Laguna 69, Ancash Region, Peru
5.0 (64 reviews) Spent Ranking #1 in Yungay Bodies of Water
Great, don't take a tour go private
The lake itself is beautiful though the trek up is hard if you are not used to the altitude. Takes about 3 hours up and 2 hours down. What I would strongly recommend is not going with a tour. Instead commission a private taxi or collectivo. We stayed in the town of Yungay (not Huaraz), you have to go through Yungay on your way to the start point. The town is cheap - much more so than Huaraz - and from the town you can get a taxi or collectivo return for 30soles per person. The taxi will wait for you as long as you like, but as with us we arrived at the lake about an hour before the fastest group from the tours, we were heading down as they were beginning their final climb. This way there is no time pressure, you get to take photos without anyone in the way and the start time is later (more sleep), but you still get there early.
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Huascaran, National Park, Cordillera Blanca, Peru.
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http://www.andesexplorerperu.com
Current local date and time now
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 9:00
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5.0 based on (64 reviews)
Reviews
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5Jean Viana 5:00 PM Jul 14, 2016
Fantastic
Trekking started at 10am and finished at 4pm. Altitude was from 3900m up to 4600m. I had lucky cause I had coca leaves and made friendship with two girls (south korean and canadian) who had medicine for "soroche", the altitude sickness. The trekking is hard you'll feel tired often, so it's important to be used to hike in high altitudes. Avoid running, no hurry. The lake is a spectacle: the turquoise colored water is absolutely fantastic! But the trekking is not recommended for people who has blood pressure problems.
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5dking211 5:00 PM Mar 20, 2015
Worth the trip
Had a great time hiking up to Lake 69. From the start point it took about two hours and twenty minutes to hike up and about an hour and forty minutes to hike down. Due to the season rain showers would pass by intermittently.
