Rainbow Mountain
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Pros
- 4/6 Monday - day trip to rainbow mountain (stay - cusco)
Cons
- Don’t recommend hiking Rainbow the next day after landing in Cusco unless you live in a high altitude city already. It sits at 15k or 16k ft. It is seriously insanely high in elevation. Let your body adjust for multiple days before takin...
- The Rainbow Maintain is really far from the Sacred Valley. The easiest way to visit is to just take a day tour from Cusco.
- For me, yes it was a waste. Took an entire day and not worth it compared to spending days in the Sacred Valley
- I'd personally skip Rainbow Mt for an extra day in the Sacred Valley.
- Your plan looks good, just get the latest weather and conditions of Rainbow mountain before you go, if it snowed or cool, you might end up with fog and unable to see the rainbow.
Sentiment
1 positive (17%) · 0 mixed (0%) · 5 negative (83%)
Trust + time weighted score: -68% · raw score -67%
What redditors said (6 of 6)
Don’t recommend hiking Rainbow the next day after landing in Cusco unless you live in a high altitude city already. It sits at 15k or 16k ft. It is seriously insanely high in elevation. Let your body adjust for multiple days before taking hiking that trail.
The Rainbow Maintain is really far from the Sacred Valley. The easiest way to visit is to just take a day tour from Cusco.
For me, yes it was a waste. Took an entire day and not worth it compared to spending days in the Sacred Valley
I'd personally skip Rainbow Mt for an extra day in the Sacred Valley.
4/6 Monday - day trip to rainbow mountain (stay - cusco)
Your plan looks good, just get the latest weather and conditions of Rainbow mountain before you go, if it snowed or cool, you might end up with fog and unable to see the rainbow.
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