Taquile, the floating Urus Islands and Amantani are interesting and interesting islands in Lake Titicaca, the highest, navigable lake in the world. The lake is home to the self-made floating islands of the Urus who have kept their traditional lifestyles and use the lake’s flora to build their boats and houses.
Taquile consists of many terraces and ceremonial places. These places have their origins in the pre-Inca era. The inhabitants of Taquile are experts in the weaving of traditional textiles, now considered by UNESCO to be an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
Amantani is the largest Peruvian island in Titikaka. Life seems very peaceful there. Thousands of the Cantuta flower (Peru’s national flower) bloom on the island. The islanders will tell us about their knowledge of the island. The mystic that surrounds this island can be felt everywhere. Whether through traditional rituals or just observing the landscape, your energy is renewed and you soon feel ready to return home.
We pick you up at the hotel in the morning, drive to the harbor and board our comfortable boat. Our guide takes us first to the floating islands of Urus and during the 30-minute visit, he explains everything worth knowing. Next stop is the island of Amantani, which we reach at lunchtime, where local families await us.
After a 30-minute walk uphill, we reach the beautiful, simple houses of the islanders. We receive a typical Andean food, prepared by our hosts. After getting our rooms and having a rest, we walk to the highest point of the island from where we see the ceremony temples “Pachamama” and “Pachatata”; We stay up there until we experience one of the world’s most beautiful sunsets, then we go back to have dinner and then we go with our hosts to the welcome dance (this celebration is optional, depending on your physical condition.
After breakfast, we go to the harbor and board our boat, which brings us to the island of Taquile. There it goes to the Plaza d’Armas, from where you have the best views over the island and Lake Titikaka. We have lunch and in the afternoon we return by boat to Puno, where we arrive between 16 and 17 o’clock.
