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SERVICES INCLUDED:
 

- Accommodation based on TWIN in the selected hotel category
- Transfers from/to hotel
- Excursions as noted in the itinerary
- Private services with local German, French, Italian or English speaking guide
- The catamaran trip is offered in SIC basis (seat in coach – non private services) with local English/Spanish speaking guide and shared with other travelers
- Meals as noted (B: breakfast, L: lunch, D: dinner)
- Entrance fees to the sites mentioned in the itinerary
   
 
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- Domestic flight (see separate cost above)
- Tips
   
 

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PUNO AND SUN ISLAND
An extension trip for those looking for less visited places in Titicaca Lake. It includes places of genuine beauty in Peru as well as in Bolivia. Visit one of the Uros floating islands on the Peruvian side of the lake. The highlight in the Bolivian side is definitely the sunrise on the Sun Island.
 
 
Itinerary
 
DAY 1 … - PUNO
Transfer to your hotel after arrival to the airport in Juliaca, the bus or railway station in Puno.
 
DAY 2 PUNO – TITICACA LAKE (PERUVIAN SIDE) (B)
You will board a small boat and venture out onto the waters of Titicaca Lake. Visit to one of the native Uros communities located on a man-made floating island in the lake. The Uros people live totally interwoven with the 'totora' reed which grows abundantly in the shallows of the lake. This strange way of life began over 500 years ago when the Uros built the islands in an effort to isolate themselves from the Coyas and the Incas.
 
DAY 3 PUNO – COPACABANA- SUN ISLAND (B,L,D)
After breakfast we depart to Bolivia. We drive along the south side of Lake Titicaca to the ancient shrine of Copacabana, on the boundary between Peru and Bolivia. On the way, we pass through the town of Juli, whose church is considered a jewel of colonial architecture. Once in Copacabana we visit its church and board a catamaran to the mythic Sun Island. A buffet lunch will be served on board as we cruise to the community of Challapampa in the northern part of Sun Island. On arrival you will be greet with local music and will have the opportunity to visit a small local museum. On board small wooden boats we sail towards the archaeological site ‘Chinkana’ the most extensive Inca remaining on the island. After the visit we have the chance to enjoy the overwhelming panoramic view of the lake and surrounding mountains as you hike to reach the pier and board the catamaran.

Candle light dinner on board witnessing a folkloric demonstration from the community of Challapampa. Overnight on board the catamaran in lake view cabins with private facilities.

 
DAY 4 SUN ISLAND – COPACABANA – PUNO (B,L)
Enjoy breakfast while sailing across the lake. Visit the Inca Garden, steps and fountain then the Inti Wata Cultural Complex. The complex features the Ekako Underground Museum and an interesting demo of Andean crops, medicinal herbs and Andean fauna. Activities in the Sun Island today include a traditional Kallawaya shaman's ceremony, a visit to the Titicaca reed shipbuilders display center and a unique sailing experience aboard a huge Titicaca traditional reed vessel visiting the Pilkokaina Inca Palace.

Buffet lunch at board while sailing back to Copacabana. Arrive and overland trip back to Puno. On arrival you will be transferred to your hotel.

 
DAY 5 PUNO – JULIACA - LIMA (B)
At proper time you will be transferred to the airport to take your flight to Lima. Upon arrival transfer to your hotel in Lima.
 
 
 
Price per person in USD sharing TWIN
Prices valid through December 23rd 2013
 
 Hotels  Private Services  SIC*  Single Suppl.
 Tourist  449  -  89
 First  536  -  196
 Deluxe  635  -  259
* min. 2 persons
 
Domestic flights (net price per person in USD)
 
Juliaca - Lima195*
* Air fares subject to change according availability
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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