On Lake Titicaca from Peru to Bolivia

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On Lake Titicaca from Peru to Bolivia

 

Description

Lake Titicaca extends over an area of ​​8.965 square kilometers in the Peruvian-Bolivian highlands and is reminiscent of an ocean in its width. In history, Copacabana, the island of the sun (Isla del Sol) and the island of the moon (Isla de la Luna) were considered centers of the Indian faith.

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Day 1

Puno / Uros floating islands / Copacabana / Sun island

Transfer from your hotel to the port of Puno. The day begins with an early visit to the floating reed islands of the Uros Indians. Today the islands are only inhabited by a few families, who show visitors the original way of life of a people who were never subjugated by the Incas. Continue by boat to the pilgrimage site of Copacabana on the Bolivian shores of Lake Titicaca and visit the pilgrimage church with the shrine of the Black Madonna. Ride with the hydrofoil to the sunny island.
Leisurely ascent with a great panorama to the Posada del Inca EcoLodge, where a rich lunch is waiting for you to strengthen yourself. The afternoon is free to explore the 11 km long island. Numerous ruins testify to the importance of the sunny island as the cradle of the Inca empire.
Dinner and overnight in the Posada del Inca Eco Lodge on the sunny island. FA

 

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Day 2

Sun Island / Moon Island / Huatajata / La Paz

After breakfast, descent to the port of the sunny island and visit the holy springs and the Escalera del Inca (Inca stairs). Lunch on the island with a panoramic view of Lake Titicaca. Afterwards a boat trip to the opposite moon island and a visit to the temple Iñak Uyu, the temple of the sun maiden, which shows an astonishing resemblance to the Islamic architecture. Continue to the ecovillage "Roots of the Andes" in Huatajata, which was created in cooperation with local communities to bring the visitor closer to the facets of the Andean cultures.
Bus transfer and overnight stay in La Paz. B / - / -

 

 

Very nice picture La Paz

Day 3

La Paz / Tiwanacu / La Paz

In the morning you visit the most important pre-Columbian cultural site in Bolivia in the windy Altiplano, which has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO: the ruins of Tiwanaku. The once 5 square kilometer complex is partly badly damaged, but the famous sun gate, the monoliths, temples and pyramids testify to a remarkable cultural level for the time (100 to 1000 AD).

In the afternoon you will experience the contrasts of La Paz on a city tour, which range from Indian markets to the colonial old town to modern commercial buildings. On the way to the moon valley with the strange formations created over thousands of years by erosion and climatic contrasts, you will also pass through the elegant residential areas in the south of the city.
Overnight in La Paz. B / - / -

 

Day 4

transfer to the airport

After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport. F / - / -

 

 

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