peru where a mountain attracts, not so much for its grandeur, but for its spectacular look. We are talking about Vinicunca, or rainbow mountain, which has become one of the greatest tourist attractions in the land of the Incas.
Located in the Cordillera de Vilcanota – southeast of the city of Cusco- Vinicunca offers a wonderful show, from the same path that leads to it. It is a journey of approximately five hours by car and on foot that, even though demands a high physical preparation, culminates in a postcard image that is forever engraved in the memory of the traveler.
Geological origin
The color of Vinicunca is because a geological formation accumulated over time by the mixture of marine, lake and river elements. This gathering of minerals dragged by the waters of the mountain range, the winds and the humidity, has caused the oxidation of the place and has made that the mountain acquire that magical diversity of tones.
Geologists and experts in the field affirm that this phenomenon has been discovered thanks to the melting of the glaciers that formerly covered the mountain and that constantly received snow until the early nineties.
