The trip to Rainbow Mountain takes about 3 hours from Cusco and involves a full day of hiking, so you’ll need a good night’s sleep before. I recommend staying in Cusco.

The Rainbow Mountain tour is one of the most popular day trips from Cusco. This amazing mountain has become a great attraction for the thousands of tourists that visit Peru every year. However, it is not a natural wonder to be taken lightly. It requires a certain level of physical fitness and many people have suffered from altitude sickness.

Rainbow Mountain Peru is located inside the Vinicunca Mountain Range and is also called Cerro Colorado because its colors resemble those of a rainbow. The colors are caused by the different minerals in the earth (such as iron, copper, and sandstone). This is one of the few places around the world where you can see this phenomenon.

As you start to climb up to Rainbow Mountain Peru, you will notice how the colors start to change from yellowish browns to oranges and reds, which finally become pink and purple near the top.

Overall, the Rainbow Mountain tour is a fun and exciting way to see some incredible sights in Cusco. It is an easy hike that almost anyone can complete, although you need to remember that it is about 3 miles of uphill hiking (although mostly gently sloping), and sometimes over rocky terrain. The price is a little more than we expected, but if you consider how much other tours are, it’s a small price to pay for the one-of-a-kind experience you get here. Just be sure to have good shoes, plenty of water and sunscreen, and maybe even some snacks if you’re not feeling completely up for the small meal break included.