Full Day Walk to Humantay Lake - Group Service / Waman Adventures

Full Day Walk to Humantay Lake – Group Service

DURATION Full Day

Easy

These activities are a walk in the park! You will be able to enjoy the scenery, history, and time with loved ones without exhausting yourself. You do not need any special training, gear, or acclimatization for an “Easy” trek or tour. Terrain will be generally flat and comfortable, highly traveled.

Middle

A step up from “Easy,” these tours require a little more physical effort but are still 100% manageable to anyone with or without adventure experience. Again, you do not need special training, gear, or acclimatization for a “Mild” trek or tour. Terrain is generally flat but with possible gentle up- and downhills.

Moderate

Before embarking on a “Moderate” trek or tour, you should be at least partly acclimatized to the high altitude of the Andes as it affects your oxygenation, energy levels, and hydration. These tours are still very manageable without special training as long as you have spent a day or two at high altitude. Terrain often includes moderate up- and downhill walking with possible rough patches or infrequently-traveled sections.

Challenging

“Challenging” treks or tours require that you are acclimated to the Andes’ high altitude before leaving as it affects your oxygenation, energy levels, and hydration. Spending 2-3 days or more at high altitude will help you on the trek. You will need hiking shoes and possibly trekking poles for these treks. You will need to be in good physical shape, and it’s recommended that you train at least some beforehand, possibly with running, biking, or strenuous workout videos. Terrain is often rough, sometimes with steep up- and downhills and often not highly traveled. Generally, these last several hours.

Formidable

These “Formidable” treks are our most difficult treks and require serious effort but are also the most rewarding. It is necessary to be in pristine physical condition. Again, you must be acclimated to the Andes’ high altitude before leaving as it affects your oxygenation, energy levels, and hydration. Spending 4-5 days or more if possible at high altitude will help you on the trek. You will need hiking shoes and possibly trekking poles for these treks. It is important to train physically before these treks so that your body is prepared for the strenuous nature of the trip. Generally, these last at least an entire day in infrequently-traveled areas with rough paths.

Highlights

Full Day Humantay Lake – Private Service

The Full Day Humantay Lake – Private Service is ideal for nature and ecotourism lovers, they like walking and during the tour to be able to observe the exotic flora and fauna that we can find, we will appreciate the impressive snowy peaks of Humantay and Salkantay. Our tour is a part of the route to the well-known Salkantay trek, we will visit first Soraypampa camp where we will start our ascent to the Humantay lagoon (4200 masl / 13 779 ft).

An amazing journey that will take you little time to know in all its splendor and tranquility to the Humantay lagoon, of which you will be enraptured by so much natural beauty that awaits the Humantay mountain.

Meals: Continental Breakfast / snacks / fresh lunch
Distance: 7 km / 4.35 Miles.
Minimum altitude: 2,900 masl / 9,515 ft
Maximum altitude: 4,200 masl / 13,779 ft
Difficulty: Moderate.
Duration: 12 HoursDeparture: Cusco (05:00 am)
Return: Cusco (05:00 pm)

Itinerary

Humantay Lake Tour Full Day

We will be waiting at the door of the hotel at 05:00 in the morning to be able to take you on a trip of around 3 hours to the village of Mollepata (2,900 masl / 9,515 ft) where we will have a delicious breakfast and recover energy to go to Soraypampa (3,850 masl / 12,631 ft). From this point, we will start the walk to which our guide will look carefully at any problem that may occur, if you wish, you can rent horses offered by the inhabitants of the area.

During the ascent, we will have the opportunity to observe the diverse flora and fauna that inhabit the area. We can observe some native birds of the area, as well as to get great views of the Andean landscape. Once arrived in the area, we will enjoy our small lunchbox and replenish our energy. Once we reach our goal, we will be delighted with the spectacular views of the Humantay Lagoon (4,200 masl / 13 779 feet) and its turquoise waters where you can take spectacular photographs. We will thank the Pachamama and the Apus in a small ritual with coca.

After having relaxed, we will descend to Soraypampa where our transport will be waiting for us to take us to Mollepata. Arriving here, we will take our lunch, to later transport ourselves back to the city of Cusco and leave it in hotel.

Inclusions

Includes:

Pick up from your hotel in Cusco.
Mountain guide (english and spanish).
Touristic transport from Cusco to Soraypampa (beginning of trek)
Breakfast, Snacks, Lunch at the Sky Camp.
Entrance to the Humantay Lake.
First aid kit equipment.
Transportation back to Cusco.

Does not include:

Water.
Tips for your crew
Travel Insurance – you are strongly recommended to take out travel insurance for the duration of your trip.

Things to Bring

THINGS TO BRING:

Original Passport
Hiking Boots
Waterproof jacket / rain poncho
Warm jacket
Hat and gloves
T-shirts (quick dry)
Comfortable Trekking Pants
Sun hat
Sunscreen (SPF 35+)
Toiletries and hand sanitiser
Personal medication
Camera and film
Flashlite with spare batteries (or a environmental friendly option)

Prices & Departure dates

Inkayni Peru Tours offers DAILY DEPARTURE, as long as we have a minimum of 2 hikers.

PRICES: 2018

PRIVATE TREK ARE BASED IN NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN YOUR GROUP

Number of Pax	Price per person US	Action
02 people	$ 165.00	BOOK NOW
03 people	$ 140.00	BOOK NOW
04 people	$ 120.00	BOOK NOW
05 people	$ 110.00	BOOK NOW
06 people	$ 100.00	BOOK NOW
07 people	$ 100.00	BOOK NOW
08 people	$ 90.00	BOOK NOW
09 – + people	$ 90.00	BOOK NOW

Why Us?

WHY CHOOSE WAMAN ADVENTURES?

Waman Adventures is working continously to become one of Peru’s most responsible tour operators. Ideally we try to keep our groups to a limit of 10 people. Since we fully operate all of our treks, we have complete control over the quality of our service. We want to make sure that you have a great experience on all of our treks and tours.

It is also important that everyone involved in the operation of our services is treated properly and cared for, and that the benefits brought by tourism are shared throughout the Peruvian communities. We now employ professional Peruvian guides (all bilingual), and local porters – the majority of whom have worked with us for over 02 years. All of our porters are picked from one of two mountain villages: Amaru (in the mountains behind Pisac), Cuper Alto (a small community beside Lake Piuray near Chinchero). Since the start, all of our porters have been given free sleeping bags, rain ponchos, backpacks and suitable shoes. All of our porters sleep in a communal tent which has a waterproof floor and they have access to any first aid equipment if necessary. We have provided free life insurance to ALL of our Inca Trail porters. Obviously we hope that the insurance won’t be needed but it should provide our porters and families with security in the event of any accident. We don’t consider these items to be luxuries or any special treatment, we consider them to be the absolute minimum requirements for treating our porters fairly and as fellow human beings. Despite the fact that these men are working very hard to make a living, we try to make their time as enjoyable as possible, along with the guarantee that our porters are respected, paid fairly (above & beyond the accordance with the Porters Law and requirements set down by the Ministry of Labor) and have warm & dry accommodation and plenty of nutritious hot meals to eat. Although many other trekking companies will tell you this, but there are few companies that act to genuinely care for their porters.