PUNO: UROS ISLANDS, TAQUILE AND AMANTANI ISLANDS

PUNO WITH OVERNIGHT IN AMANTANI AND TAQUILE
DURATION: 4 DAYS 3 NIGHTS
DAILY DEPARTURES

INCLUDES:
- Transfer Airport or Bus Terminal / Hotel / Airport or Bus Terminal.
- 02 nights of hotel in Puno.
- 02 breakfasts.
- Vivential Tour 2D1N to Uros Floating Islands, Overnight in Amantani Island in the House of the Families of the Island and the next day Visit to Taquile Island - Includes 01 Breakfast, 01 Lunch and 01 Dinner.
- Entrances to Places to Visit.
- Hotel Taxes and Services.
- Permanente Assistance.

:: ITINERARY

DAY 01: PUNO
- Pick up from the bus terminal and transfer to the hotel.
- Free Afternoon.
- Overnight in Puno.

DAY 02: FULL DAY UROS FLOATING ISLANDS AND AMANTANI ISLAND
- Breakfast in the Hotel.
- The Titicaca Lake and the floating islands are the biggest tourist atractiveness of the Province of Puno. The splendid landscapes and fascinating life of its inhabitants make a visit to the islands Taquile and Amantani a must.
Titicaca Lake is the highest, navigable lake in the world. It has a surface of 8.560 square kilometers and a maximun depth of 227 meters. There are 36 islands, being the most important one Taquile, Amantani, Soto, Anapia and Uros.
The floating islands of the Urus are located at 5 kilometers from Puno and at an altitude of 3.810 m.a.s.l., with a cold and dry climate. It is a group of 40 big, floating islands of totora where the inhabitants still live like their ancestors. Each island is inhabited by between 30 and 50 people.
It is considered one of the oldest towns of America, keeping its customs and traditions.
The Uros call themselves "kotsuña" = people of the lake. Their origin goes back to the time before the Inkas. They still keep their fishing traditions, especially for fish and hunt.
The Amantani Island, located at 36 kilometers from the Port of Puno, across the peninsula of Capachica. The island is characterized for its bushes. It is interesting to visit the two natural view-points where you can see the remains of the pre-hispanic temple of Pacha Tata, Pacha Mama, Incachincana, Ikca Tihana and the cementary of the mummies.
Overnight in the houses of the Local Families. AMANTANI DOES NOT HAVE HOTELS, services are very basic. Lunch and Dinner in the Family House.

DAY 03: VISIT TO TAQUILE ISLAND
Breakfast in the Family House.
The Taquile island, located at 35 kilometers from Puno, in the Chunchito bay. The place was used as a political prison until the first years of the 20th. century.
Visit to Taquile island, place where you appreciate the rustic life, it is a pintorestic place, with beautiful landscapes, where they maintain their old traditions, religion and folkloric rituals. They also have pre-inca and inca archaeological rests.
- Tipical lunch in Taquile. Return to Puno.
- Overnight in Puno.

DAY 04: PUNO OUT
- Breakfast in the Hotel.
- At the proper time, transfer from the Hotel to the airport in Juliaca.

PRICES PER PERSON (EXPRESSED IN CURRENT U.S. DOLLARS)

FOREIGNERS PDF OF
THE TOUR
FROM $188

* Prices per person based on a double room.

CTM/TV/TMC5%

:: ADDITIONAL NOTES

- Not includes arrival to Puno tickets.
- Not includes beberages or food not described in the program (lunches and dinners).


BOOKINGS

To book this tour write us to reservas@rundomundo.com or call us with the next information:
- Program Down in Amantani 4 Days 3 Nights.
- Name of the selected hotel and Kind of Room.
- Dates of Starting the Tour.
- Names of Passengers.
- Passengers Document Number.
- Nationality.
- Arrival information to Puno.
- Contact Telephone number in Lima (Hotel).