Laguna Llaca

So we hired a car (with driver) for the day (for about £45) to visit the remote Laguna Llaca which is known to be a good place for finding High Andean birds. Standard tours (which cost about £10 don’t go here). Llaca is pronounced Yaca as double L is pronounced y in Spanish.

It took over two hours of dirt roads to get there as one road was blocked with roadworks. The driver kept stopping asking locals for directions which inspired confidence.

The Laguna itself was very close to the glacier and we walked across the moraine and took some photos of the mountain and glacier. Every so often we would hear a crevasse colapse and a small avalanche.

We did see some new birds which was nice and very much enjoyed this remote location. We also saw numerous Viscachas, mammals that look like rabbits but are no relation and are about 3-4 times the size.

There were very few people here (only 3 cars through the gate at the bottom of the valley).

We have very much enjoyed the mountains in this area but are about to move on to Lima (the capital and at sea level too) as we catch an 8.5 hour bus in just over an hour.Читать далее