Luquina Community 2D / 1N - Tour Express Perú

Itinerary

2
DAYS
/ 1 NIGHTS
Day 1: Puno / Lake Titicaca (Taquile - Luquina)

07:00 Hrs. We leave from the hotel in the direction of the Port of Puno.

07:15 Hrs. We leave for Taquile.

10:00 hrs. Arrival on the Island of Taquile in the community of Huayllano, in the South of the Island, where there are very few tourists,

We enter trails with agricultural land, with surprising landscapes between the colors of the costumes, the immense lake and as a background the snow-capped mountains of the Illimani mountain range. There is a historical meeting with living cultures, presentation of handicrafts, visit to places of tourist interest. Taquile has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site for the textiles they present, with iconographies that represent their customs, calendars, etc. The color of their clothes and their landscapes is spectacular. They carry out artistic, handicraft, agricultural activities, photo sessions, etc. where tourists are involved.

12:00 hrs. We share lunch with typical Taquile music and dances.

13:00 Hrs. We leave for Luquina.

14:30 Hrs. We arrive in Luquina on the Chucuito peninsula on the Aymara side of the Lake, a place rarely visited by tourists, we are welcomed by community members who through the centuries preserve their Aymara language as well as their clothing, customs, idiosyncrasies that they show us. In a presentation of their culture, they invite us to their homes to see the way of life they currently have, they present their culture, their agricultural instruments, festive and daily clothing, mystical inputs for rituals.

15:30 Hrs. They invite us to ascend to the natural viewpoint of the place the highest mountain that also acts as a center of ceremonies and rituals to the earth that allows us to see the immensity of Titicaca and enjoy the fascinating sunset, at night dinner is shared with our hosts.

19:30 Hrs. We share dinner with the host family.

Day 2: Lake Titicaca (Luquina - Uros Islands) / Puno

06:00 Hrs. For those who wish, we get up very early to take pictures of the sunrise.

07:30 Hrs. Breakfast

08:30 Hrs. We agree with our visitors to carry out different activities be it agricultural, textiles, animal care, fishing, take a ride on sailboats or simply relax watching the immense blue lake, after a photo session with typical costumes of the area we say goodbye .

10:00 hrs. We leave Luquina to visit the Uros.

11:30 Hrs. The Uros, an ethnic group that arrived in the highlands 3,700 years ago, according to a study by National Geographic, who stayed to live in the Titicaca reeds in order not to submit to the power groups of those times, now there are about 100 islands, with about two thousand people, they teach us how they do to survive in such an inhospitable environment, amid songs and interesting stories, they fire us.

12:30 Hrs. We leave for the Port of Puno.

13:00 Hrs. We arrive at the Port, we transfer our visitors to their hotels.

Availability: Private only

Included in the program

  • Services with a trained representative of the Luquina community.
  • Hotel transportation – Taquile Island, Luquina and Uros – hotel.
  • Entrance tickets.
  • Food included.

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