Palccoyo and 4 Lakes Tour

Description

Palccoyo and 4 lakes tour – (full day) – Cusco, Peru

In Cusco we have many places to visit and one of them is Palccoyo, place with less tourists and little known by tourists because it is 20 km of rainbow mountain, and the walking time is less than the rainbow mountain, which we have the option of a one day tour with the four lagoons.

TOUR OVERVIEW:

DEPARTURE & RETURN LOCATION	Day hike tour
DURATION	Full Day 4:00 – 17:00
DISTANCE	10 km (4.4 Miles) Round trip hiking
ELEVATION	4,600m (15,091 feet) / 5,036m (16,522 feet)
GOOD FOR	Those with a sense of adventure and in good hiking shape.
CONSIDERATIONS	Please remember comfortable shoes, rain poncho, sun hat and sunglasses.
HIGHLIGHTS	Amazing landscapes of herds of alpacas and llamas, the Ausangate Mountain.

INCLUSIONS

INCLUDED

Private roundtrip transportation
Lunch
Professional guide (English-Spanish)
hiking stick
breakfast
Oxygen balloon

First aid kit
Travellers pillow.

Blankets.
Coca tea in the restaurant.

NOT INCLUDED

Entrance for the Rainbow Mountain (15 soles, 5 dollars)

Entrance to the Red Valley (10 soles, 3 dollars)

Tips for the guide and driver (Voluntary).

Other not mentioned.

PACKING LIST

Daypack (about 30-40 liters)
Long sleeve shirt
Trekking footwear
Thermal layers
Waterproof trekking trousers
Wool gloves

Beanie.
Hat

Sunglases and sun cream
Cash for extras

Rain Poncho.
Bottle water

Snacks (nuts, chocolate and a fruit)

Itinerary

CUSCO – CHECACUPE – COMBAPATA – PALCCOYO

We will pick you up from your hotel at 6.30 in the morning. We will leave Cusco in our private vehicle south of Cusco to Checacupe, then we will go to Combapata, the estimated travel time is 3 hours, once there we continue on A truck road, we will start our walk in 1 hour and 30 minutes to the mountain of colors Palccoyo (we will walk approximately 1.5 km). We will arrive at the Palccoyo Mountain of Colors, located at 4900 meters above sea level, after enjoying the scenery and taking pictures, we will return by the same road to the lunch place, after lunch, we will go to the touristic circuit of the 4 lagoons, to appreciate all kinds of migratory birds that inhabit these lagoons, then we will return to Cusco, arriving between 5:00 and 6:00 pm. approximately.