TAQUILE FULL DAY

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Live a unique cultural experience, visiting ancient towns on Lake Titicaca. You will explore the Taquile Island and the floating islands of Uros while learning about their inhabitants’ ancient customs.

TAQUILE FULL DAY

Puno Experience

13 615 f.a.s.l. (4 150 m.s.n.m.)

Landscape, culture, nature & experiential

Easy

Group tour

English & Spanish

1 day

Uros,Taquile

This Taquile full day will begin with the pick-up at your hotel in Puno or at our base to then head to the port of Puno, where you will board our boat, accompanied by the guide, to the ancient artificial floating islands of the Uros that exist since pre-inca times. You will learn about the lifestyle of the community that chose to live on the lake and is dedicated to fishing, hunting and handicrafts. You will experience this ancestral town’s traditions and customs.

Continuaremos en bote con dirección a la isla de Taquile, también conocida como la »Isla de los Niños del Sol». a 30 kilómetros de Puno, esta isla está formada por antiguas comunidades de origen quechua que viven alejadas de la tecnología y las costumbres modernas. Tendrás la oportunidad de explorar el estilo de vida de este pueblo a través de sus textiles, música, bailes y tradiciones, mientras disfrutas de la increíble vista del lago y las montañas en este tesoro único en el mundo.

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Why to book this tour with What a Trip?

• We pick you up upon arrival at the bus station in Puno and take you to our base so that you can rest, and also take a shower and eat a good breakfast if you’d like (extra option) until it’s time to start the tour.
• If you are at a hotel in Puno, we will pick you up to take you to the Port of Puno, starting point of the tour.
• We take you from the port to the bus station or lodging.
• You will be accompanied by expert bilingual guides.
• We will take you on very safe and comfortable nautical motorboats.

• We pick you up upon arrival at the bus station in Puno and take you to our base so that you can rest, and also take a shower and eat a good breakfast if you’d like (extra option).
• If you are at a hotel in Puno, we will pick you up to take you to the Port of Puno, starting point of the tour.
• You meet with the guide so they can explain the route to you.
• We leave the port to explore the Uros floating islands (30 min).
• You will visit the floating islands (two islands) with the guide to learn about the community’s culture, history and traditions.
• We head to the Taquile island (approx. 2 hours).
• We arrive at the port of Taquile.
• We explore and enter 40 minutes on foot from the center of the island.
• You enjoy free time to walk around the place and observe the landscape.
• We eat lunch overlooking the lake.
• We return downhill to the boarding point.
• We return to the port in Puno by boat (2 hrs 30 min).
• We take you to the bus terminal or hotel in Puno.

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