Humantay Lagoon Full Day
Location
Cusco
Duration
Full Day
Departure
Daily
Dificulty
Medium
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Service Includes
- Pick up from the Hotel in Cusco.
- Tourist transport during the tour.
- Professional tour guide
- 1 breakfast / 1 lunch
- Entrance to the lagoon area
- First aid kit and oxygen
- Hiking Stick
- Permanent assistance
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ITINERARY
Our tour will begin at your hotel in Cusco, we will pick you up between 04:30 and 05:00 in the morning, we will make a two-and-a-half-hour trip by car to the town of Mollepata, where we can have breakfast and stock up on some provisions for if you needed it. Finishing breakfast, we will continue our trip for an hour and a half by car, the road we will take is dirt (trail) until we reach the community of Soraypampa which is located at an altitude of 3900 masl. During the trip we will see beautiful landscapes and the impressive snow-capped “Salkantay”. From Soraypampa we will undertake a 2 km walk. The path is ascending and where we will reach the top around an hour and a half to two hours later, while we hike, we will see a panorama of snow-capped mountains, impressive natural landscapes and a great diversity of flora and fauna until we reach the “Laguna de Humantay” which is located at an altitude of 4200 meters above sea level.
The “Laguna Humantay” is turquoise in color due to the mineral found at the bottom, the lagoon is fed by the glaciers of the mountain and is considered a jewel of nature, in addition to delighting in the Humantay lagoon we can enjoy the impressive views of the surrounding mountains. We will walk down until we reach the community of Soraypampa where we can enjoy lunch. After lunch we will start the return trip to the city of Cusco. We will arrive in the city of Cusco around 6:30 p.m. in the main square of Cusco.RECOMMENDATION: We recommend spending at least 2 days in Cusco for acclimatization purposes. Remember that although the walk is approx. 3 hours if not right
Acclimatized may have difficulties during the journey.CLOSED THE WHOLE MONTH OF FEBRUARY DUE TO RAIN