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 stone forest 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

Walking poles.
Water/snacks.
Waterproof bags.
meals
Private transportation for the group
Oxygen

Price Excludes

Tips
Travel insurance
Others not mentioned

Itinerary

Day 1Pallay Punchu Trek Full Day

For this adventure we will pick you up from the hotel with our private transportation at 3:40 a.m. to 4:00 am Then we will travel to the south of Cusco. A trip will take 2½ hours to the province of cusipata 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 walk distance will be 40 minutes to the fist atractive. 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.

imagin a mountain wrapped in an andean cape woven with threads of vivid colors, Stripes of red. yellow, green, blue, and purple blend into a visual spectacle that will leave you breathless.

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 cusipata 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.

03:40 – 04:00
Pick up each passengers from their respective hostels in Cusco

04:00 – 06:30
From Cusco to cusipata by Bus

06:30 – 07:10
Breakfast in Cusipata.

07:10- 08:30
From Sicuani to the community of Layo – Layo Control where we will start the trekking

08:30 – 09:10
Trekking to Pallay Punchu

09:10 – 11:50
Free time on the top of the Mountain

13:00 – 13:40
Return to the bus

13:40 – 14:30
From Layo – to Cusipata

14:30 – 15:00
Lunch in Cusipata

15:00 – 17:30
Return to Cusco