RAINBOW MOUNTAIN TREK INFORMATION

The Ausangate hike is undoubtedly an adventure trip recommended for those who like to walk, feel nature, the spirit of the mountains, the energy of Mother Earth. The Ausangate route offers some of the most wonderful landscapes of Cusco, with lots of wildlife, glaciers and Andean lagoons. It is also one of the most difficult in the region. The most important thing about this trip is that you will know the real PERU, the Andes and their people with their typical costumes, their ancestral customs that persist to this day.





IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

• Ausangate is the fifth highest mountain in Peru, its maximum altitude is 6,372 meters above sea level.
• The hike through the Ausangate mountain is considered adventure tourism. The road has rock formations at a height of more than 5 thousand meters covered by ice tongues.
• The waters of its thaws that run towards the west give rise to the Vilcanota River which later pours its waters through the Amazon River to the Atlantic Ocean.
• Its eastern slope feeds several small rivers that culminate in the Inambari River and to the south drains its thaws to Lake Titicaca by the Azángaro River.
• The temperature in the day is 11 to 13 degrees Celsius and at night it drops from 4 to 10 degrees Celsius in June and July.
• One of the new routes in Ausangate is The Rainbow Mountain

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AUSANGATE AND RAINBOW MOUNTAIN INFORMATION

• Since 2016, a new tourist route has been opened to the public in the Cusco region, which has gained a lot of popularity quickly in the Peruvian and foreign tourists.
• The Vinicunca mountain is located in the vicinity of the Ausangate mountain (6,384 meters above sea level / 20,944), the fifth highest mountain in Peru, and one of the most important Apus (god) for the Incas.
• The Rainbow Mountain is located in the Cordillera del Vilcanota at (5,200 meters above sea level / 17.0604), in the district of Pitumarca. the mountain is colored by stripes of intense shades of pink, whitish, green, brown, yellow, fuchsia, turquoise, lavender and gold.

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RAINBOW MOUNTAIN HIKE

According to the research, the coloration of the rainbow mountain is due to the composition of minerals that it has: the pink color is for the red clay, fangolitas and arilitas. The whitish, for the quartzose sandstone and marls, rich in calcium carbonate. The red is composed of the clay (iron) and clays belonging to the upper tertiary. The green is due to the compound of phyllites and clays rich in ferro magnesian. The earthy brown is a product of fanglomerate composed of rock with magnesium belonging to the Quaternary era. And the mustard yellow color for the calcareous sandstones rich in sulfur minerals, the vinicunca mountain is rich in all these minerals.

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RAINBOW MOUNTAIN

Since 2016, a new tourist route has been opened to the public in the Cusco region, which has gained a lot of popularity quickly in the Peruvian and foreign tourists. 
 The Vinicunca mountain is located in the vicinity of the Ausangate mountain (6,384 meters above sea level / 20,944), the fifth highest mountain in Peru, and one of the most important Apus (god) for the Incas. 
 The Rainbow Mountain is located in the Cordillera del Vilcanota at (5,200 meters above sea level / 17.0604), in the district of Pitumarca. the mountain is colored by stripes of intense shades of pink, whitish, green, brown, yellow, fuchsia, turquoise, lavender and gold. 
 According to the "Business Insider" website that I published in August 2017, The Mountain of Rainbow appeared on the list of 100 places to visit before dying recommended by travel experts.

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