Day 1: Cusco - Cusipata Village - Vinicunca Hill - Cusco
The pick up time from the meeting point is between 4:30 and 5:00 am.
It takes 3 hours by car from Cusco to the trail head
It takes 2 hours of uphill walking from the start of the trail to Rainbow Mountain (4 km uphill).
The time you spend on Rainbow Mountain is around 30 minutes to an hour depending on weather conditions
The return from Rainbow Mountain to the car stop through the Red Valley takes about 2 hours downhill.
The drive back to Cusco takes around 3 hours
You will be back in Cusco around 4:30 pm
After picking up everyone from their respective hotels, we will head to the village of Cusipata by car for 2 hours where we will stop at the restaurant to have a delicious breakfast, which will take us around an hour and then we continue in the same car for 1 more hour towards the start of the hike which is called Chilliwani at 4700 m, then we head to the checkpoint to pay the entrance fee to the community (20 soles for foreign visitor and 10 soles for Peruvian). Afterwards we prepare for the hike to Rainbow Mountain for around 2 hours uphill a distance of 4 km. Once at Rainbow Mountain you will have enough time to take photos, listen to the guide's explanations and enjoy all the wonderful scenery of the area. The time you will spend on Rainbow Mountain is about 30 minutes to an hour depending on the weather conditions, sometimes it is cloudy, foggy or a bit rainy and very cold in that case you can stay about 30 minutes, if the weather is sunny and clear you can stay about an hour enough time to get to know Rainbow Mountain. Afterwards we will prepare for the walk back through the Red Valley which is a spectacular red landscape, the walk through the red valley takes about 2 hours until the car stop and it will be the end of the walk then we take the car back to Cusipata for an hour where we will stop to have a buffet lunch and then 2 more hours by car back to Cusco.