Floating island tour starts at 9.00 with the transfer from your elected hotel to the peer of Puno. After a beautiful motor on Lake Titicaca boat journey half hour later between the reeds, we arrive to Uros islands archipelago of more than sixty handmade floating ground inhabited by the Uros, an ethnic group of fishermen part of an ancestral group. In the colonial time they tried to live away the white people contact, but in the last decades they have made a more fluid contact with the main land culture, but they are still preserving their beliefs and ancient activities (birds hunting and fishing). Have a change to step on these handmade reed islands feels very much like a waterbed, however they are quite safe to walk on. Actually you will observe a number of reed islands one next to the other, with houses and people on them, there get a guided tour to visit two Uros unsettled islands, optional reed boat can be arranged then free time to explore by your own before returning to Puno, arrival at 12.00 and transfer to your elected hotel.
Floating island tour details
| DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION | At your elected hotel. |
|---|---|
| PICK UP TIME | At 9:00. |
| RETURN TIME | By 12:00 |
| INCLUDED | Entrance fee. Motor boat. Professional English speaking guide. |
| NOT INCLUDED | Tips, water, snacks, extra expenses. |
