Humantay Lake Day Hike

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The gorgeous turquoise blue Humantay lake is usually visited with our Classic 5-day Salkantay and 5 Ancascocha via Salkantay treks to Machu Picchu, this lake is available as a day hike if you are unable to hike either the 5-day Salkantay or Ancascocha treks.

Duration

Full Day

Max People

Min Age

Pickup

Bus

Overview

This is a lake fenced by high dramatic glacial peaks. Machupicchu Andes Marathon is a sustainable tour operator, our focus is to provide a top-notch service! We are proud to be a completely local indigenous company that promotes responsible tourism in Peru. You will see while hiking with us to Umantay lake that we work very hard to maintain our excellent reputation!

Join us on this one-day hiking Humantay lake and make the most of your time at this amazing gem!

Included/Excluded

Professional Bilingual English speaking tour guide (additional tour guide for groups of nine people or more)
Pick up from your hotel and transportation to Soraypampa
Return transportation from Soraypampa to your Cusco hotel
One breakfast and one box lunch
Emergency oxygen bottle and medical kit

Hotel pick up and drop off
Trekking poles – you can rent them from us
Tips
Horse and horseman (can be rented at Soraypampa)
Travel /Health/Emergency Insurance

Tour Plan

ITINERARY Cusco – Mollepata – Soraypampa – Lake Humantay – Cusco

We will pick you up from your hotel early in the morning (5 am), and have a beautiful scenic drive of 2 hours duration to Mollepata town situated above the Apurimac river.

At Mollepata we will have breakfast at one of the local houses. After breakfast we will get back on the road for 1 hour until we reach Soraypampa, the beginning of the hike. During this portion of the drive we will see our first views of the imposing Salkantay and Humantay Mountains, as well as observe lush vegetation and fields of local families growing potatoes, quinoa, lima beans, etc.

At Soraypampa (3,800 m/12,467 ft) We will begin our hike to visit the remarkable, high altitude lake, Humantay. It is directly below the Humantay glacier, and remarkably blue…actually we should probably call it turquoise. This is an astonishing 2 ½ hour round trip excursion.

After exploring and taking our lovely photos of this incredibly lake we will have our organic box lunch around the lake enjoying the magnificent views of the surrounding areas. After our box lunch, we return to Soraypampa. Then, it’s just a 2-hour drive back to Cusco.

We will drop you off at your Cusco hotel around 5 pm, no doubt exhausted but with incredible memories of aunique day.