Our Peru Adventure - Rainbow Mountain
As most of you have been following along.. we started our Peru adventure in the lovely village of Ollantaytambo , from there we took a day trip to Machu Picchu . On day four we left Ollantaytambo to tour the Sacred Valley of Peru which we ended in the city of Cusco. On the fifth day we headed out on our most challenging trip.. Rainbow Mountain aka Vinicunca, a mountain in the Andes of Peru with an altitude of 5,036 metres above sea level. Meaning in one day we were going to jump a whole 1500 meters in elevation. M and I were most on the fence about this hike. Many many people complained about altitude sickness, very few people brought their kids along but many people also did perfectly fine.. a handful did bring their kids and well we would never know if we didn't try.. right? We could always stop mid way if it got too much also the guides carried oxygen tanks if needed.. you could also rent a horse to take yo...