Trek to Glacier Lagoon

We'll pick you up at your La Paz hotel or hostel at 6:00am and set off in our private transport for Sorata (2700m), a pretty trailhead mountain town with unbeatable view. We'll reach its main square in about 3½ hours.

From Sorata it's one hour more to the small town of Pampacolani, the starting point for our trek. A labyrinthine series of tracks beginning here makes it easy to lose the way, but we'll navigate by the small villages en route.

Around midday we'll rest and enjoy our lunch. Afterwards our trek continues until we arrive at pristine Chilata Lagoon (4200m) We'll set up camp at the iconic Muela del Diablo (Devil's Tooth), a large 150m tall rock formation eroded into the shape of a molar. Local legend relates that it was formed when a demon spit out its tooth upon being hit by an archangel during a heavenly battle. Of all the eroded formations of La Paz's southern zone, this is the most impressive.

Our estimated trekking time for the day will have been 4-6 hours.

After replenishing our strength with a hot breakfast, we'll continue our trek, following a small track climbing over moraine walls (sediment and rock deposited by glaciers). You'll find it well worth the effort as we're treated to striking views of massive Lake Titicaca, sacred Sun Island (the mythical origin point of the Incas), Ancohuma's edge, and finally, Glacier Lagoon.

At 16,529ft, Glacial or Lichikhota Lagoon is one of the highest lakes in the world. It's called glacier lagoon because a glacier resting in the saddle between two mountains, Illampú (21,220ft) and Jankhouma (21,092ft), falls upon the very shore of the lake, quite literally pouring itself in. In the face of this once in a lifetime panorama, we'll rest while the cook prepares lunch.

After enjoying our lunch, we'll begin to explore the surroundings of this rarified place. After our trek, we'll set up camp, eat, and then sleep under the stars of the southern hemisphere.

Our estimated trekking time for the day will have been 7-8 hours.

On the third day we'll descend easily from our rarified paradise back to Chilata Lagoon. There we'll stop to rest and have lunch before continuing the descent until Sorata. We'll depart from Sorata to La Paz in our private transport at around 5:00pm.

Overall, our estimated trekking time for the day will have been 7-8 hours.