Rainbow Mountain Full Day Tour from Cusco thru Pitumarca

Best Tour from Cusco to La Indiana Jones

Just one word: PHENOMENAL! This can be called the experience of a lifetime. I've lived an Indiana Jones experience and I'll take it forever. I always remembered the adventures of Indiana Jones throughout the day. They are 1.5 hours by car through roads on the edge of the mountains and hills, from those that you can see the precipice on the side. Going to the top, there is a very simple and precarious support base, obviously. Bathrooms like in the movies: minimalist, just with a cord to close the door holding the cord - ah, on the edge of the precipice. You choose to go on foot or to the last base of support on horses. I chose a horse, it was the best choice of my trip. On the way back, when we crossed with what was coming, a lot of people begged for the horse driver to come back to pick them up. Go on a horse, gain time and freedom in the final mountain attack. After the last base, also has precarious baths, you make the final attack to the side top of the mountain. The distance is not much, but at 5,000m altitude, there are 15 steps and rest for the folego. Snow to all sides, beautiful, you can play snowballs. The top is beautiful, beautiful view, beautiful mountain, all beautiful and an unmatched emotion for having achieved it. A lot of people fail and give up. But the emotion continues, because the descent is worse than the ascent. Remember the snow? Over the morning it melts and turns into a barrier. Tomb Festival. Poor girl all dressed in white with white griffe shoes that I saw climbing... For me it was the best walk I made in Cusco, winning Machu Picchu, although this one is mandatory. I went for Pacific Travel, great guide, a van only for our family of 4 people.

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DO NOT BOOK DURING COVID-19

DO NOT BOOK if you have any fear of catching COVID-19. The only COVID-19 protocols they enforce are: 50% capacity (8 passengers in a van) and a temperature check done by the restaurant AFTER 2 hours in the van. Mask wearing was not enforced - in fact, the tour guide himself wore his under his chin the entire 14 hours, and even argued with the workers at Rainbow Mountain when they requested him to wear it normally. Four of the other passengers did not wear their masks for the entire 7 hours in the van. We also had issues with the air in the van - it did not work for the first 2 hours at all. When it did work, it was extremely weak. There was a TON of dust that entered from the dirt roads and made it hard to breathe at times. I’m not sure what caused this, but I assume it was poor seals. If you are worried about COVID-19, book a private tour or book with a different company. We watched the PeruHop guide (whose tour ran in parallel with ours) wearing his mask the entire time and really taking care of his guests. Ultimately, this comes down to the tour guide - but RainbowMountainCusco should set the company culture and standards that health and sanitation are of the utmost importance, especially in a pandemic. The tour itself was great - incredible hiking, great descriptions, good food, and everything ran on-time. Customer service is equally excellent - Hoger is very quick to respond and really takes what you say/ask into account. When we contacted him with our concerns, he called our tour guide to try and rectify the issues. Alas, nothing changed. Unfortunately, I still feel that I have to share my experience in regards to COVID-19 protocols. There are just no excuses to run a tour company this way. I cannot fathom risking getting sick just to do a day trip. I will update this review if I test positive in the next two weeks.

Response from the operator: Mr. Bastings: Thanks so much for your review, we rescue that says "The tour itself was great - incredible hiking, great descriptions, good food, and everything ran on-time. Customer service is equally excellent - Hoger is very quick to respond and really takes what you say/ask into account. When we contacted him with our concerns" We always try to do the best for our customers, and of course we are on the way about that, unfortunatly the rainbow mountain is located over 5000 metters over the sea level, that means that a lot of people feels altitude sickness. even of that our guide has to push the customers to use the masks and if it is possible to go very slow on the hike using the masks all the time. We got some reports from the other customers and we specifically asked about the use of the masks, the sayd that they felt very exahusted over the 5000 metters over the sea level and that is why they did not use the masks in only a few situations (When they get off from the van for an instant and when they were taking the breakfast and lunch, the picture is from the endt of the lunch, just a few seconds finishing the lunch and taking the van to come back). About the van, the van new, 2019 model, the equipment is working at 100%, the reazon of dust is because of the road, is dusty road. finally, you took a shared tour, unfortunatly this time, there are some persons that comes with all the tests and they feel that follow the rules is not important, we decided to take this people out from our trips and do not provide them any more services. About the guide he is suspended and he is takin a retraining for go back to the trail. thanks so much for the review, thanks so much for the comments od the trip, the food, the service and others. we take your advise on a really serious way. Kind regards.

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Beautiful natural spectacle

We were picked up on time at 2:30 at the hostel. Once at the hiking parking lot, we had to hike about 45 minutes to the mountain. Once at the destination everything was just fantastic. We had nice weather and were able to take some nice pictures. Afterwards we visited the red valley. After that we walked back to the car. That was a successful trip!

Response from the operator: Sehr geehrte: lenakau Der Regenbogenberg und das rote Tal auf einer privaten Tour sind der beste Weg, um die Erfahrung zu genießen. Vielen Dank, dass Sie sich für uns entschieden haben! hoffe dich wieder zu sehen! Ihr Team von "Rainbow Mountain Cusco" & "Andina Expeditions" Die ursprünglichen lokalen Reiseveranstalter zum Regenbogenberg seit 2014.

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Not a Disneyland tour!!!

I’m not a regular hiker but when I heard 5000m I understood it wasn’t a joke. PLEASE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY! I realised that many agencies organising the tours do not tell you how to prepare or what to take. Normally I would say: use your common sense, but after seeing 2 adults on our tour wearing outfits that were only lacking high heels, I’d say: stay at home! (The 2 adults ended up on horses after 10 min walking). Think of Comfortable hiking shoes, warm clothing (layers preferably), water, snacks (chocolate) and coca leaves (essential for me, helped me with my breathing high up where you take 2 steps and need to inhale deeply). If you don’t enjoy hiking (like my husband), you won’t enjoy this tour. I loved it although it was demanding because of the height. The views are breathtaking and so is the height. My husband only enjoyed going back down.

Response from the operator: Dear: 663kasiak The rainbow mountain hike is a challenging hike, recomendae for people who really wants to conquer the hights!. We always recomend to get used to the altitude almos 48 hours, be prepared for all the weathers, is better to wear a jacket and if you do not need it, put it on the backpack. Also very recomendable to wear hiking shoes, We can say that thwe hiking shoes are mandatory. Hope to see you again on other oportunity. Your Team from "Rainbow Mountain Cusco" & "Andina Expeditions" The Original Local tour operators to the rainbow Mountain since 2014.

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Exceptional

The tour takes a whole day, but it's worth it. Although it has a short walk, the altitude demands a lot to reach the top. The view is wonderful, and up there there are flames to take pictures, super cute. Super recommend.

Response from the operator: Caro Chislian. Muito obrigado pelo seu comentário. A montanha de cores é uma atração espetacular, a caminhada dura aproximadamente 2 horas. A altura desempenha um papel muito importante, mas vale a pena! Esperamos vê-lo novamente em breve. Sua equipe "Rainbow Mountain Cusco" e "Andina Expeditions"

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