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PERU TRAVEL PLANNER
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Sacred Lake of the
Incas - 4 days
and 3 nights tour
(Puno-Uros-Taquile-Sun Island-Sillustani-Lima)
Daily Departures
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TOURIST CLASS
HOTELS
USD$413 per person (based on Double Occupancy)
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FIRST CLASS HOTELS
USD$527 per person (based on Double Occupancy)
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Duration |
4 Days & 3 Nights |
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$413 per
person based on double occupancy |
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Departures |
Daily departures |
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Activities |
Puno, excursion to Uros and Taquile islands, Sun Island,
Sillustani. |
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Airfares |
Not included, available upon request |
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Customizable |
YES, feels free to ask for extra
services |
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Day 1 : PUNO
Reception at the train or bus station and transfer to the hotel.
Overnight at Qelqatani Hotel or similar .
* If transfer is required from the airport please ask for price .
Day 2 : UROS AND TAQUILE ISLANDS
Breakfast. You will be picked up from your hotel at 7:30 am, after a 2
hour motorboat ride, you will arrive at the Uros island in the Titikaka
lake.
Fishermen and hunters inhabit the floating islands of the Uros. The
residents of the Uros use the cattail, a type of rush, which grows in
the lake, to create the conditions that ensure the islands stay afloat.
The dense roots that the plants develop support the island. The roofs
are waterproof and the houses are extremely humid because of the
surrounding water. At present, they speak Quechua and Aymara. Then we
will visit the Taquile Island, where we will have lunch in the
cooperative restaurant.
There is also a cooperative shop on the plaza that sells exceptional
wool goods, which are of very fine quality and somewhat expensive.
Taquile Island is famous for its craft production, particularly for its
beautiful textiles.
The island is narrow at about 1 Km. wide and 6 to 7 Km. long. The visit
could be exhausting because of the 533 steps on the stone stairway to
climb to get to the village and because of the altitude (13,000 ft above
sea level). On Taquile there are numerous pre-Inca and Inca ruins as
well as Inca terracing. We will return in Puno in the afternoon.
Overnight. (B,L)
Day 3 : SUN ISLAND FULL DAY
You will picked up from your hotel at 6:30 am. Land transfer to
Copacabana Sanctuary. You will arrive into Copacabana after about 3
hours. Copacana is the most important religious sanctuary of Bolivia,
thousands of pilgrims visit every year the virgin of Copacabana also
known as Native Madonna, you will visit the main square and the
impressive Cathedral (1/2 hour tour). You will arrive into the Sun
Island after about 1 hour of a spectacular catamaran cruise including
lunch on board, this island has been identified as the birthplace of
several revered entities, including the sun itself. A source of magnetic
energy, the vertex of the earth and the cradle of the Inca Empire, the
Inca couple Manco Kapac and Mama Ocllo appeared here and founded the Sun
Empire. During a 2 hours Sun Island Tour you will visit :
-The Inca garden, the island micro climate provides the ideal location
for this garden that during Inca times was full of Andean flowers ,
water and trees.
-The Inca Stairs that was built by the Incas in order to reach the Inca
Water spring -The Inca water spring, a natural water spring with 3
different openings of different tastes, this Inca made water fountain is
supposed to be a source of ethernal youth.
-The Sun Island Inti Wata Complex, that contains the largest amount of
archaeological items founded in the island and the largest demo variety
of Andean flora and fauna available in Bolivia.
-The Sun Island Kallawaya Ancient Ceremony, witchcrafts, natural
medicine, art, magic, and millenary traditions are part of the mystic
world of the Kallawayas heritage. The purpose of this mystic ceremony is
to purify the souls of the Chinkana holy temple visitors, this Ceremony
takes place in an Inca altar at the top of the hill facing the temple
and overlooking the lake.
You will then proceed back to Copacabana and then to Puno, we will
return in Puno at 5:30 pm . Overnight at Qelqatani Hotel or similar. (B,L)
Day 4 : SILLUSTANI - LIMA
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Lima (airfare
NOT included).
On The route visit at the Sillustani Chullpas (pre-Colombian funeral
towers). The scenery is desert but impressive, in a beautiful setting on
a peninsula on Ayumara lake about 32 Km. from Puno. Most of the towers
date from the period of Inca occupation in the 15th century; the
engineering involved in their construction is more complex than anything
the Incas built. (B)
END OF OUR SERVICES .
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Uros Islands
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Titicaca lake |
Sun Island |
Sillustani chullpas |
Note : We can replace above Hotels with other one with the same
characteristics in the case that it becomes necessary for operative and other
reasonable causes.
INCLUDES: All hotel and lodge accommodations based on double occupancy.
All scheduled transportation. All transfers. All scheduled excursions with
English-speaking guide services. All entrance fees. Meals as specified in the
itinerary.
B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner.
NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE
International or Domestic airfares,airport departure taxes or visa fees, excess
baggage charges, additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations,
alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water, snacks, insurance of any
kind, laundry, phone calls, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of
International or Domestic flights and items of personal nature.
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