Puno. A life experience 03 Days & 02 Nights. Come to visit the most impressive islands, the famous “Titicaca” lake and live a unique life experience Isla SILLUSTANI – Isla UROS – isla AMANTANI – IslaTAQUILE Crédito: Domingo Giribaldi /Promperu Crédito: Promperu Chat on line:

Program Includes Transfer airport/hotel/airport in Puno 02 nights of accommodation with breakfast 01 Typical breakfast in the Amantani island. Tour Sillustani Archeological Complex Tour to the floating islands Uros / island Amantani / island Taquile. 01 night in Amantani + familiar lodging, 01 lunch in Amantani, 01 dinner inAmantani 01 Breakfast in Amantani. Tourist guide (english – spanish). Ticket Attraction. Personal Assistance.

Program doesnt includes round trip flights tikets.(lima-puno-lima) Consult our prices Not including insurance to the traveller - it consults our tariffs Services non mentioned Program not include

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Program Rates HOTEL 1person2 persons3 persons Libertador Isla Esteves **** Sonesta Posada del Inca *** Eco Inn, Conde Lemos *** Casa Andinam Warynayra *** Quelqatani, Plaza Mayor *** Balsa Inn *** Francis *** Camino Real *** Tambo Real *** Monterrey ** Arequipa **

TAQUILE ISLAND. Once we arrived at the island of Taquile, disembarked and we continued our journey through a rock road that will take us directly until the town. During this journey will can observe the nature which characterize this island and small boys that help his parents with the shepherding of their animals. also it is important to stand out the “taquileños” without age exception or sex learn to make weaves that have characterized them and characterize like one of the few communities that conserve their customs through time. Later we’ll go to a restaurant of the island where we’ll taste an exquisite typical lunch. After the lunch we’ll go to the jetty of the island, for which we’ll have to descend through a footpath constituted by about 550 stone scales, in this way we’ll find women and men who raise from the loaded port the product population that is not in Taquile. In the port and after to have already known a great wealth natural that is conserved through many generations and stops in the time. return to the city of Puno

Crédito: Domingo Giribaldi /Promperu

AMANTANI ISLAND. Around noon we’ll disembark in the port of the community of “Colquicache” where we’ll be welcome by the villagers; after a little walk we’ll meet the villagers and the tour guide, like usually, start to name 2 or 3 tourist for each family, the tourist will be taking by the villagers to their houses, where each tourist will spend the night, take dinner and the next day breakfast. In this way we’ll be able to experience how they live. The houses are rustic, constructed with adobe, with some comforts. The villagers make cult to the Gods Tutelary, to live in harmony with the nature, source of happiness and prosperity in the world. At night, after the dinner, we’ll be invite to participate of a folklore night, where we’ll wear typical costume of the villagers of this island, we’ll enjoy music, dances, spending a great time.

The villagers Crédito: Domingo Giribaldi /Promperu

ARCHEOLOGICAL COMPLEX OF SILLUSTANI. 34 km /21 miles north of Puno (35 minutes by car) This complex stands on the shore of Lake Umayo. It is famous for its chullpas, large circular fortified burial towers for the main leaders of the early villages of the Collao plateau. Some are 12 meters high (39 feet), and remarkable for their shape, thinner at the base and wider at the top. Close to the archeological complex is the site museum where different pieces from the Colla, Tiahuanuaco, and Inca cultures are preserved. These cultures had a peculiar custom of burial for their noble class: caciques and priests these were buried in funeral towers called Chullpas that mean “Tombs”. According to the historical sources, the corpse of the patriarch was previously mummify and placed On guard fetal and also their women but beloveds, the preferred servitude were sacrificed and animals, burying them with their consisting of properties gold objects and silver, utensils of ceramics and foods because they considered that after died they will have another life.

Crédito: Carlos Sala/Promperu

Floating Islands of the Uros 5 km / 3 miles west of the Puno harbor (20 minutes by boat) The Uros Islands (3810 masl / fasl) number around 20 and are located in the Bay of Puno. Three to ten Uro-Aymaras families live on each one. They roof their houses with totora reed carpets, although some families have replaced their traditional roofs by metal ones. The largest Islands are Tupiri, Santa María, Tribuna, Toranipata, Chumi, Paraiso, Kapi, Titino, Tinajero, and Negrone. The Uros call themselves Kotsuña, “the lake people”, and their origins go back to eras before the Incas. They hunt wild birds and maintain traditional fishing methods, especially those used for the carachi and the silverfish. The men are skillful handlers of the totora reed boats, and the women are expert knitters. The characteristic cold and dry weather of the region is tempered in this area thanks to the constantly evaporating water of the large lake.

Crédito: Carlos Sala/Promperu

Crédito: Domingo Giribaldi /Promperu

Lake Titicaca 10 blocks from the Main Square This lake is very important in Andean mythology since, according to legend, Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, children of the sun god and founders of the Inca Empire, emerged from its waters. Peru and Bolivia share sovereignty over this navigable lake, the highest in the world (3810 masl / fasl). It covers an area of 8559 km2 (3305 miles2), a maximum depth of 283 meters (928 feet), and the average water temperature varies from October to May between 9ºC (48ºF) and 11ºC (52ºF) and from June to September between -7ºC (19ºF) and -10ºC (14ºF). Moreover, the lake tempers the area since without its presence, there would not be life at that altitude. On the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca, there are several islands; the natural islands include Amantani, Taquile, Soto, and Anapia, and the artificial islands are the ones that the Uros people have built, each one offering different attractions. Along the shores of the lake, totora reeds grow where different birds and fish like the carachis, ispis, bogas, umantos, suches (an endanger specie), silverfish, and trout call home. All these species are native of the area and are prized for their high nutritional value.

Crédito: Arturo Bullard / Promperu

Crédito: Archivo de Promperu/Promperu

Knowing about Puno ALTITUDE Capital: Puno (3827 masl / fasl) Lowest point:820 masl / 2690 fasl (Lanlacuni Bajo) Highest point:4725 masl / fasl (San Antonio de Esquilache) CLIMATE The city of Puno is located on the shores of Lake Titicaca, and its climate is cold and semi-dry. The rainy season starts in October and ends in April. The annual average maximum temperature is 14ºC (58ºF) and the minimum is 3ºC (37ºF). ACCESS ROUTES By land: –Lima – Arequipa – Juliaca – Puno: 1324 km / 823 miles (18 hours by car) By air: Regular flights –to Juliaca from Lima (1 hour and 45 minutes, with a stop in Arequipa) –and from Arequipa (25 minutes). By train: –Cusco – Puno: 384 km / 239 miles (10 hours)