Toll Gate above Laguna Viconga
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Possibly the fourth toll gate on the circuit, this one above Laguna Viconga however has the best view of them all - strategically located, it commands a grand view of two adjoining valleys - one dominated by Cuyoc(5550m) and Puscanturpa(5442m), the other by Pumarinri(5450m) and the ragged Millpo with Rio Pumarinri gushing out from Laguna Viconga and rumbling down between them.
The hot spring at Viconga is about 2 km from here.
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