Alternative Rainbow Mountain Palccoyo Tour

No, because the community does not allow horses or donkeys in this area. They want to protect the path and environment (the Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain is full of horse dung and the path lost its flora and fauna because everything was destroyed by the horses).

For two reasons: 1) because we want to avoid bad weather that might come up in the afternoon and 2) we want to be one of the first groups at the top so we can avoid the groups that arrive a bit later.

2 liters per person is fine. Bring a large bottle for the van and a small bottle for the hike to avoid carrying additional weight during the hike.

Please ask your guide first, so he can ask the locals if it is fine for them. Otherwise the local might ask for tips or they feel offended. We’d like to avoid that and always respect their privacy.

Usually the probability of having bad weather or snow is rather low. Especially from April to November. In the remaining months, we have the rainy season and there might be rain or snow. Anyway, this is nature and even in the summertime it might snow or rain at this altitude. One advantage is that the Palccoyo Rainbow Mountain is farther away from the Ausangate mountain than the Vinicunca Rainbow Mountain. Snowy and bad weather usually comes from the Ausangate and thus affects Vinicunca first, while Palccoyo might remain unaffected.

The minimum age for this tour is 12 years. Younger travelers are not allowed due to the risk of the altitude affecting their health. Please be aware of that, also when considering other operators.

Exploor can’t cancel tours last minute due to an unforeseen and uncontrollable external influence, such as strikes, bad weather conditions or similar. In case Exploor is informed about this at or after 7:00 pm before the day of the Experience, you won’t be eligible for a refund as Exploor already incurred all administrative-, operative- and logistical costs. The same holds for problems that occur on the day of the tour in case you won’t be able to see the Rainbow Mountains. We cannot be held responsible for problems caused by third parties or force mayeur. Thus, we charge the entire price paid without any options for postponement or refunds.