Aguas Turquesas Millpu
Aguas Turquesas Millpu
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j0anne222
Canberra, Australia9 contributions
Aug 2018 • Solo
The locals only told people about this about four years ago, which is why you may not know anything about it! But go!
I didn't know much about it and I nearly didn't take this tour, because I hate tours. I'm so glad I did! It is a difficult ride to get there but it's worth it. It would be great to go independently but I think that would be difficult. The good thing is that it's so remote, there was only our one tour bus (it was a weekend, so it was quite full, 15 people or so) and hardly anyone else. It was 14 peruvians and me. More people should go here!
I don't know whether or not the guide could speak any English, so that may be something to ask/consider if you don't speak Spanish.
There was only one tourist bus that went from Ayacucho that day and people had booked through different agencies. So I don't think it matters too much who you book with. Just negotiate price.
I didn't know much about it and I nearly didn't take this tour, because I hate tours. I'm so glad I did! It is a difficult ride to get there but it's worth it. It would be great to go independently but I think that would be difficult. The good thing is that it's so remote, there was only our one tour bus (it was a weekend, so it was quite full, 15 people or so) and hardly anyone else. It was 14 peruvians and me. More people should go here!
I don't know whether or not the guide could speak any English, so that may be something to ask/consider if you don't speak Spanish.
There was only one tourist bus that went from Ayacucho that day and people had booked through different agencies. So I don't think it matters too much who you book with. Just negotiate price.
Written 24 September 2018
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Alex B
Tarma, Peru20 contributions
May 2019 • Friends
The waters and waterfall are beautiful, especially in the mid day sun! In the more central pools you're not allowed to swim, but in other places you can. It's a short (10-15 min) walk from where the cars drop you off. The only downside was the 3.5-4 hr. drive which was very windy.
Tours leave early from Ayacucho with different companies and our's cost 80 soles ($25) which included the transportation and a guide. We bought a lunch there for 10 more soles.
In conclusion, it was a fun day and I think worth the trip. Just keep in mind the long drive.
Tours leave early from Ayacucho with different companies and our's cost 80 soles ($25) which included the transportation and a guide. We bought a lunch there for 10 more soles.
In conclusion, it was a fun day and I think worth the trip. Just keep in mind the long drive.
Written 15 May 2019
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mariedragon
Huaraz, Peru338 contributions
Oct 2019
We visited the Millpu Canyon on a day trip from Ayacucho with the travel agency Huancaraylla Tours. We were very satisfied with the experience and would recommend going on a tour rather than independently, because it is easier that way and the tour allows more than enough time at the site to make the most of it.
It is a very long drive (3 and a half hours each way) on an extremely windy road to get to Millpu. If you get motion sickness I strongly recommend that you take some medication, because almost no part of the road is straight.
Once at Millpu the guide gave us 3 hours and let us walk at our own pace, we did not have to stick to the group. For people who are used to hiking this is an easy hike, it takes around 15 minutes to arrive at the first pools and approximately an hour to get to the top of the canyon. There is a turn off down hill to get to the pools. It is no longer allowed to swim in them thankfully, as the combination of constant movement of the water (lifting those minerals that give the water its colour) and dirty bodies meant that the water was loosing its wonderful colour and fungus was spreading.
There are many amazing viewpoints along the well established path from where you can see the pools from above, what a sight! The path goes uphill, with some stairs sections, but it is never really that steep.
We visited in mid October at the beginning of the rainy season, but had a beautiful sunny day and the pools were a vibrant turquoise/emerald colour. Apparently when you come in the dry season (from May to September) the pools have a more turquoise colour and when you come in the rainy season (from October to April) the pools get a gradually more green colour. In January, February and March the travel agencies do not offer tours to Millpu.
We ended the day eating a truly delicious trout at one of the restaurants at the trailhead.
Millpu is a completely unique sight, so I would definitely recommend a visit there, however, I was most shocked to find out that many foreign tourists that come to Ayacucho only come for a single day to visit Millpu and then carry on their journey to Lima or Cusco without visiting any other sights. What a waste of opportunity given that Ayacucho is one of Peru most attractive and pleasant towns offering a marvelous variety of natural, historic and cultural sights, as well as fantastic restaurants and accommodation. So my advice would be to stay at least 3 days in Ayacucho.
I would not recommend visiting Millpu during national holidays, whether it be for Easter, Independence day or any long weekends, because the sight literally gets jam packed with national tourists. When we visited on a week day in October there was barely anyone there, which was obviously very enjoyable.
There is a S/5 soles entrance fee to visit Millpu, which goes to the community.
It is a very long drive (3 and a half hours each way) on an extremely windy road to get to Millpu. If you get motion sickness I strongly recommend that you take some medication, because almost no part of the road is straight.
Once at Millpu the guide gave us 3 hours and let us walk at our own pace, we did not have to stick to the group. For people who are used to hiking this is an easy hike, it takes around 15 minutes to arrive at the first pools and approximately an hour to get to the top of the canyon. There is a turn off down hill to get to the pools. It is no longer allowed to swim in them thankfully, as the combination of constant movement of the water (lifting those minerals that give the water its colour) and dirty bodies meant that the water was loosing its wonderful colour and fungus was spreading.
There are many amazing viewpoints along the well established path from where you can see the pools from above, what a sight! The path goes uphill, with some stairs sections, but it is never really that steep.
We visited in mid October at the beginning of the rainy season, but had a beautiful sunny day and the pools were a vibrant turquoise/emerald colour. Apparently when you come in the dry season (from May to September) the pools have a more turquoise colour and when you come in the rainy season (from October to April) the pools get a gradually more green colour. In January, February and March the travel agencies do not offer tours to Millpu.
We ended the day eating a truly delicious trout at one of the restaurants at the trailhead.
Millpu is a completely unique sight, so I would definitely recommend a visit there, however, I was most shocked to find out that many foreign tourists that come to Ayacucho only come for a single day to visit Millpu and then carry on their journey to Lima or Cusco without visiting any other sights. What a waste of opportunity given that Ayacucho is one of Peru most attractive and pleasant towns offering a marvelous variety of natural, historic and cultural sights, as well as fantastic restaurants and accommodation. So my advice would be to stay at least 3 days in Ayacucho.
I would not recommend visiting Millpu during national holidays, whether it be for Easter, Independence day or any long weekends, because the sight literally gets jam packed with national tourists. When we visited on a week day in October there was barely anyone there, which was obviously very enjoyable.
There is a S/5 soles entrance fee to visit Millpu, which goes to the community.
Written 10 November 2019
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JN Travels
Ontario, Canada584 contributions
Aug 2019 • Couples
Entrance fee is s/5 per person.
It is a very narrow windy dirt road to get there, but there is plenty of parking. The site has a few fisheries where they farm trout, and lots of local vendors trying to sell you gelatina and trout meals. It is a bit of a walk to the canyon with trails leading to an over head view point, down to the water, and along the canyon to some waterfalls. A very nice picnic area, and afternoon stop with the family.
I was pleased to see that my entrance fee was going toward maintaining the trails for tourist. We were disappointed to find out that you are not allowed to swim in the pools.
It is a very narrow windy dirt road to get there, but there is plenty of parking. The site has a few fisheries where they farm trout, and lots of local vendors trying to sell you gelatina and trout meals. It is a bit of a walk to the canyon with trails leading to an over head view point, down to the water, and along the canyon to some waterfalls. A very nice picnic area, and afternoon stop with the family.
I was pleased to see that my entrance fee was going toward maintaining the trails for tourist. We were disappointed to find out that you are not allowed to swim in the pools.
Written 8 August 2019
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Rose B
Charlotte, NC4 contributions
July 2019 • Friends
Our tour left from center city. Yes, it really is a 3+ hour drive over very winding, high altitude roads to get there. If you get motion sickness, take something prior. Upon arrival, there is a nice walk to get to stairs that climb and climb and keep going. At this altitude, you really feel it. It is beautiful, but a 6+ hour van ride is a negative. The trout lunch for 10 soles was delicious!
Written 11 July 2019
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Las piscinas estan azules ahora (al final de abril) ellos me dicen que la lluvia de cambia por cafe en este tiempo?
Written 26 April 2021
Is now a good time to visit millpu blue pools? End of April? Would like to book but heard there is a lot of rain this time of year and the pools can be brown? Would like to book as soon as possible once this is answered
Written 26 April 2021
Daysi M
Lima, Peru
Buenas tardes, me gustarÃa saber si en el 2021 está permitido bañarse en las piscinas de Millpu? Y si estoy en Lima cuál serÃa la mejor forma de llegar?
Written 6 March 2021
Hola quisiera saber si aun esta prohibido bañarse aun en el 2020? Ya que supe que en el 2019 lo cerraron por gente inrresponsable
Written 13 January 2020
Hola, si está prohibido bañarse por eso te indican hasta donde puedes ingresar para tomarte las fotos. Igual hay gente irresponsable que ingresa un poco más pero eso hay que evitarlo porque deteriora el color del agua.
Written 13 January 2020
Hola, querÃa preguntarte si esta permitido meterse en las piletas naturales, cómo es el clima en enero y si es posible apunarse?
Written 3 October 2019
Hola, no es posible. Desde este año, está prohibido porque se está perdiendo el. Color de las aguas al ingresar la gente. Solo puedes tomarte fotos
Written 1 December 2019
bueno ya que nadie me respondió, yo mismo lo hago y les dejo estos tips si van a Millpu.
De Ayacucho (huamanga) hay tres formas de ir a esta maravilla.
1.tomar un tour desde la plaza de armas, hay muchisimos y todos te lo ofrecen precio de 60 a 90 soles (NO FERIADO)
2.tomar una moto a la terminal de minivans (terminal de vilcas) y una vez alli encontraran un monton de minivans para distintos distritos de ayacucho, preguntar cuales van a Huancaraylla y decirle que se bajan en Millpu. precio 25 a 30 soles solo ida (negociar) si son mas personas mejor y pedirles que los recoja al retornar.
3.ir a la misma terminal del punto"2" y hay taxis que hacen carreras ida y vuelta total cobran de 220 a 250 soles (negociar) maximo entrar 4 personas. tu decides si lo tomas solo para ti o completan entre 4 personas para pagar el monto que piden, ellos te esperan en el lugar y te retornan a la terminal.
TIPS.
-ya una vez en Millpu la entrada esta 5 soles y cuando llegan hay muchos puestos de comida, hay un puesto principal que te regala agua de muña y te da la bienvenida. reciban lo que ofrece y sean agradecidos.
-la comida la recomiendo probarla al terminar la visita a Millpu, hay solo 3 platos, (chilcano de trucha, ceviche de trucha o trucha frita) 10 soles cualquier plato, recomendado la trucha frita.
-si toman el "punto 3" el chofer por ser local de Ayacucho no paga entrada ni le cobran el almuerzo en ocasiones. yo quise pagarle la entrada e invitarle el almuerzo por su amabilidad y me dijeron "el no paga cortesia de la casa"
-esta PROHIBIDO el ingreso a las piscinas, solo puedes verla desde las vistas que tiene y en serio se ve como las fotos, su color y la vista en todo el recorrido es impresionante.
-yo fui en temporada de verano en ayacucho, pero aun asi en Millpu corria mucho aire y en 4 ocasiones llovio muy fuerte por varios minutos. el clima es muy cambiante llevar uns casaca impermeable.
-desde el punto donde se estaciona su transporte hasta Millpu esta a 20 minutos caminando despacio, encontraran unas escaleras que les ayudara a Subir y es alli donde se cansaran un poco. yo solo llegue hasta alli porque ya habia visitado 2 cataratas previamente, pero mas arriba a unos 10 minutos mas encontraran la Catarata MILLPO que muchos visitan tambien.
-NO dejen basura en el piso, encontraran muchos tachos de basura en el trayecto.
Bueno eso es todo, si tienen alguna duda o consulta les estaré respondiendo. Salu2
Written 3 September 2019
Hola cris_bitencourt. si estaba permitido el acceso, pero en el 2019 prohibieron el ingreso a las piscinas, debido a que muchas personas ingresaban y dejaban basura dentro de las piscinas y se estaba ya perdiendo el color Turquesa del agua. por lo tanto ya no se puede ingresar. no se sabe si sera algo temporal o definitivo aun.
Written 4 September 2019
Hola, bueno finalmente fui a este punto turistico en Ayacucho y les paso un actualizado de precios y distancia, tener en cuenta que estos precios aplican para dias normales o dias no festivos y no feriados en Perú, ya que los precios se incrementan por esas fechas.
1.precio minivan desde terminal de Ayacucho. S/25 a S/30 soles solo ida (negociar) y solicitar que los pueda recoger y pedir el horario, ya que sino se pone bastante complicado poder salir si no hay alguna otra movilidad con asientos libres en el punto.
2.precio auto para 4 personas ida y vuelta S/250 soles
3.precio del Tour por persona de S/70 a S/100 soles (este pueden contratarlo en la plaza de armas de Huamanga, hay mucha variedad de vendedores de Tours)
4.tener en cuenta que las unicas movilidades que se quedan en Millpu son los autos contratados(punto 2) de manera personal y las Minivans de los Tour y si no quedaste con la minivan del punto "1" se te puede complicar bastante el poder salir, ya que esta bastante lejos del primer pueblo.
5.precio de entrada a Millpu S/.5 soles.
6. los precios de los platos dentro del restaurant dentro de Millpu son de S/10 soles c/u (ceviche de trucha / trucha frita / chilcano) recomendado la trucha frita.
Espero les sirva mi informacion. salu2
Written 31 July 2019
Hola, hay vuelos desde lima a Ayacucho o en bus.
Pero para ir a Millpu se tiene
que tomar un Tour por que esta maravilla esta a 4 horas de la ciudad!
Written 14 June 2019
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