Humantay Lake
Tour details
La Humantay Lake is one of the most beautiful tours that Cusco can offer travelers who like to walk and explore nature, a beautiful lagoon created by the ice and snow of one of the APUS known since the Inca time as an earthly god called Salkantay, an imposing snowy that creates beautiful landscapes in its bases with a lot of flora and fauna, a beautiful lagoon with different colors such as green, blue and turquoise, come and explore this beautiful place with us.
Itinerary
- We will start early in the morning, we will pick you up from your accommodation between 4:30 am. and 5:00 am., we will drive for about 2:30 hours.
- GETTING TO MOLLEPATA: (2900 m a.s.l.) located in the northern region of Cusco where we will have a delicious breakfast, then continue in the car for 1 hour until we reach Soraypampa (3900 m a.s.l.) where we will prepare for the hike, then we will start our walk towards the Humantay lagoon (4200 m a.s.l.) We will climb 300mt uphill, which will take approximately 1:30 hours to climb and descend.
- Here we will enjoy the view of the Humantay Glacier (5473 m a.s.l.), located in the mountain range of Vilcabamba in the Andes located on this beautiful lagoon of turquoise green and we will also have a view of the beautiful snowy Salkantay, the imposing snowy Salkantay with 6251 m a.s.l. the second highest snow in the Cusco Region.
- ALMOERZO: Then we will return in the same way to our transport, continue to Mollepata where we will have our buffet lunch and a few minutes to relax in the tourist restaurant.
- Then we will continue to Cusco where the transport will leave us near the Plaza San Francisco located two blocks from the central square of the city of Cusco.
Includes
- Pick up from your hotel in Cusco
- Transportation to Mollepata-Soraypampa – Cusco
- Professional English/Spanish speaking guidea
- Basic breakfast
- Half buffet lunch
- Vegetarian food available on request at no additional cost.
- First-aid equipment
- Oxygen tank
Not included
- Trekking poles
- Tips (optional)
- Transport in Horses back and forth S/ 180
- Entry ticket (S/20)
- Tips
What to bring
- Trekking shoes
- Men's or boys' clothing
- Punch for the rain.
- Hat, sunscreen and sunglasses.
- Bottles of water
- Personal snacks
