Tour of the Lake of the gods, within the Lake of Titicaca, live solidarity people of men and women who share their culture, and their ancestral traditions. The traveller has the feeling of having made a leap in time to relive a piece of the great history of the children of the Sun. These natives are great sailors and teachers of tissue that preserve their wisdom in designs and decoration of their dress and their traditions. The island is also of great landscape value due to its location in the vastness of the Lake.
This tour is recommended for travelers that performed hiking regularly, because there are no means of transport on the island. Upon arrival at the island the visitor enjoys a walk for an hour to the village. The road shows the nature and the daily life of its inhabitants. Once in the main village group has time to visit the handicraft market.
Morning: 7:30 am "01 night and 2 days"
07:30 am pick up from your hotel.
our clients are collected from their respective hotels and are then transferred to the port of the Lake Titicaca, where ours will be waiting for you local guide with the boat to start our adventure on Lake Titicaca. Once we have started, our guide will explain important points of this great Lake, and little minutes more afternoon will arrive to the famous floating islands of the Uros. Here we stop at one of the Islands, visit its inhabitants and will learn about the customs of these communities who live for years in the Highlands.
Later we will return to the pot and continue our trip enroute to Amantani island. The boat trip takes about 3 hours. Upon arrival we are greeted by groups of islanders who provide us with lodging in their humble homes. The afternoon is free to explore on your own or simply share the afternoon with the family and their children.
Shortly before the fall of the Sun, our guide invited them to make a short walk to a small hill known as Pachatata, where is located an archaeological site built by the ancient cultures that inhabited the island for a long time. From this point, we can also appreciate a beautiful fall Sun. Do not forget to bring your camera. Then we descend into our homes and will have dinner with our family.
Later we will attend a party folk, where we dance with native people typical dances of the area. Previously, in our lodgings houses our family will give us typical clothes to be able to attend the party. Dresses women with long skirts very colorful and beautiful blouses with hand embroidery, and a black veil. The men are given a poncho very long a chuyo (Cap-typical wool of the Andes). Once ready, we landed to the feast, in which also you will find many other tourists. The party will last an hour or so, and then we go to sleep in the House of our native family.
Meals: Lunch and dinner
After breakfast, we say goodbye from our family, and descend to the spring to continue our visit to the island of Taquile. The trip will last approximately one hour.
Taquile is a huge Island characterized by its beautiful fabrics. Here visitors can watch as the people of the island produces ponchos, belts, gloves and other items typical high Andean, all made by hand. To get to the top of the island, you will have to walk along a beautiful path, somewhat inclined that offers spectacular scenery of the Lake. Here we recommend you walk slowly and take it easy, since they are walking on the 3800 meters of height. After about 45 minutes we arrive at the center of Taquile, where we can rest and visit a small museum on site, which shows through photos, important aspects of the life of the people of Taquile. Our group lunch in a typical restaurant around the square.
After lunch, visitors will have free time to visit the workshops of tissues and take pictures with the Islanders.
Later we will descend towards the dock and embark on our journey back to Puno, arriving at the city approximately at 17:00 hrs. approx.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch.
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