Pallay Punchu Trek Full Day

Pallay Punchu del cerro APU T'akllo_ Layo, Layo, Peru

Overview

Pallay Punchu Trek del Apu T’acllo. One of the most beautiful and impressive in the andes range. Its beauty is unique, as a rainbow on earth, local people call this place “the rainbow range”.

Visiting this place is less demanding than Vinicunca (the seven color mountain). Let visit Palccoyo, its three rainbow mountains and rock Woods with us.

Pallay Punchu Trek 1 full day or Pallay Punchu Mountain is a new adventure a new circuit perhaps much better than the Rainbow Mountain the most visited place by tourists from all over the world, be one of the first to explore this incredible place.

Pallay Punchu Hike, was discovered in the Covid 19 pandemic, since people were locked up, one of the people it happened to go to this beautiful place and hang photos through Facebook, and very quickly went viral and is now one of sites in the sights for millions of tourists and travel agencies.

Tour Pallay Punchu Trek Full Day

Be the first to explore this beautiful site full of colorful landscapes and almost similar to the rainbow mountain, you could even say that the views are much better.

This incredible place is located in the Andes of Peru, in the Cusco region and in the province of Canas, at (4790m / 15715ft) meters above sea level, in an area belonging to the Layo district this beautiful mountain is more known as’ Pallay Punchu of Apu Tacllo.

This beautiful tour also gives you breathtaking views of colorful landscapes and you can also see a beautiful sky blue lake. Pallay Puchu means (Andean fabric of a poncho) that is why it is named for its geographical formation very much to the Andean fabric called (Andean poncho) that protects from the cold.

Shuttle to Sicuani: 3½ hour by bus from Cusco.
Hiking distance: 5 km / 8.1 miles
Hiking time: 1½ to 2 hour approximately.
Activities: Trekking Adventure
Difficulty Levels: 3 of 5
Maximum Altitude: 4790 masl. / 15715 ft.
Departures Day: Daily Departures.
Starts: Pick up at your accommodation in Cusco around 4:00 AM
Ends: Drop-off at your accommodation in Cusco around 6:45 PM

Price Includes

Horse.
Walking poles.
Water/snacks.
Waterproof bags.

Price Excludes

Tips
Travel insurance
Others not mentioned

Itinerary

Day 1Pallay Punchu Trek Full Day

This adventure begins in the city of Cusco at your hotel. Our specialized adventure and hiking guide will come to pick you up from your hotel along with our private bus at 4:00 a.m. Then we will travel to the south of Cusco. A trip that will last 3½ hours to the province of Sicuani, here we will have breakfast for, after breakfast we will continue our trip for 1 more hour to the Layo district, here our bus trip ends. From here we will continue walking to the Pallay Punchu mountain of Apu Tacllo, a distance of 5 kilometers long that requires approximately 1½ hours of walking. We will reach a height of (4790 masl / 15715 ft) where we will have the complete view of the wonderful Pallay Punchu of Apu Tacllo.

After having finished exploring this beautiful place we will return to our bus slowly, taking the last photos, then on our bus we will go to the Province of Sicuani to have a delicious buffet lunch. After finishing lunch we will return to Cusco and this adventure will end at your hotel with unique memories that you will never forget this experience in the Peruvian Andes.

04:00 – 04:30
Pick up each passengers from their respective hostels in Cusco

04:30 – 07:30
From Cusco to Sicuani by Bus

07:30 – 08:10
Breakfast in Sicuani.

08:10- 08:30
From Sicuani to the community of Layo – Layo Control where we will start the trekking

08:30 – 10:30
Trekking to the Pallay Punchu (you can go by Horse)

10:30 – 11:30
Free time on top on the Mountain

11:30 – 12:50
Return to the bus

12:50 – 13:30
From Layo – to Sicuani

13:00 – 14:30
Lunch in Sicuani

15:00 – 18:30
Return to Cusco

Photos

Tour Map Pallay Punchu Trek Full Day

Pallay Punchu del cerro APU T'akllo_ Layo, Layo, Peru

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