Uros Floating Islands Puno

Posted by machupicchu majesticperu on August 7th, 2018

The Uros are an indigenous people of Peru . They live on forty-two self-fashioned floating islands in Lake Titicaca near Puno. Traslado transporte Hotel – puerto – hotel en puno The Uros use bundles of dried totora reeds to make reed boats (balsas), and to make the islands themselves.

The larger islands house about ten families, while smaller ones, only about thirty meters wide, house only two or three families.

The islets are made of totora reeds, which grow in the lake.

Duration 3:00 H.

ITINERARY:

08:50: Pick-up from your hotel in downtown Puno

09:20: Boat departure from main dock.

10:00: Visit of two floating islands. Encounter with Uros families and discovery of daily activities on the floating islands.

12:00: Return to hotels in downtown Puno.

INCLUDED:

• Pick-up from hotels in downtown Puno
• Boat transportation round trip
• Entrance fees to the islands
• Official tourism guide (English or Spanish)

UROS AMANTANI Y TAQUILE

DESCRIPTION

Amantaní island is located 40 Km (25 miles) away from the city of Puno on Lake Titicaca (3 hours of navigation in normal boat). Because of its more distant location, tourism on the island of Amantaní has not developed in the same way as on Taquile.

This is the classic tour that a pool of travel agencies puts together for small budget travelers. Even though it is a very popular trip, there is a lot of controversy about this low-priced tour group because it does not pay fairly to the locals for their food and home stay services.

We try our best to be fair to the local people and we always suggest paying directly all services on this island to local host families.

ITINERARY

FIRST DAY : Uros , Amantani

07:30: Pick-up from your hotel in downtown Puno*.

08:15: The boat departs direction to Amantaní Island.

08:45: The boat stop by the floating Islands of Uros for a guided interpretation of the local way of life of the Uro people.

13:30: Upon our arrival in Amantani Island you are greeted by friendly community members. Later, you are assigned to a local family and follow your hosts to their houses.

14:00: Lunch in local house.

16:00: We start a hike up towards the lookout point and ceremonial center “Pachatata” or to the other ceremonial center called “Pachamama”. We wait for the sunset views over the vastness of Lake Titicaca.

19:00: Dinner and overnight in local house.

If we are lucky we might be able to join a local celebration with the host families. We can listen to the Andean music and enjoy learning some typical dances.

SECOND DAY : Taquile – Puno

08:00: After breakfast, the boat departs towards Taquile Island.

09:00: The boat departs direction to Amantaní IslandWe arrive in a secondary dock of Taquile and walk through a scenic path towards the main village.

10:15: We reach the main village of Taquile.

11:45: Lunch time (lunch not included in price).

12:30: We start our walk back to the main dock of Taquile to embark on the boat.

13:00: Departure time back to Puno.

15:40: Arrival in Puno and you will be transferred to our hotels in downtown.

INCLUDED:

• Transfer Hotel / Porto / Hotel.
• Transportation Motorized VIP boat.
• On-board Snack Service (Caramels, cold and / or hot drinks).
• Tour: Uros Island, Amantani, Taquile.
• Professional guide of bilingual tourism.
• Uros and Taquile
• Lunch in Taquile.