Hike the Rainbow Mountain
Besides the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, the hike to and from Rainbow Mountain is of the best things to do in Peru, since Rainbow Mountain is another majestically beautiful place you can not miss in this country. Rainbow Mountain is also called Vinicunca, Winikunka, Montaña de Siete Colores, or Montaña de Colores by locals. It is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, located on the road to the Ausangate mountain, in the Cusco region, Canchis province, Peru with an altitude of 5,200 meters (17,100 ft) above sea level. The name of the Mountain came from a special phenomenon that happens on the mountain - due to its mineralogical composition on the slopes and summits, the mountain has a series of stripes of various colors, almost like a rainbow landing down on both sides of the mountain. Rainbow Mountain used to be covered by glacier caps, they melted 10,000 years ago due to climate change.
The hike to Rainbow Mountain is a day-long trek at over 14,000 feet, tracing a dirt path between looming peaks of green and startling red rock. the route is absolutely gorgeous, and you will also have a chance to pass local villages built from stone and glittering mountain streams before you reach the beautiful mountain. Even if you are not a fan of hiking, this seems to be the only way you can get to the mountain, since there are no robust methods of transportation to Vinicunca as of 2019.
