PROGRAM TO VISIT PUNO ON TOTORA RAFTS

Date of travel: 5 days / 4 nights

5 DAYS / 4 NIGHTS

Day 1: Departing from the port of Banchero Rosi on totora rafts, we head to the Port of Puno. En route we visit the Ollanta and Inca ships, assembled in Puno and launched into Lake Titicaca in 1931, and the restored Yavarí — the first museum ship in the country, assembled in England in 1862, the only iron-hulled vessel in the world still seaworthy. Overnight at the hotel on the shores of Lake Titicaca.

Day 2: Departure on totora rafts from Esteves Island to the northern part of Uros Island. Overnight at the inhabitant’s house.

Day 3: Departure on totora rafts to the southern part of Uros Island, where we spend a day fishing, harvesting roots and eggs, and learning how totora rafts are built. Overnight at the resident’s house.

Day 4: Departure on totora rafts to Chucuito, where you visit the Temple of Fertility and the Cajas Reales. Overnight in Chucuito.

Day 5: Departure from the Taypikala Lago Hotel to Chimu, hiking in the upper Chimu and returning by totora raft to the Banchero Rosi Port in Puno. Overnight in Puno.

Includes

  • Transfers hotel–port and back
  • Full board
  • English-speaking guide
  • Entrance fees to the Uros Islands
  • One totora reed raft per person

Not included

  • Hotels
  • Drinks
  • Travel insurance
  • Tips
  • Personal expenses

If you are interested in this trip, please contact us!