With its turquoise waters, located at around 4,200 meters above sea level in the Vilcabamba Mountain Range, Humantay Lake lies beneath the Humantay snow-capped mountain, 120 km from Cusco. Its striking color comes from glacial minerals from the melting Salkantay glacier. Opened to tourism in 2015, it represents natural purity with flora such as puya raimondii and ichu grass, and fauna including vizcachas and condors.