Rainbow Mountain closed until further notice
Tourist access to Cusco’s Rainbow Mountain was closed indefinitely last week by the surrounding communities amid long-running disputes about management of the world-famous attraction.
Tourist access to Cusco’s Rainbow Mountain was closed indefinitely last week by the surrounding communities amid long-running disputes about management of the world-famous attraction.
If you’re checking out Peru for a vacation, you’ve probably seen pictures of Vinicunca, or Rainbow Mountain, the otherworldly kaleidoscopic mountainside just a few hours outside Cusco. But where is Palcoyo Mountain, a lesser-known (but equally beautiful) alternative to Vinicunca?
You’ll want to be fully acclimatized when you behold the kaleidoscope of multicolored hills known as “Rainbow Mountain.”