RAINBOW MOUNTAIN VINICUNCA AND WAQRAPUKARA 2 DAYS 1 NIGHT

$300.00

$300,00 USD per person (private tour for 1 to 2 hikers)

$169,00 USD per person (shared group for 3 + more hikers)

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DAY 1: CUSCO – WAQRAPUKARA INKA SITE – CAMPSITE

On the steep slopes of Apurimac Canyon is located INCOMPARABLE WAQRAPUKARA ANCIENT SITE, successive generations have for centuries sculpted the mountains with their bare hands and miraculously transformed the stones of desolate landscape into a scene of extraordinary beauty.

Just 3 hours and 45 minutes from the capital of the Incas Cusco is the Waqrapukara Inca site and Apurimac canyon, one of the most extraordinary destinations in Cusco-Peru.

Very early in the morning, we will pick you up from Hotel in Cusco to take our private van, the bus ride will be incredibly gorgeous to our trail head for the day.

After the breakfast we will hike for about an hour to Waqrapukra during today’s tour we will appreciate the depth and scenic beauty of the Apurimac canyon with its extraordinary geological formation.

We finally reach our destination WAQRAPUKARA, where we will have enough time to enjoy and explore this wonderful Inca site.

We will have lunch after lunch we will continue to our campsite where will spend the night under millions of starts.

DAY 2: WAQRAPUKARA – RAINBOW MOUNTAIN

We will start off the day early in the morning to avoid the crowds and trek a 2-hour through spectacular scenery of the Andes to get to the top of the rainbow mountain.

From the view point, we will admire a spectacular view of the surrounding mountains + eternal snow – covered top Ausangate glacier with its high peak of 6375 meters.

Afterwards, we will go to the red valley red, which trail is well of the beaten path after a half and hour hike we will reach to the look point of the marvelous red valley.

Later, we start descending to take our van to the lunch place then, we will go back to Cusco at around 3:30 pm and drop you off at your hotel.

  • Meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
  • Professional and experienced guide
  • Private transport
  • Tents to camp
  • Entrance fees to Waqrapukara 25 soles per person
  • Rainbow Mountain 25 soles per person
  • Tips for our crew
  • Sleeping bags (can be hired from us $17,00 each)
  • Hiking poles (can be hired from us $7,00 each)
  • Single tent (can be hired from us $15, 00 each)

PACKING LIST

  • Warm clothes such a jacket, a fleece, woolly hat and gloves
  • Sun hat
  • Sun cream
  • Sun glasses
  • A pair of socks and a pair of t-shirts
  • Head lamps
  • Hiking boots
  • A back pack
  • Water to drink
  • Rain poncho