Machu Picchu and Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca) is a combination of adventures in just two days in the region of Cusco Peru. We do this program, according to your days in Cusco, but most of the people come to Cusco to acclimatize before the tours.
Other ways to get to Machu Picchu?
We have the best alternatives. If you like to walk you can see our Inca Quarry tours or Alternative treks. Also if the walks do not give you, check our Machu Picchu tours of 2 and 3 days or the Machu Picchu with the Humantay Lagoon.
Yeah!, if you have problems with the altitude, the best way is acclimatize before. Thats is the reason to do the Machu Picchu the first day, and you will are ready for the high altitude adventure in Vinicunca.
Machu Picchu in the first day of Tour with Vinicunca
The mountain of seven colors or Vinicunca is visited for many travelers for their landscape and incredible multiple colors. Also you can enjoy the beautiful snow mountain of Ausangate.
You can observe many of the traditions and customs that are maintained for the local people in these places without leaving aside its imposing mountains and colorful valleys that resemble a mountain of seven colors called now like the Rainbow Mountains.
Machu Picchu with Rainbow Mountain - Vinicunca, 2 days tour
The briefing
It will be organized at your hotel one day before your departure so to be clear about the adventure days. After receiving the details, you can ask your questions to the person who is in charge of taking you to the tours.
Availability 2022 - 2023
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DAY 1: Tour to Machu Picchu by train
Visiting the antique Incas Citadel
Included today: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch.
At 5:30 am, will be the departure from the hotel to the Ollantaytambo station to our first adventure: Machu Picchu
The day of departure, we will come early to your hotel and pick you up in our car and go to the place, Transportation bus from Cusco to Ollantaytambo takes 1 hour and 30 minutes. The train is from 7:45 am to Aguas Calientes in Machu Picchu and the route is the same time as it takes when traveling by bus
Once we are in Aguas Calientes we will board a bus that will take us to the city of Machu Picchu(Inca ruins) once we are at the door of the Inca city we will show the documents or passports to enter the place and make the tour inside Machu Picchu.
The main square view of Machu Picchu with Rainbow Mountain tour of 2 days
Our tour will be 2 hours and 30 minutes and is according to the policies that govern the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu. The targets of visit are the places of importance and then when you have finished the tour with our guide you will have your free time of one hour for exploration on your own.
Later we will board the return bus to Aguas Calientes of Machupicchu.
Continuing the day, in the afternoon we will take our return train from Aguas Calientes to the city of Ollantaytambo and to Cusco city to your hotel.
- Min Altitude: 1100 m. / 3540 ft.
- Max Altitude: 2400 m. / 7874 ft.
- Weather Sensation: Cold, Wind.
- Difficulty of this day: 1.
- Time Statics for this day: Start and End Time: 05:30 am to 06:30 pm, Total enjoying hours for today: 13:0 hours, Total Walking Time: 01:00 hours,
DAY 2: Take-photos-Rainbow-Montain
The seven colors is waiting for us, and we will take many photos of it.
Included today: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch.
The preparation is according to your time of disposition for our adventure for the Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca).
At 4:00 A.M we will start to board the bus to visit to the rainbow mountain in the community of Vinicunca (Rainbow Mountain) – Ausangate. The route is 3 hours of driving between the mountains of Cusco – Ausangate.
Once we reach the point of Lacamita we will prepare our backpacks, cameras and everything to have to venture towards the Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca).
While we start walking we will see many Andean animals such as llamas and alpacas. Along the road that leads us to our destination, we will appreciate many mountains, valleys, Rocky Mountains, snowy mountains. We will also see local people doing their business on the route
The villagers own these mountains. They are in charge of protecting the mountains and conserving nature. It is for them that we will have contacts with indigenous people who speak Quechua (Inca language) and some of them work as horse drivers because they transport tourists to the “Montaña de Arcoíris”.
In the Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca), the next day we will visit Machu Picchu
As for the mountain, it’s just a pleasant picturesque place full of colors and you will have a moment to photograph the place and then a summary of information.
From there we will return to board the bus and go back to the city of Cusco and the hotel.
- Min Altitude: 3300 m. / 10619 ft.
- Max Altitude: 4992 m. / 16379 ft.
- Distance to walk for today: 2 Km. / 1.25 mi.
- Weather Sensation: Cold, Wind.
- Difficulty of this day: 4.
- Time Statics for this day: Start and End Time: 04:00 am to 06:00 pm, Total enjoying hours for today: 14:0 hours, Total Walking Time: 03:00 hours,
Included in this Tour:
- 01 water bottle first day.
- Box Lunch.
- Round Bus trip Cusco – Rainbow Mountain - Cusco.
- Round Bus trip Cusco to Ollantaytambo – Ollantaytambo to Cusco.
- Round train ticket from Ollantaytambo to Machu Pichu- machupicchu to ollantaytambo-cusco.
- Tourist guide fluent in English, Spanish and quechua.
Not Included
- Dinner.
- Lunch for the second day.
- Snacks.
- Water.
Extras for aditional fee
- Bus.
- Entrance ticket for Machu Pichu.
What to Bring
- Camera.
- Hat for the sun and for the cold.
- Hiking shoes, trousers and jumpers.
- Hiking sticks.
- Mosquito repellent.
- Original passport.
- Raincoat.
- Sunglasses.
- Sunscreen.
Our prices for this tour:
Disccount for this tour:
Departure for: 2024 - 2025
Every Day.
Important:
- Camelbaks ( or water bottle).
- comfortable Daypack.
- comfortable hiking boots.
- Hand sanitizer.
- immigration card.
- Original passport.
- Personal backpack.
- Personal medication.
- valid student card.
Gear inside your Daypacks
- 4 Sets s-shirt.
- Bug Spray.
- Camera.
- Fleece.
- Hand sanitizer.
- Head cap, glasses.
- Personal backpack.
- Personal medication.
- Rain jacket and pants.
- Rain Poncho.
- sleeping bag recommend down bags for -10c at least.
- Sunhat.
- Sunscreen.
- Toilet Paper.
- toothbrush and paste.
- water proof jacket.
- Wet Wipes.
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