| DAY 1: UROS ISLAND AND LLACHON
PENINSULA (OVERNIGHT)
You will be picked up from your accommodation at 8:00 a.m., to
go to the port of Puno to take a tourist motor boat and to direct
towards the wonders floating islands of the Uros. After a 1 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 are known as the “water
tribe”, because they must construct its own Islands periodically,
adding new layers of totora reeds, 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.
They used it as home and trade centers for the natives, who use
hand-made boats of the same material as their means of transportation.
At present, they speak Quechua and Aymara. Following this exciting
tour, after this tour we will continue our trip and we will arrive
to Llachon Peninsula. In Llachon, we will appreciate the Inca’s
customs that still stay, the behavior and the interrelations of
the residents. We will take a motorboat for 40 minutes bordering
Llachon peninsula and we will appreciate the natural landscape
that the peninsula offer us. We will take lunch prepared by the
residents. At night, we will take dinner and have a show prepared
by the residents who lodge us. These home stays does not have
the same facilities as one house of the city , This program will
give the traveler the opportunity to set contact with these inhabitants
and learn about their knowledge and experiences, experimenting
also the intensity of their love to the earth, their myths and
believes. (Shared bathrooms, no hot water). Overnight. (L,D)
DAY 2: LLACHON PENINSULA AND TAQUILE ISLAND
Breakfast. Transfer from Llachon Peninsula to Taquile Island (1
hour). We will arrive to Taquile Island. We will visit the Taquile
Island, place where the form of typical and rustic experience
was appraised, the place is colorful and landscaping, where they
even maintain its customs, ritual, religious and folkloric traditions,
in the town of Taquile. We will take a walk of 50 minutes from
Chuño port, by a footpath that goes directly to the main
square, located in the top of the island. we will taste a typical
lunch with fresh fish (trout). There is also a craft fair 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 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.
(B,L)
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