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UROS ISLAND
ITINERARY
In the morning pick you up of the
hotel in car and next in a boat to
appreciate the Uros Island which was
build with totora. In this tour it
is possible to appreciate the custom
and develop of the resident that
lives in this beautiful place. After
in the boat back to Puno and
respective Hotel.
With three hours and 30 minutes of
duration, this tours in recommended
for person that only want spend a
little time in the Titicaca lake.
Services provided
Transport: Private Van and Private
Boat
Guide: Private professional guide
full time
Entrances: All the tickets
DELUXE
Referential Tour Code: AP– UID1 D1
Services provided
Transport: Private Car and Shared
Boat
Guide: Private professional guide
full time
Entrances: All the tickets
SUPERIOR
Referential Tour Code: AP– UIS1 D1
Services provided
Transport: Shared Bus and shared
boat
Guide: Shared professional guide
Entrances: All the tickets
ECONOMIC
Referential Tour Code: AP – UIE1 D1
IMPORTANT ATRACTIONS OF THE CUSCO
CITY:
Titicaca:
Considered the highest commercially
navigable lake in the world at 3,821
meters. Located between the
territories of Peru and Bolivia. The
climate in the Lake is 25th
centigrade during the day and cold
at night.
Lake Titicaca has an area 8,560 km2
with an average depth of 280 m. Its
waters are blue and suitable for
water sports.
The lake is still the habitat of
many species of flora such as
cattails, duckweed, including purine
and fauna within our fish such as
trout, carachi, suche, ducks lake
and the giant frog of Lake Titicaca
(Telmatobius culeus).
Lake Titicaca in its scale has 40
islands being Uros (indigenous
descendants of the ancient cultures
that inhabit artificial floating
islands made of reeds based),
Taquile and Amantani important
islands.
Lake Titicaca is still one of the
main attractions of Peru.
Uros Island
One of the main islands located
within the lake Titicaca. Uros
Island is an artificial construction
material consisting of the area as
is the Totora reed which grown in
the lake.
The purpose of the island
settlements was originally
defensive, and if a threat arose
they could be moved. The largest
island retains a watchtower almost
entirely constructed of reeds.
Like their ancestors, the Uros
people continue to uphold their
unique traditions and way of life.
Family units are governed by a
grandfather and marriages are often
prearranged sometimes from birth.
The massive Viking esque tótora
rafts, adorned with carved
dragonheads, are the same vessels as
used centuries ago. Most inhabitants
subsist by hunting and fishing,
though the advent of tourism has
significantly altered the economic
structure of the island.
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