Humantay Lake Full Day

Trip Overview

Overview

Pumadventures Peru Tours offers a fascinating tour with views of magnificent mountains, beautiful valleys, and a paradisiacal lagoon of turquoise waters to the skirts of a snowy peak, the tour of Lake Humantay is specially designed for nature lovers who have busy schedules and cannot stay for more than a day but want to explore Andean landscapes with incredible flora and fauna. The turquoise waters of Humantay Lake, lay calm at the base of the glacier of the same name, near one of the most important mountains for the Andean world, the snowy Salkantay

Latin America is recognized worldwide for the natural beauties that hide in countries like Peru. This lagoon formed by the thaw of Mount Humantay presents a unique landscape of the district of Mollepata (Anta). In Peru, an adventure destination is Cusco, which saves the route to the Apu Salkantay, an attraction that moves with the beauty of the landscape and saves years of history in archeological areas. As part of the route to the mountain of Salkantay, you can access hiking or mountain biking, as well as other camp activities, with a mystical air, the lake is visited by shamans and tourists from around the world to make offerings to Pachamama, deity that represents mother earth in the Inca culture. Through the laying of stones, an offering is offered to the Pachamama thanking him for having successfully reached the lagoon, as well as asking him to accompany us on our trip. The Humantay Lagoon is a place that impacts with its immensity, footprints and colors in the landscape, which makes it one of the must-see tourist destinations in the bowels of Peru. Humantay Lake is a natural beauty tour in the Salkantay region of Cusco. It is believed that the lagoon conserves the sacred waters of the Apu Humantay that irrigate the fields in the area. The Humantay lagoon is highly respected by the inhabitants of the region due to its location and its great importance for its importance for the subsistence economy of the locals. The full-day tour of Lake Humantay is ideal for nature and ecotourism lovers. During the tour we can observe the exotic flora and fauna and appreciate the impressive snowy peaks of Humantay and Salkantay. The tour begins and ends in the city of Cusco, from where we travel in a comfortable bus passing through picturesque villages such as Cusco: Izcuchaka, Limatambo and Mollepata.