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Sun Island overnight
(Puno-Copacabana-Sun Island overnight-Copacabana-Puno)
Price per person $216
Day 1:
You will picked up from your hotel at 6:30 a.m. 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 the virgin of Copacabana every year. It is
also known as the Native Madonna. Later, you will visit the
main square and the impressive Cathedral (1/2 hour tour).
You will arrive to the Sun Island after about an hour of a
spectacular catamaran cruise. 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, the cradle of the Incan Empire , and
the Incan couple Manco Kapac and Mama Ocllo appeared here
and founded the Sun Empire. For the following hour and a
half, you will take the Sun Island Tour (South side) where
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. It was the Inca
retreat.
-The Inca Stairs: The Inca Steps were 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 water fountain
was constructed by the Incas and is supposed to be a source
of eternal youth.
-The Sun Island Inti Wata Complex: This contains the largest
amount of archaeological items founded in the island and the
largest demo variety of Andean flora and fauna available in
Bolivia.
Sun Island North side Land Tour (2 hours):
-Challapampa native village and Museum: The most isolated
and unspoiled village in the Lake and the archaeological
museum that displays ancient spoons, blades, stone tools,
etc.
-Chinkana Inca Holy Temple: The island's most spectacular
ruins complex. The main feature is the Inca Palace also
known as "El Laberinto". This maze of stone walls and tiny
doorways overlooks a lovely white beach lapped by deep blue
waters.
-Sailing on a typical native fishing boat: These wooden
boats are basically used for net-fishing. They carry about 6
people and the native captain rows or sails if it is
possible. This is dependent upon on the weather conditions.
-The Sun Island Kallawaya Ancient Ceremony: Witchcraft,
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 take place
in an Incan altar at the top of the hill facing the temple
and overlooking the lake.
Dinner and Sun Island native's folkloric demonstration on
board. Catamaran or Sun Island overnight. (L, D)
Day 2: Next morning, Catamaran Cruise to Copacabana
admiring the overwhelming panorama. At the sanctuary free
time to enjoy several religious and archaeological sites,
lunch and land transfer to Puno city.
We will arrive in Puno at 5:30 pm and that will be the end
of the service. (B,L)* Note : Departure from Puno might
be modified to 06:00am due to expansion in our services at
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Catamaran Accommodations |
INCLUDES: Catamaran accommodations based on double occupancy .All
scheduled land and lake transportation. All transfers. All scheduled
excursions with English-speaking guide services. All entrance fees.
Meals as specified in the itinerary.
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 flights and items of personal
nature.(*) NOTE: If the pick up is from one of the following
hotels in Puno: Isla estevez, Posada del Inca or Eco Inn there will be
an extra charge of $9 per person
Visa Requirement for US Citizens to enter in Bolivia
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if you are North american and have decided visit Bolivia, you must take note of this recent information:
In the first hours of 2007, The Bolivian President Evo Morales suppressed by decree the right of US citizens to enter this country freely, in reciprocity with a similar measure taken by the US government.
Also the citizens of Angola, Bhutan, República de Chad, Congo, Ruanda, Somalia, República Yemen, Indonesia, China and Taiwán has been affected by this decreee
Please make sure to have all necessary documents before traveling! |
OPTIONAL
Extra nights, domestic airfares, extensions
MOST INTERESTING EXTENSIONS
Cusco and Machu Picchu packages
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Reservations
- Ask
for the availability by sending an
e-mail to orquidea@orquidea.net
,we will answer within 48 hours.
- Once
we have confirmed the availability , we need full payment in
advance. We accept Visa and MASTERCARD only, please fill-in our SECURE
SERVER RESERVATION FORM . Please note that all the
transactions are managed by the Internetsecure banking service (
Canadian company ) , for your total security. All the
information is encrypted, we will not know your card number.
More information about our reliability are available here
- We'll
send you a receipt of the deposit and the confirmation of your
reservation
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