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TURQUOISE LAGOON

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This is a one-day hike to visit the beautiful turquoise lake at the base of the glacial
mountain of Humantay, located in the Vilcabamba mountain range. This is nature at its
most spectacular, as a special algae in the lake, combined with the reflection of the
surrounding greenery, the blue sky and the splendor of the Andean sun mix to create a
deep shade of turquoise blue that is very rare indeed.

Duration: Full Day 4:30am- 5pm,
Distance: 7 km (4.4 Miles) Round Trip – 3 hours of hiking,
Elevation: 3,869m (12,690 feet) / 4,200m (13,779 feet),
Difficulty: Moderate,

DAY 01/

Full day tour

We start in the morning to pick you up from your hotel between 4:30am to 5.00am them we drive for 2 half hours approx. To Mollepata (2900masl) located at the North of Cusco region where we are going to have a delicious breakfast, later We continue in the car for 1hour to Soraypampa(3,869masl) where we are going to GET READY for the trek ,Them We start our hike to Humanatay lake (4200masl) We ascend 300mt
uphill it is going to take us 1 hour approx.

Here we are going to enjoy the view of the Humantay Glaciar (5450masl), located in
the Vilcabamba range in the Andes, enjoying this lake after we are going to back to Soraypampa where we are going to explore the area we are going to walk to see the Salkantay trail and Salkantay Mountain (6251masl) the second highest mountain in Cusco Region. Later we are going to have a buffet luch, them our car is going to take back to Cusco to the Main Plaza.

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