Price: $120.00
Private Rainbow Mountain tour
Code: RMARVT
Description
Palccoyo and Raqchi (temple of wiracocha) – (full day) – Cusco, Peru
After going to this beautiful mountain why not take advantage of visiting this magical and incredible construction of the Incas, today called the temple of the god wiracocha, a huge rectangular structure of two floors that measures 92 meters long by 25.5 wide. The structure is composed of a central adobe wall between 18 and 20 meters high, with an andesite stone base. According to the chroniclers, they attribute the Inca Wiracocha to build the temple, of course it is in a government previous to that of Pachacutec the ninth Inca.
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. |
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Itinerary
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CUSCO – URCOS – CUSIPATA – TINTINCO – MOUNTAIN OF ARCOIRIS
We will pick you up from your hotel at 5.00am to go to the southern valley of Cusco, we will pass through the villages of Tipon, Oropesa, Urcos, and Cusipata, for 2.30 hours in our private van until the entrance of the mountain of colors, where our staff prepare a delicious breakfast, if you wish you can participate and learn how to prepare a delicious Andean breakfast, after taking our breakfast we will move to the beginning of the walk plus 20 minutes. We get off the van and our guide will give directions for the hike, the road will be about 2 hours until we reach the top. We will take many photos for more than 40 minutes after an explanation of our guide on the geological formations of this place, we will return to the beginning of the walk 1 hour, we take our private van and we come to the point of our lunch, to taste a Delicious Peruvian food prepared by our chef. After lunch we will have 20 minutes of rest and then we will return to the city of Cusco and we will leave you at your hotel.
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