It all starts with your booking. Once you've made it, we'll contact you to confirm your pick-up. Yes, we'll pick you up from your (city centre) hotel so that we can head to the Puno cruise port, where we'll board a tourist motorboat. If you're lucky, two local musicians will get on the boat, playing songs in the local language, that is, live music (optional service charge) such as the Pachamama, so that we can start in a good mood and very happy. Then we'll sail to our first destination, the floating islands of Uros, where local families greet us in their local language, Aymara, saying “Kamisaraki.” We'll then disembark on the floating island, which is made of the reed that grows on Lake Titicaca, the totora. You'll be able to see how the headwoman of the island we're visiting builds a model of how a floating island is constructed, and our guide will translate and explain each step to you.
Then you can visit the inside of the families' small houses, and you'll have free time to take photos wearing the typical clothing of the Uros, buy some local crafts (optional), or simply enjoy the tranquility.
Then, the families will invite you on a ride in the “Mercedes Benz” of the Uros, a catamaran-type raft made of totora, so you can visit the Capital Island of the Uros, where you can buy snacks, a coca tea, coffee, or go to the bathrooms, and then we'll set sail for our next destination.
We sail to the open part of Lake Titicaca to reach Taquile Island, a natural island covering 5.5 square kilometres.
With unique features such as:
- The highest beach in the world.
- Surreal landscapes.
- Living culture.
UNESCO-recognized cultural heritage (textiles).
Upon arriving on the island of Taquile, you can choose to take a walk of approximately 30 minutes to reach the main square of Taquile, where local musicians play and dance in typical clothing. If you wish, you can join them to take some Instagrammable videos and photos. Then you'll have some free time to see if you want to buy some local crafts, such as hats or jackets made by the local community from very fine textiles.
After this activity, you'll have a local lunch, where you can try fried trout, seasoned in a very different way from the food on the Uros floating islands. During lunch, our guide will show you and explain the local costumes and customs of this ancient culture.
Lunch included.
After this, you'll go down to the boat, where we'll return to the city of Puno.
To almost finish this experience, we give you 3 options.
1.- On the way back, you arrive at the floating islands of the Uros and take the sightseeing tour again at a more leisurely pace so that you can see the sunset on the lake. The tour ends at approximately 6 pm, and you return to your hotel or to the town centre.
2.- You arrive in Puno and we take you to the Puma Uta vantage point so you can see the landscape.
3.- You arrive at the harbour, and we take you back to your hotel or to the city centre.
