Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca)

The mountain of seven colors near Cusco, whose mineral stripes of red, yellow, green, and violet were only revealed when permanent snow cover melted due to climate change between 2010 and 2015, has become one of South America's most photographed landscapes despite its discovery being so recent that it does not appear on maps before 2015. At 5,200 metres above sea level, the trek requires altitude acclimatization and passes through high-altitude grassland inhabited by vicuna -- the wild ancestor of the alpaca.