Transfer from your hotel to bus station. The Tourist bus follows the main road south. You will enjoy the Andean scenery and go by small villages and farms along the way as well as stops at various ruins. Bus ticket includes lunch.

Among other villages you will drive by Urcos, Raqchi, Tinta and Sicuani before reaching the pass at La Raya at 14,240 feet (4,340 meters). We pass the villages of Santa Rosa, Ayaviri, Pucara, Juliaca and reach the city of Puno by the lake.

The entire Lake Titicaca region is inhabited by Quechua and Aymara people, whose way of life has not changed over the centuries as we’ll see on your visit to the lake over the next two days.

The bus will brings you to the beautiful Hotel Sonesta Posada del Inca – Puno on the shores of the lake (based on availability). Dinner is on your own.

Day 2: Puno

Full day visit of Taquile and Uros Islands.

After breakfast, we leave from the dockside at the Puno harbor and travel by boat to the floating Uros Islands. From there we continue to Taquile Island, to visit a community of weavers and spinners who live in a Mediterranean-like setting on this, the highest navigable lake in the world - elevation is about 12,500' (3,810 meters) above sea level. Upon arrival to Taquile, we climb up the long, steep staircase from the docks to the village. After lunch in a typical restaurant in the island, we visit the local museum before boarding our boat for the return navigation to Puno.

Dinner is on your own.

Overnight at Hotel Sonesta Posada del Inca – Puno.

Day 3: Puno - Juliaca - Lima

Transfer to the airport at Juliaca, visiting the ruins of Sillustani en route. Sillustani is in a beautiful setting on a barren, windswept peninsula about 15 miles from Puno. Here we'll view chullpas (pre-Columbian funeral towers) that date from the time of the Inca occupation of this region, around the 15th century. These towers were built by and for people of the Aymara-speaking Colla tribe. Sillustani's stone architecture is complex and different in many ways from Inca stonework.

Continue to the airport and fly to Lima.

PLEASE NOTE:

Included: Accommodation 2 nights hotel with breakfast, ground transportation from Cusco to Puno (bus ticket Cusco-Puno) Transfers in & out and full day lake tour with lunch in Taquile.

Not included: Domestic flights, airport tax (about $5), dinners, optional tipping to guide and items of personal nature.

The flight from Juliaca to Lima is currently departing at 5:00 p.m, arriving in Lima at 7:05 p.m (subject to change). There is now an option to fly from Cusco to Juliaca.

If you take this extension at the end of your tour, you will take a Tourist bus from Cusco to Puno (included in extension) and your internal tickets should be issued from Juliaca to Lima instead of Cusco to Lima. You will not need an extra flight. Please consult with us before issuing your airline tickets.

Tourist bus departs from Cusco at 8:00 a.m. and arrives in Puno around 6:00 p.m.

If you take this extension at the beginning of your tour, you will fly from Lima to Juliaca) and your internal airline tickets should be issued from Lima to Juliaca instead of Lima to Cusco and you will take a tourist bus from Puno to Cusco. You will not need an extra flight. Please consult with us before issuing your airline tickets.

It is recommended that you visit Puno and Lake Titicaca at the end of your adventure because you will be better acclimatized. Puno is at about 12,500 feet and Cusco is at about 11,000 feet. If you are planning to do this extension prior to your trip, consider adding an extra day in Puno for acclimatization.

Cost for domestic flight segments vary from $125 to $150. It depends on whether we are issuing the flight segment together with the international tickets or not. (Prices are subject to change.)

Note: We usually substitute an unused hotel night for another, however depending on the program, additional night hotels and transfers may be required to accommodate your extension.

Deposit for extensions

A nonrefundable $75 per person deposit is required to reserve extensions.

The deposit is fully refundable if we cannot secure your extension.

Full payment is due with the final payment of the trip.

Reservations for hotels, guides or services are not made until deposits are received.

We highly recommend the purchase of Trip Cancellation Insurance

Note: All itineraries are subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control, including weather, road or trail conditions and flight schedules.