Rainbow Mountain Palccoyo 1-Day Tour: Easy Trek with Colorful Mountain Views in Cusco

Wonderful trip to the vibrant Palccoyo mountain, the stone forest, and the Inca and colonial bridge of Checacupe. Ideal for those who prefer a shorter walk, with just 1 hour and 15 minutes of walking to enjoy the colorful mountains. Departing at a convenient time of 5 am and returning by 6 pm. Highly recommended.

Duration: 12 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Palccoyo Rainbow Mountain - Hotel pick-up is scheduled between 4 to 5 am. We will depart from Cusco towards Checacupe, then proceed to Combapata. The journey takes approximately 3 hours by transport. Upon arrival, we will admire the Inca bridge and the colonial bridge of Checacupe. Continuing on a dirt road, we will start our hike of about 1 hour…
What's Included
  • Pick up from your hotel in Cusco
  • Tourist transport mini bus of 19 passengers
  • Professional Guide
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Entrance ticket to Palccoyo mountain 15 soles
  • 10 soles entrance to the Checacupe bridge
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Robert_o
Oct 18, 2023
Mind Blowing - Cristian an Ruben were fantastic guide and driver. Palccoyo is an amazing place and recommend this Montaña de 7 Colores over the other if you're looking for more color and less crowds
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Lukas
Mar 21, 2023
Maybe even better than Vinicunca rainbow mountain - The ticket is excluded, they write in description that it’s included, and in inclusions & exclusions they write that it’s excluded, so just to clear that out. We didn’t get a guide, probably because of small amount of people. Breakfast and lunch was pretty good. There was almost no one, in total at the moment I was, there were like 15 tourists, I was in the main rainbow mountain, Vinicunca, it had snow, but I hated that it was so overcrowded. Some guides told me that Palccoyo for them is more beautiful and better than Vinicunca. And another thing is that if you don’t like hiking, it is perfect for you, you need just climb upstairs unlike Vinicunca, which requires 1.5 h hiking and climbing in to steep terrain
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Adriana_o
Sep 8, 2022
Great experience - Great hike, a little difficult due to the altitude but it was doable and definitively worth it. Our guide, Franco was very informative and supportive.
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M3687znandreww
Jul 8, 2022
A “Must see!” In Cusco - The breakfast and lunch buffets were amazing! And more than enough, Jorge was enthusiastic!, fun!, and caring. Would highly recommend this tour!
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Rebeccaperyea
May 22, 2022
Ray was an amazing,... - Ray was an amazing, funny, knowledgeable guide that dealt with a few curve balls like a pro. 1000% recommend n
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Fristong
Mar 7, 2020
very good experience in Palccoyo mountain - our guide Jacob guided us to the mountain of Palccoyo on a very short walk and recommended to visit, has beautiful landscapes such as the stone forest or the Inca bridge, I recommend it
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Travellerss456
Feb 21, 2020
raimbow palccoyo Mountain - We spent 4 days in Cusco and took the opportunity to visit Palccoyo Mountain and did a very short hike and the group was small so it was easy for us to visit the mountain with the attention of our guide Jacob and lunch was good, we recommend it
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L3970fokateb
Oct 20, 2022
You get what you pay for - First things first, this trip is very good value for money and I would recommend, but as per the title of this review you very much get what you pay for so there are a few things to be aware of. 1. The pick up is NOT 7am as per the information - we were told we’d be picked up at 4:40, which turned into 4:30, but then they didn’t actually pick us up until almost 5am. Not really an issue but would have been nice to have had accurate information before booking. 2. All the correspondence is done through WhatsApp and we only seems to be sent the information about the trip the night before after nagging. Again, not the end of the world but an official email from the company with all the details the day before would have been good. 3. There’s not really much in the way of a tour - much like other reviews have said, most the info is given in Spanish and even then, the tour guide is basically just there to show you the way. If you’re looking to understand more about the place, book a different tour. Overall the tour was good - breakfast and lunch were decent and the pick up and drop off were easy enough. Not the comfiest bus journeys of my life but again, for the price, pretty good.
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Babs_s
May 26, 2024
Bad bad experience. Worst tour of our entire trip - Horrible experience. Do not book. The coach bus was crammed with no space to sit properly. The tour guide was reading from his phone & very poor customer service skills. The driver played his radio so loud with no concern through the entire trip with no consideration. The roads to Rainbow Mountain were so so bad & the poor quality of the coach made it worse. We were all sick by the end of this tour.
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T6688haam
Apr 16, 2023
Not nice - I requested the tour in the morning the day before it should start. At 11pm I still had no confirmation so I texted them. I just got an instant mail of cancellation with no chance for another tour tomorrow. Very nice.
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