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Our travel specialist’s four-day Cusco tour of Puno & Lake Titicaca comes with a quaint homestay overnight on Amantani Island.
Marvel at the floating reed islands of the Uro people and end this short tour in Taquile.
Afternoon visit to Sillustani, 34 km /21 miles north of Puno (35 minutes by car) Sillustani “Chullpas” stand on the shore of Lake Umayo.
It is famous for its large circular fortified burial towers for the main leaders of the early villages of the Collao plateau.
Some are 12 meters high (40 feet), and remarkable for their shape, thinner at the base and wider at the top. Return to hotel.
Early in the morning, we take a two-hour motor boat ride on the waters of Lake Titicaca to the unique “Uros Floating Islands”.
These ancient inhabitants of the lake have built their own “islands” by periodically adding new layers of a type of reed unique to the area called “Totora”.
Their homes and boats are also made from this material.
Continue to Amantani island where we will stay overnight in local family houses.
After lunch we will visit Pachamama and Pachatata ceremonial centers, where we will enjoy the beautiful fauna and flora of the Lake Titicaca Reserve.
At night, you would be offered a typical dinner and folk show by the villagers. Overnight.
We continue our motor boat trip to Taquile Island, where Quechua-speaking natives have developed efficient and unique social systems, down through the generations. Visit the town of Taquile where we will have lunch.
Return to Puno and transfer to selected hotel.
Price per person in US dollars
Puno 03 day fare + US $ 29
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