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Taquile, the geniune (Sillustani optional)

(4 days, 3 nights)

Taquile; cliquez pour agrandir

This stay offers you the possibility, apart from discovering Titicaca Lake and its blazing colors, to enjoy Taquile island, with its ancestral traditions and that knew how to preserve its community way of life and at the same time opening itself to the tourism.

It is this way of life that we propose you to share, spending a night in the house of the inhabitants of this charming island, in a rare beauty environment.


1st day :

Taquile; cliquez pour agrandir

Meeting at Juliaca airport and transfer to Puno (45 minutes) to the hotel (2 stars) situated at foot distance to the city center. Free afternoon to discover this town in the heart of Aymara’s culture and with cheap handicraft.
Night in Puno.

2nd day :

Departure in the morning from Puno’s harbor for an excursion on Titicaca Lake. After 40 minutes, visit of the surprising Uros: floating islands build with bamboo. Pursuing the excursion until Taquile island (2h30), arrival end of morning. Walk to the village situated at the top of the island (1 hour of easy walking). Lunch in a restaurant on the main plaza of the village (tasting of the lake trout) Discovery in the afternoon of Taquile and its inhabitants with their traditional costumes and their social rituals.
Home stay (rustical confort).

Lac Titicaca; cliquez pour agrandir

3rd day :

Return to Puno (3 hours by boat), transfer to the hotel. Free afternoon.
Night in Puno.

4th day :

Transfer to Juliaca airport (visit of Sillustani site optional, see below).

Optional :

Possibility to make the visit of Sillustani site (35 km from Puno) on 4th day: pre-Inca cemetery containing several chullpas, funerary towers that we meet in the Andes. Moreover, the site offers beautiful sceneries on Umayo lake.

Included :

  • The transfers mentioned
  • The 2 nights of hotel in Puno and the home stay in Taquile (double room)
  • A French-speaking professional guide (or English-speaking or Spanish-speaking according to your choice) during your excursion in Taquile (and in Sillustani).
  • The entry fees to different sites
  • Lunch on 2nd day (without drinks) in Taquile

Not Included :

  • The meals that are not mentioned

For more information, contact us.




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