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Rainbow Mountain

Mineral-striped slopes above 5,000 meters, on a hard day trip from Cusco that starts before dawn.

Photo: Diego Aldrin Abanto Ricce · CC BY-SA 4.0
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A day

Why Go

Mineral-striped slopes above 5,000 meters, on a hard day trip from Cusco that starts before dawn.

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