Puno Area

 

ECOPP01        Puno Basic        2D/1N

Day 1:    PUNO (OR JULIACA)
Arrival in Puno. Reception and transfer to the hotel. Hotel accommodation in Puno.
Optional and special excursions in Puno are available for your convenience.

Day 2:   PUNO
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport, bus/train station or program extension. (B).

Includes: Transport + English speaking guide (or in requested language) + Hotel + Noted meals.



ECOPP02        Puno-Uros-Taquile-Sillustani        3D/2N

Day 1:    PUNO
Reception and transfer to your hotel.

Day 2:    PUNO – UROS - TAQUILE
At morning travel by boat to Uros, the unique floating islands on the Titicaca Lake, consider the highest lake on the world (4000 m). Aymaras and Uros natives, as their ancestors of thousands years ago,  still living in reed houses built on the floating islands. Later on our tour continues  with a visit to the Taquile Island, where descendants from the Incas, who spin the finest woven goods still living . Afternoon return to the port and transfer to the hotel in Puno. (B,L).

Day 3:    PUNO
Breakfast and transport to visit the Chullpas de Sillustani, towers made of circular stones and used as tombs for the nobles in the pre-Inca times. Transfer to the airport, bus/train station or program extension. (B).

Includes: Transport + English speaking guide (or in requested language) + Boat services +  Entrance fees + Hotel + Noted meals.



ECOPP03        Puno-Uros-Amantani-Sillustani      4D/3N

Day 1:    PUNO
Reception and transfer to your hotel.

Day 2:    PUNO - UROS - AMANTANI  
At Morning transfer to the shores of Titicaca Lake and  trasnfer by boat to the Uros islands, the unique floating islands located on the Titicaca Lake, the highest lake in the world. Here you will see a group of 40 big island-like packs of floating totora (reeds), where Uros continue living like their ancestors, preserving its costumes and idiosyncrasy, but above all, their own system of communal life. Then continue our trip to Amantani Island. World famous hand weavings and ancient communal way of life will be admired. Overnight in local Family Houses. (B,L,D)

Day 3:    AMANTANI – TAQUILE - PUNO
After a typical breakfast in a Family House in Amantani, we´ll continue with a fascinating excursion on the Titicaca Lake, we will visit the Taquile Island where descendants from the Incas, who spin some of the finest woven goods in Peru,  still living. Afternoon return to the port and transfer to the hotel in Puno. (B,L).

Day 4:    PUNO – SILLUSTANI – TRANSFER OUT
Breakfast. In the Morning visit the Chullpas of Sillustani, the burial site of the ancient Hatun Colla chiefs; located on the shores of the solitary Umayo Lake. These towers made of circular stones were used as tombs by the nobles in the pre – Inca times. Transfer to the airport, bus/train station or program extension. (B)

Includes: Transport + English speaking guide (or in requested language) + Boat services +  Entrance fees + Hotel + Family house acc. +  Noted meals.



ECOPP04     Puno – Copacabana - La Paz (Bolivia)     3D/2N

 

Day 1:    PUNO – TITICACA LAKE - PUNO
Reception and hotel accommodation in Puno. By mid morning transfer to the port and visit by boat  the Uros islands, the unique reed floating islands located on Titicaca Lake, the highest lake in the world. Continue visiting the Taquile Island, where descendants from the Incas,  who spin the finest woven goods in Peru, still living. Afternoon return to the port and transfer to the hotel in Puno. (L).

Day 2:    PUNO - COPACABANA (BOLIVIA)

Transport from Puno to Copacabana by bus for approximately 3 hrs.  On the way we will pass through the small Andean towns of Juli and Pomata in Peru. Pass of the border and arrival in Copacabana (Bolivia). Hotel accommodation. After check in, visit to the city and surroundings, the main square and the Cathedral. Return to the hotel. (B).


Day 3:    COPACABANA - SUN ISLANDS - LA PAZ

Breakfast.  Full day excursion to the Sun and Moon Islands. These legendary and ancestral islands belong to the origins of the Inca Empire and there we  will enjoy visiting their temples, archaeology heritage, Inca trails, agricultural works and others. Continue the tour with transport to La Paz. Arrival and transfer to your hotel in La Paz. (B).

 

Includes: Transport + English speaking guide (or in requested language) + Boat services + Entrance fees + Hotel + Noted meals.




ECOPP05    Puno – Tiwanaku - La Paz (Bolivia)  3D/2N

Day 1:    PUNO – UROS & SILLUSTANI
Reception and hotel accommodation in Puno. Transfer to the port and transfer by boat to Uros, the unique floating islands located on Lake Titicaca. Aymaras and Uros natives  still living in reed houses. Return to Puno and transport to the  the “Chullpas de Sillustani”, towers made of circular stones and used as tombs for the nobles Colla Chiefs in the pre-Inca times. Return to the hotel in Puno. (B).

Day 2:    PUNO - TIWANAKU – PTO. PEREZ (BOLIVIA)
Breakfast. Transport from Puno to Desaguadero, at this point we pass the border (change car) and continue to Tiwanaku.  Arrival at the Tiwanaku Ruins where we will observe the under grown and Kalasasaya temples, the agricultural hydraulic systems and other important relics still there as evidences of the ancestral ceremonial centre of the Tiwanaku Empire. Later on we continue towards Pto. Perez for overnight in Hotel Las Balsas located on the shores of the Titicaca Lake. (B,L).

Day 3:    PTO. PEREZ - LA PAZ
Transfer from Pto. Perez to the city of La Paz. On the way on and if weather permits we will observe magnificent views of the high mountains of the “Cordillera Real de Bolivia”.  Transfer to your hotel or program extension. (B).

Includes: Transport + English speaking guide (or in requested language) + Boat services +  Entrance fees + Hotel +  Noted meals.



Puno Optional Tours

ECOPP06        Sillustani Tombs               31/2 hrs.
Drive from Puno to Sillustani (or arriving at the airport in Juliaca, on the way to Puno), to visit the Tombs or Chullpas de Sillustani, interesting circular towers made of circular stone and used in past times as the burial site of the ancient Hatun Colla chiefs. Transport to the hotel in Puno.

Includes: Transport + English speaking guide (or in requested language) + Entrance fees.




ECOPP07      Titicaca Uros & Taquile Islands          8 hrs.

From your hotel transfer to the shores of Titicaca Lake and transfer by boat to Uros, the unique floating islands located on Titicaca Lake, considered one of the highest lakes in the world (at almost 4000 m). On this group of 40 big island-like packs of floating totora (reed), Uros natives continue living like their ancestors, preserving its costumes and idiosyncrasy, but above all, their own system of communal life. Later on we continue to visit the Taquile Island, where descendants from the Incas, who spin the finest woven goods in Peru, still living. Late afternoon return to Puno and transfer to your hotel. (L).

Includes: Transport + English speaking guide (or in requested language) + Boat services + Entrance fees + Noted meals.

 



ECOPP08        Amantani Island             8 hrs.
Full day excursion to the famous Amantani Island located at 3812 m. This is an impressive centre of archaeological zones and the place where you can meet the Yatiri Indians and the famous Titicaca Lake “Shamanes” who read your future on coca leaves. World famous hand weavings and ancient communal way of life can be also admired.

Includes: Transport + English speaking guide (or in requested language) + Boat services + Entrance fees + Noted meals.

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