Tour Humantay Lake: FULL DAY

This trip to Humantay Lagoon offers you the opportunity to enjoy a walking tour in contact with nature through beautiful and unforgettable landscapes. You can see along the way many fields with different products such as potatoes, pumpkins, corn, avocados and also fruits such as oranges, papayas, custard apples, sugar cane.

After an unforgettable experience walking through the Peruvian Andes for approximately 4 hours you will arrive at the Humantay Lagoon which is located at 4,200masl. This beautiful lagoon is characterized by its intense turquoise color and the landscape is spectacular when you reach the point where you can also see the impressive Snow of Humantay.

DURATION
1 DAY
DEPARTURES
Daily
PHYSICAL LEVEL
CATEGORY
Walking
BEGIN IN
Cusco
PLACES
Humantay Lake / Mollepata Town / Soraypampa Town

Itinerary of Tour Humantay Lake: FULL DAY

Cusco - Soraypampa - Humantay Lake - Cusco

The excursion starts very early in the morning. We will pick you up in our private transportation from your hostel in Cusco then head up to Mollepata village located at 2,900masl where we will have breakfast. After a very energizing and a delicious breakfast we continue through beautiful and unforgettable landscapes until we reach Soraypampa located at 3,920masl, so that after a short break we start the hike up to the beautiful and turquoise Lagoon of Humantay which is surrounded by the most beautiful mountains of Cuzco.

We are sure that you will be impressed by one of the best panoramic views when reaching the turquoise waters of the lagoon at an altitude of 4,200masl. That amazing lagoon is formed by the thaw of the Humantay Mountain Glacier.

After some time to rest, take photos and enjoy the nature around the lagoon we will begin our descent trip to Soraypampa to take our bus to Mollepata where we will enjoy a delicious lunch. Finally we will continue our return trip to the city of Cuzco and we will arrive at 05:00pm approximately.  

This program includes

  • Pick up from your hotel in Cusco
  • Transportation to Mollepata - Soraypampa – Cusco
  • English/Spanish speaker professional guide
  • 1 Breakfast / 1 Lunch (Rural buffet)
  • Vegetarian food available on request with no extra charge.
  • First Aid equipment
Alojamiento

Not included

Transport

Touristic Bus

Meals

1 Breakfast

1 Lunch

This program does not include

  • Entrance ticket S/20 soles
  • Extras & gratuities.
  • Transfer back to hotel (Ends at some point close to the main square)

What to bring

  • Trekking shoes
  • Warm clothing
  • Waterproof clothing (poncho)
  • Sunhat, suncrem and sunglasses
  • Water bottles
  • Personal snacks

Recommendations

  • We recommend to acclimate minimun 2 days in Cusco, so your body has time to get used to the high altitude before you start this tour.

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