Vinikunka – Rainbow Mountain
We create this post for you to understand a bit more about Vinikunka – Peruvian Rainbow Mountain. Not to mention, that this place become a very popular place in a very short time. Light trekking is acceptable for any age people. Of course, always is better to acclimatize in Cusco a couple of days before.
By all means, we prepare these interesting facts:
- Rainbow Mountain is more than half the height of Mount Everest.
- The name Vinikunka comes from a phrase from Peru’s native Quechua language that translates as “colored mountain.”
- The mountain is composed of 14 different, colorful minerals.
- Due to global warming, the snowmelt opens to the world this beauty. It happened around 10 years ago, but in a very short time became very popular.
- Temperatures still fall below zero at night — useful information for anyone planning a multi-day Ausangate trip to Rainbow Mountain.
- You can see llamas and alpacas all along the road leading to Vinikunka. The comfortable altitude for these amazing animals is usually more than 4000 m.
- In the course of an hour, the weather might shift from snow to rain or back to shining sun.
The ideal months for trekking Vinikunka are between March and November, with clear skies from June to August. While January and February are the rainiest. During these months, when Cusco is raining, there is snowing.
Vinikunka – Peruvian Rainbow Mountain is worth it to visit, explore the Peruvian Andes and make wonderful photos.
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