A few years ago, images of Rainbow Mountain in Peru began infiltrating my Instagram ... tourist destinations around the country. I used Cusco, once the capital of the Inca empire, as my hub ...

The Rainbow Mountain (also known as Vinicunca, Montaña de Siete Colores, Mountain of Seven Colors) is a day trip/hike from Cusco, about three hours drive one way.

Late Friday, the Peruvian government blocked all mining exploration licenses on Rainbow Mountain, a rising South American tourist destination. Located in southeastern Peru near Cuzco, once the ...

on a tour I had booked through Peru Hop. The cold minivan that ferried a dozen other tourists and me to Rainbow Mountain set out from Cuzco at 3:30 a.m., bouncing along the cobblestone streets.

Peru is a destination that begs to ... View from the top of Rainbow Mountain, outside the city limits of Cusco. Farmers tend crops at the Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba in the Sacred Valley.