From Puno: Visit the Floating Islands of the Uros

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The residents and their ancestral customs such as fishing on reed rafts. There are approximately more than 80 islands, inhabited by Uro-Aymara families, who also build their houses with reed mats.

Highlights

  • The men are skilled builders and drivers of reed rafts.
  • Most important attractions of the Puno bay of Lake Titicaca
  • Aymara community who maintain their skills in fishing and bird hunting
  • ancient civilization of the Aymara language that lives within the reeds or reeds

Description

On this tour you will have the option to decide whether to do it in the morning or in the afternoon. Depending on the time you choose, we will pick you up from your hotel around 8:50 a.m. or 4:00 p.m. to leave the port of Puno. After 30 minutes by boat we will arrive at the Uros Islands, an ancient town made up of small islands made of reeds with small houses also made of reeds, where we will visit 2 of these specimens each for about 30 minutes. Here we will be able to appreciate the crafts and traditional customs of these communities based on hunting, weaving and aquatic life with a joint explanation between our guide and the local family. In this adventure you will even have the option of taking a ride in the typical reed boats used in this area. After the 3-hour tour we will return to the city of Puno.

Includes

Pick up from your hotel in Puno tourist boat Entrance to the Floating Islands of the Uros Professional guide English – Spanish

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