Authentic Uros Floating Islands Tour is a customized boat trip that takes you to a remote area to get involved in the local activities with guide, lunch and transport.
The floating Islands of Uros people on Lake Titicaca are an ancient art engineering dating back from before the Incas, located 6 km away from Puno city.
They are the only real floating islands, built out of reed and root, found in the highest navigable Lake of the world.
Your Tour Features
Tour Type Private
Tour Duration 5 hours
Pick-up time 9:00 AM
Drop-off time 2:00 PM
Pickup at Hotel
Meals Lunch
Entry tickets Included
Guide English Speaker
Motorboat Private
What You’ll Do
You’ll be transferred from your hotel to Lake Titicaca National Reserve where the set of reed floating Islands are located by car and motor boat.
On arrival learn about the process of building the Islands from your guide and have Lake View lunch before returning to Puno through the same way.
Your Tour Itinerary
9:00 AM Hotel to Uros Islands
FOTO: Uros motorboat
Our driver and guide will meet you at your hotel in Puno city for the transfer to the port, according to the location of your hotel this might take from 10 min up to 20 min.
Then navigate to Southern or Northern Uros reed floating Islands by a motorboat for about 30 minutes, on the way your guide delivers some clue information about Lake Titicaca facts and the history of the pre-Columbian civilizations.
10:00 AM Reed Boat ride on the highest navigable Lake
FOTO: Uros reed boat
On arrival at the floating Islands, we’ll disembark at a local family’s reed house. We’ll visit the non-touristy side of the floating Islands, a less commercial place with stunning scenery.
You’ll gently ride a typical reed boat across the blue horizon. The friendly family will perform how the reeds are cut, how the Islands are built just using Totora reed and root. The local family will later show us how they tie the bundle of fresh green reeds. A gorgeous scenery and landscape where is possible to watch the local birds and learn more about them.
You’ll have plenty of time to relax and enjoy this beautiful place. Believe us this remote place is peaceful in the vastness of the lake.
12:00 PM Lunch on the floating Island
FOTO: Lunch on Uros floating lodge
Following the local activity of getting the reeds, you’ll navigate through the set of almost 100 reed islands by motorboat.
A long the way we’ll make an optional stop at the “commercial Capital” Island to get stamped on our passports the map of the lake for S/ 1 PEN.
The lunch place is mostly located in the Northern side of the floating village. You’ll have grilled Trout or chicken, Quinoa or rice, vegetables and hot drink.
By the afternoon you’ll be on your way back to Puno port and transferred to your hotel, bus terminal or anywhere in downtown.
Included:
- Transfer from your Puno hotel to port
- Private boat to Uros Islands
- Reed boat ride and local activities
- Entrance fees to Uros
- Lunch on Uros lodge
- English speaking guide
- Transfer from port to hotel
Excluded:
- Reed souvenirs
- Extra expenses
- Alcoholic drinks, soda, bottled water
What to bring:
- Hat, cap
- Local currency cash
- Sunscreen
- Sunglasses
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