Image of the Hiking Trail to Peru’s Humantay Lake

Horses make the return trip along the trail from Humantay Lake in the Andes Mountains of Peru. The trek to the idyllic lake is a loop that's around three miles.

Horses make the return trip along the trail to Humantay Lake in the Andes Mountains of Peru. The steep trek to the idyllic lake is a loop that’s around three miles long (5 kms) with an elevation gain of 1,305 feet (398 m). Click the above image to enlarge, click to view my high-resolution photo gallery, or click to read my article “6 Questions and Answers About Humantay Lake.”

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