Rainbow Mountain – it sounds like something out of a fantasy story, doesn’t it? However, the high Andes of Peru is home to the very real, and very spectacular Vinicunca. This is the real-life Rainbow Mountain, and it is incredible.
Layer upon layer of sediment have formed a strikingly colourful mountain, with strokes of red, lavender, yellow, turquoise, black and white all intermingling on the gentle slopes. Amongst locals in the Cusco area, the mountain is considered sacred, and when you visit you will see why. It truly is breathtaking to behold.