Real Life in La Rinconada: The World’s Highest City, With No Safe Drinking Water or Infrastructure

Real Life in La Rinconada: The World’s Highest City, With No Safe Drinking Water or Infrastructure Discover what life is really like in La Rinconada, Peru, considered the highest permanently inhabited city in the world, located more than 5,000 meters above sea level. Here, thousands of people live with freezing temperatures, extremely thin air, makeshift housing, and serious problems with access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic infrastructure. Despite these harsh conditions, miners enter the mountain every day in search of gold, while many families continue to arrive hoping to change their lives. In this documentary, we explore how the mines operate, the “cachorreo” labor system, the work of female gold pickers known as pallaqueras, the risks of mercury contamination, and the surprising economy that keeps this gold-driven city alive. An in-depth look at one of the most extreme and astonishing places in the Peruvian Andes. #LaRinconada #Peru #RealLife #WorldsHighestCity #PeruvianAndes #ExtremeLiving #Documentary #DISGlobalES