Ethnic Lake Titicaca

Appreciate Peru’s ethnicity and its marvelous Lake Titicaca islands: Amantani, Taquille, and Uros. Understand how Amantani’s islanders live. Learn about the Taquileños charming way of life, their customs and hand woven textile crafts. Visit the Uros Islands and feel their ancestral characther. Travel across the altiplano to live the legend of Manco Capac’s route and discover the amazing Wiracocha Temple in Ratchi and the wonderful Peruvian Sistine Chapel in Andahuaylillas. The tour finishes in Cusco, where you will appreciate the beauty of some of the most important Inca ruins.
DAY 1. Tour to Lake Titicaca – Amantani Your Lake Titicaca Tour begins with the excursion to Amantani Island. After a fantastic three hours boat ride, you will meet your hosting family at Amantani’s port. After a healthy lunch, you will pay a visit to the Tiwanaku ruins located at the top of the Island. Here, you will watch the Pachamama ritual. In the evening, you will be invited by locals to join in dancing their traditional dance: what a show! Overnight stay in Amantani.
DAY 2. Titicaca Lake Tour – Taquile, Uros The excursion will start with a transfer to Taquile Island. Your guide will share with you the secrets and peculiarities of this very structured society that you will observe in Taquile. Taquile is well known for its textile traditions and since 2005 “Taquile Textile Arts” were proclaimed “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity” by UNESCO. Later your Titicaca Lake tour will bring you to the Uros Islands. Close to Puno, these islands are made using layers of totora (reeds) that grow in Lake Titicaca and that give them a touch of originality: they are in fact floating islands. Back in Puno, it’s time to rest.  To the Tour >>