Destination
Humantay Lake
Difficulty
Challenging
Activities
Hiking – Trekking
Trip Type
Hiking – Trekking
Duration
Full Day
Max
2 Min – 16 Max
Overview
Be amused with the majestic turquoise waters of the Humantay Lake, start this hike with a beautiful landscape and reach the glacier-based Lake. Humantay Lake, or Laguna Humantay, sparkles in the Andes Mountain range like an emerald jewel. Its brilliant green and blue water makes it one of the most well-known lakes in Peru, as well as one of the top day trips from Cusco. Below you will find all the information you need to visit this hidden gem. This extremely photogenic lake is located about 75 miles northwest of Cusco and just south of Machu Picchu. Humantay sits snugly between Humantay Mountain and Salkantay Mountain. In fact, it is a popular branch-off hike when trekking along the Salkantay Trail, an incredibly scenic alternative to the Inca Trail. Humantay sits over the Vilcabamba mountain range.
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We start early in the morning (around 4am) with your mountain guide and our driver picking you up from your hotel. We will go to Mollepata, an approximately 3 hour drive. The first stop of the day will be at Mollepata to have breakfast at a local restaurant and fill us with the energy we'll need to continue our trip up to Soraypampa at 3920m.a.s.l. After a brief rest we will prepare ourselves to start the trek upwards, the path will become steeper each time we advance until we reach the highest point of the trail, on our way crossing wonderful landscapes surrounded by a beautiful set of mountains. We will hike to Humantay Lake for approximately 2 hours. You will surely be impressed with the panoramic view of seeing the turquoise lake at 4200 masl. 13779 ft on the basis of an astounding glacier. We will return descending the same way for 2 hours; our transportation will be waiting for us to return to the same local restaurant, we will have lunch and return to Cusco at approximately 5pm.
- MEALS: Breakfast and Lunch
- NIGHT: Not included
- ACTIVITY LEVEL: moderate to Challenging
- WALKING DISTANCE: 7 km/4.34 mi
- WALKING TIME: 4 hours
- MINIMUM ELEVATION: 3,800 m/ 12467 ft
- BASECAMP ELEVATION: 3,900 m/12975
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