CUSCO PUNO BUS
Full Day | $ 45.00
From $ 70.00 Per Person
The Lake Titicaca Tour 2 days / 1 night, is a good option if you have more days available in the city of Puno, on this tour in Puno we can visit three different Uros islands, Amantani islands and Taquile Islands in the 2 days each with their own characteristics.
On this tour we will see Lake Titicaca floating islands, wonderful sunsets, we will spend time with native families learning from their daily lives, customs and traditions.
We leave from Puno port; we board the boat that will take us to our first point of visit that will be the Island of the Uros.
The Uros are ancestral people descendants of the Aymara who inhabit artificial floating islands from pre-Inca and Inca age to our age./
A large part of their homes is made of cattails, which is an aquatic plant that surrounds a large part of this island. The Uros were dedicated to hunt birds, fish, egg collection and lesser extent agriculture as economic activities, nowadays one of the main activities is tourism which makes this ancestral town revalued and does not disappear in the weather.
After Uros Island visit, we will continue our boat trip for 2 hours until we reach Amantani Island.
Amantani is one of the most important islands within Titicaca Lake; here we will have our typical lunch at the house of one of the families that do experiential tourism.
In the afternoon, we will have a walk to Pachatata or Pachamama, They are 2 beautiful mountains from where we can see one of the most beautiful sunsets on the planet, after this walk we will return to our place of overnight that will be in one of the traditional houses of one of the families of Amantani Island.
In the morning, we will have our breakfast with Amantani family, then we will say goodbye and board the boat that will take us from Amantani Island to Taquile Island.
On this island, we can find picturesque roads, traditional houses and beautiful viewpoints of Lake Titicaca; here we will have the opportunity to appreciate beautiful works in fabrics made by local artisans.
In Taquile we will have included our lunch and also the demonstration of the use of natural plants for dyeing Alpaca fiber. After this visit, we will board the boat that will take us back to the city of Puno.
A recommendation for tourists who are in Cusco and want to visit Lake Titicaca, an economical and attractive option is to travel from Cusco Puno by bus.
The Lake Titicaca full day tour is the best option to visit the most important floating islands in Peru.