These are the guardians that reside at the grand Humantay lake. If time is of the essence this day is for you. Leave Cusco behind and hike along the beautiful valleys and white mountains to one of the most important lakes. Humantay Lake is one of the most stunning places in Cusco region.For those of you who want to explore the wow factor engulfed into a one day hiking adventure to this lake with turquoise-blue wáter, hidden in the midst of an incredible natural setting, has opened its doors expressing the welcome to you. Upon the Salkantay Valley route, Laguna de humantay is a real natural treasure.
You will be picked up from your hotel among 04:30 am and 05:00 a.m , the first place to arrive is Mollepata, 2 hours from cusco city, there we will have the breakfast, after that we will go through different towns on our private transport to Soraypampa (3850 m.a.s.l) from there we will start our trekking up to the Humantay Lake (4200 m.a.s.l) with beautiful views and the impressive snow-capped Salkantay and Humantay. The walking up is easy at the beginning but it turns into a climbing way while walking to get to the lake 1Hour and half approximately, fortunately there is the option to rent a horse in case you are exhausted. Having arrived to the lake you will have enough time to take pictures, bring an offer to the Apus, Swimming in the lake it is only possible in sunny season. We will start the way down to Soraypampa, 1Hour and half more, which is easier than the way up, then we will get on our bus to come back to Mollepata where we will have the lunch and after resting a little we’ll return to Cusco, time to arrive is at 6 p.m. approximately.
