F U L L D A Y T R E K RAINBOW MOUNTAIN 1 D A Y DESCRIPTION Get ready to discover one of the most impressive natural wonders on the planet in the middle of the Andes of Peru. If endless red hills that rise on the other side of Vinicunca; a clear example of the fine art of Mother Nature!. you visit Cusco, you have to do it! Our one-day tour to Vinicunca, or Rainbow Mountain, will take you through remote Choose Salkantay Trekking as your trusted operator; always on me and with the best guides. We have private high-altude deserts and through isolated communies found in the Vilcanota mountain range. In addion, you’ll be transportaon, too! able to witness the immensity of the sacred Ausangate mountain (6,300 masl / 20,900 fasl), the highest in the region. Immerse yourself in the lifestyle of the inhabitants of this area, contemplate the walk of numerous herds of llamas The imposing mountain landscape is sure to be the protagonist of your photographs. and alpacas, and be a first-hand witness of millions of years of geological history. This tour is designed for travellers with lile me and good physical resistance. Its difficulty ranges from moderate to challenging. Despite the fact that the Rainbow Mountain is usually full of tourists, we start our adventure very early to be the first to arrive. In addion, we’ll take you to the opening of the Red Valley so that you can appreciate the HOME FULL ITINERARY INCLUDED | NOT INCLUDED BEFORE YOU GO TERMS & CONDITIONS FULL ITINERARY Rainbow Mountain full day trek 1 F E A T U R E D D E S T I N A T I O N O F T H E D A Y DAY RAINBOW Mountain RAINBOW MOUNTAIN 1 DAY 1 Cusco | Llacto - Rainbow Mountain full day tour F U L L D A Y T R E K DAY Rainbow Mountain Meals: Difficulty: Walking Distance: Minimum Elevaon: Highest Elevaon: Breakfast and Lunch Moderate 4.97 miles 4400 m / 14432 5020 m / 16466 ur adventure begins at 4:00 am. We will you about the meaning of some clothes and, if you pick you up from the door of your hotel want, you can ask him to teach you some words in Oto head for 3 hours towards the Southern Quechua. Aer 1.5 hours of walking, we will arrive Valley in our private transport. Remember that the at the amazing Rainbow Mountain of Cusco (5,050 starng point of our walk is at 4,638 masl / 15,216 masl / 16,564 fasl). Take me to admire the unique fasl. Along the way we’ll observe picturesque beauty of this impressive natural formaon and feel Andean towns, agricultural plaorms from the Inca the thrill of witnessing a unique natural spectacle. period, ferle valleys, and beauful rolling You will explore the surroundings a lile while your mountains. Even in the morning, the herds of llamas guide explains the theories that exist regarding the and alpacas will entertain you while you enjoy a origin of this mountain that seems to be taken from delicious connental breakfast. We’ll connue our a colourful dream of the gods. Take photographs or journey unl we reach the starng point of the simply immerse yourself in the landscape that also walk. There we’ll head down a meandering path in shows you the splendour of the great mountain the middle of the Andean mountains following a Ausangate in the distance. beauful stream. As you ascend, you’ll be rewarded There we will take a break between 30 minutes and with the impressive view of the Ausangate 1 hour, depending on the speed of your steps and Mountain (6,300 masl / 20,900 fasl). Take a few the condion of the weather. If you want to stay minutes to try to understand why this mountain is a longer, inform your guide. Later, there’s the living deity for the Andean people. This whole area possibility of walking through the Red Valley, if the is home to many people and you’ll have the climate and weather allow it. Don’t miss this valley opportunity to see them working the land. You’ll of completely red mountains! We’ll take between surely also be surprised to see the tradional 45 minutes and 1 hour to arrive again at the starng clothing they use that they make themselves thanks point where we’ll enjoy our box lunch. Once we to the pracce of texle art that they have inherited have filled our stomachs, we’ll embark on our from their ancestors. In this way, an ancient culture private transport back to the city of Cusco. At is preserved that refuses to be submied by the approximately 5:00 pm we’ll leave you at the door rules of the western world. Your guide will teach of your hotel. HOME FULL ITINERARY INCLUDED | NOT INCLUDED BEFORE YOU GO TERMS & CONDITIONS INCLUSIONS Included / Not Included WHAT IS INCLUDED? High Quality Service & Safety One cloth snack bag per person Pre-departure briefing To avoid the usage of plasc bags that contaminate our environment, we will give you a cloth bag for You will meet your tour guide and group in our office for an orientaon before your tour. The your snacks. meeng will be at 5:00 PM the evening before the trip begins. Products for hygiene Experienced Guide You will be provided with a small towel before each meal to clean your hands. All our guides are graduates of the professional career of Tourism of the Naonal University San Transportaon Antonio Abad of Cusco. Our guides are chosen for their professionalism, experience, responsibility, Transport seriousness, unbridled passion for exploring, and a desire to share in the experience. They’ll make sure you are safe and happy. All your transportaon is included in this package. We will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the starng point of the trek. Once you complete the tour, we will take you back to the door of Medical Kit your hotel. All Salkantay Trekking guides have received specialized training in first aid. We hold mandatory training sessions with our guides every February. Your guide will always carry a first aid kit to face Permits & Entrance Tickets basic emergency situaons (altude sickness, traveller’s diarrhoea, cuts, scrapes, etc.) as well as Entrance for the Rainbow Mountain oxygen. If necessary, we’ll evacuate you from the path as quickly as possible and ensure that you arrive at a clinic for treatment. EXTRAS included in our service. Customer Service 24/7 We believe that aenon to small details is what sets us apart from other local companies. You’ll We have telephone service available 24 hours/day for ease of communicaon and preparaon with receive a walking sck o trekking poles, and a rain poncho. the agency leading up to your trek. Meals Meals: 1 Breakfast, and 1 Lunch Our chef prepares the best dishes in the middle of the mountain. Our passengers love our food! We respect all diets(Vegetarian, vegan, or special menus are available at no extra cost ), so let us know if you have any parcular restricons on your reservaon form and remind your guide during the briefing. Snacks on the trail daily Before starng your trekking, our tour leader will provide you a Cloth bag with local fruits, biscuits, chocolate, caramels, etc. We will give this snack to you at the beginning of each day in your cloth bag. HOME FULL ITINERARY INCLUDED | NOT INCLUDED BEFORE YOU GO TERMS & CONDITIONS WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED? Travel Insurance Tips for our staff Tips are usual on any excursion. Although we pay good salaries to our enre team, something extra is always welcome, especially considering the hard work they do. Typically, group parcipants collect their ps to hand out to the porters and chefs together. Addional costs or delays out of control of the management Landscape, bad weather condion, inerary modificaon due to a safety concern, illness, change of government policy, polical instability/strike, etc. HOME FULL ITINERARY INCLUDED | NOT INCLUDED BEFORE YOU GO TERMS & CONDITIONS BEFORE YOU GO Is it for me? BEFORE YOU GO We want to make your trip to Peru as amazing and as easy as possible. On this secon you will find The Briefing speedy answers to all those quesons you had about trekking Salkantay in one place. This meeng will take place the night before the trek’s departure at 5 PM at our office which is Please read carefully the following informaon – it will help you with any quesons you may have located at Triunfo Street 392, Office 212 (second floor). We are 1 block from the Main Square (Plaza about our services. de Armas) of Cusco. Have another queson that we haven’t answered here? Drop us a line and we will get back to you asap! What about the balance? It would be greatly appreciated if you pay in cash at our office (US dollars or Peruvian soles) here in Is it for me? Cusco. We have many cash machines in the historical center to withdraw money. You can also pay by The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu is a great alternave for the Inca Trail trek and beer suited for VISA or PAYPAL online but you will have to pay a 8% service charge, charged by VISA and PAYPAL. To more adventurous trekkers who are able to handle higher altude and longer distances. Ascending pay your balance through PAYPAL, you need to log into your PAYPAL account using our email address to reach the famous Apacheta Pass at 4650 MASL - 15088 FASL is not too strenuous since it is at the of [email protected] beginning of the trek, neither is it very steep, but it does require stamina and a lile me in Cusco to acclimaze to the altude before beginning the trek.