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UROS - AMANTANI AND TAQUILE (2 DAYS / 1 NIGHT)
Amantani Island,is an island close to the Taquile Island. It is much more traditional than the later, and just as in Taquile, the elder people control the tourism too. You will enjoy the party that is organized there every night. You will get traditional dresses, and local people will help you learn their traditional dance.
Day 01. PUNO - FLOATING ISLANDS - AMANTANI After the breakfast, transfer to the port of Puno to take a tourist motor boat and to direct towards the wonders floating islands of the Uros to us, those millenarian inhabitants who in spite of the time today remain living in artificial islands of totora, known as the tribe the water, because they must construct its own Islands periodically, adding new layers of “Totora”. The homes and boats are made of that same material. After View we will approximately continue the route by two hours until the Island of Amantani. Day 02. AMANTANI ISLAND - TAQUILE ISLAND – PUNO After the breakfast we will start off to the Island of Taquile, place where we will appreciate the form of typical and rustic experience, the place is colorful and landscaping, where they even maintain its customs, ritual, religious and folkloric traditions, also inhabited by native quechua speakers that have developed an efficient and only social system, in the town of Taquile we will taste of a typical lunch with fresh fish (Pejerrey), in hours of afternoon we will return to the city of Puno.Itinerary
This Island is inhabited by native quechua hablantes still prevailed by its old traditions, which main occupation is the production of ceramios and textiles. The positive energy of this Island is so powerful that is well-known as the “Island of Love”. Arriving at the island we will taste of a typical lunch, then we will go to the ceremonial centers “Pachatata” and “Pachamama”, sacred place. At night we will stay ourselves in the familiar houses enjoying the hospitality of a typical home of Amantani.¿Included / Not Included?
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Price: $.65 per person
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UROS FLOATING ISLANDS – TAQUILE (1DAY)
Another great reason for getting out to the reed islands or Isla Taquile is because this gives you a chance to experience the magic and desolate beauty of Lake Titicaca, the world's highest elevation commercially navigable lake.
Seeing the scenery around you, breathing the clean air, and marveling at the magnificent greenish blue colors of the lake will give you a new perspective of this region and the body of water that has played such a key role in it's history.
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Early in the morning you will be picked up from your hotel by our local guide and then transferred to the harbor. We start off our boat excursion of Lake Titicaca by visiting "The Uros Floating Islands", The Uros people harvested the reeds in the shallows of the lake, bundled them together tightly and built floating island platforms complete with reed houses and canoes, creating in this way their own little world. On the islands we will learn with our local guide about the life style and customs. After strolling around the floating Islands, we continue our journey towards "Taquile Island" (2 hour aprox.), a traditional Quechua speaking community, full of ancient agricultural terraces. The weaving tradition of the Taquile Island goes back to early civilizations, this keeps elements from pre-Inca Andean cultures alive in the present. When we reach the shores of Taquile Island, we will have to walk up along a narrow path, enjoying on the way impressive views of the Lake Titicaca and also see gorgeous little houses inhabited by the direct decedents of the Inca Culture. Lunch at one local restaurant. After lunch, we will descent to the harbor to take our boat back to Puno. We will be back in Puno by 17:00 hrs. approximately
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| Price: $. 38 per person | To Open A New “Fixed Departures Date In A Private Service” We only need 2 paxs |
UROS FLOATING ISLANDS TOUR ( HALF DAY)
Uros Floating Islands are man made islands out of reeds. The reeds grow naturally on the banks of the lake, the Uros people take them and form islands out of them, by constantly adding reeds on the surface. These islands often float on the lake Titicaca, that is why they are also named Floating Islands.
The islands (there are over 40 of them), are populated by hard living people, who survive by fishing and nowadays because of the increasing tourism. Their handcrafts are wonderful, and the people are very hospitable.
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This tour begins with The gathering of the tourists from their hotels to direct us to the wharf (Port), from there, two hours and average of excursion with boat to motor will be made on Lake Titikaka towards the wonderful floating islands of Uros. Those millenarian inhabitants who in spite of the time today remain living in artificial islands of totora, known like the tribe the water, because they must construct its own Islands periodically, adding new layers of “Totora”. Its homes and boats are made of that same material.
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| Price: $. 20 per person | To Open A New “Fixed Departures Date In A Private Service” We only need 2 paxs |
SILLUSTANI TOUR (HALF DAY)
Hundreds of years ago, the ancient people from the Altiplano, that lived at the shore of the mystical Lake Titicaca, built a series of funeral towers to bury their kings and other important people of their regions.
The Sillustani towers are perhaps the finest and most perfect cylindrical constructions of ancient Peru, as such perfection can be found nowhere else in South America.
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This tour begins with the gathering of tourists from their hotels to go in transport for about 45 minutes to reach the necropolis of Sillustani. Arrival and ascend to the top of the peninsula where they are located chullpas through a gentle way and visit. We will return the original access to the site, consisting of 78 stone steps, which we are too weary to make them rise. We try at all times not to strain too much of our visitors, however you should be prepared for a walk at least 30 minutes.
Besides the visit to this enigmatic place, we will take the visitor some native housing modules, thereby establishing a direct contact between tourists and residents as well as camels or Waru warus, Andean agricultural technology (pre-Inca). Also seen in the way grazing llamas and alpacas.
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| Price: $.26 per person | To Open A New “Fixed Departures Date In A Private Service” We only need 2 paxs |
