Lake Titicaca Cultural Cruise - 4 days ex Puno or La Paz
- Duration: 4 Days
- Location: Copacabana, LaPaz
- Product code: BCR
Explore the wonder of the worlds highest inland sea, cruising from Peru to Bolivia, visiting local communities and interacting unique cultures of both the Quechua and Aymaran people. Explore Ancient Tiwanku before arriving into
La Paz
TRIP SUMMARY:
- Daily Departure
- Duration: 4 days, 3 nights
- Tour Focus: Exploring Lake Titicaca with focus on exploring local culture visiting indigenous communities
- Group Size : Min 2
- Accommodation 1 night aboard catamaran and 2 nights in boutique hotels
- Airport transfers and transportation service to and from hotels
- Embarkment and tour fees
- Bilinginual Spanish / English guide
- Unique Catarmaran Criuse with visit to local indigenous communities and numerous cultural and historical sites
- Tour of Tiwanaku
- La Paz city tour including Valley of the Moon, Historical Centre and Cable Car
Day 1: Cruising Lake Titicaca
Early land transfer to Copacabana , visit Sanctuary, board The Catamaran Cruise Ship and sail to the Sun Island, the legendary birthplace of the Inca Empire with a buffet Lunch on board. Visit Challapampa Village and enjoy of the participative tourism, visitors have the opportunity to interact with one of the most unspoiled indigenous Titicaca villages through an innovative program organized with the local community visiting their own museum, chapel, school, a typical house, sailing in their vessels to an Inca holy temple, andean ritual and walking through Inca trails. Enjoy a romantic candle light dinner and stay overnight on board the Catamaran in lake view cabins with private facilities.
Day 2: Cruising Lake Titcaca to La Paz
Continue to cruise across the lake enjoying breakfast and the overwhelming panorama visiting the Pilkokaina Inca Palace and to the Inti Wata Cultural Complex including the Ekako Underground Museum, the traditional medicine and the Titikaka Reed Shipbuilders display centers, the Pachamama agricultural Inca terraces, a handicraft center, the Intica lounge and at the Manco Kapac look out the largest variety of Andean camelids. Visit the Inca Garden, steps and the Inca fountain. At the Inti Wata Complex at Sun Island a unique sailing experience aboard a huge titicaca traditional vessel is available Enjoy a nice buffet lunch whilst sailing arriving in the early evening at La Pa
Day 3: Tiwanaku and La Paz
Passengers are picked up from their hotels to visit the epic city of Tiwanaku, the capital of an ancient civilization. Located 72 km away from the city of La Paz and near the south-eastern shores of Lake titicaca. During its greatest times, the capital of Tiwanaku is the largest in the world and considered to be the Cradle of all American
Civilizations. The pre-Inca ruins have started endless archeological debates, the most recent radiocarbon 14 tests show that this edifications date back to 1580 B.C.I n this ancient breath taking city we will visit the Kalasasaya (Sun)
temple, Semisubterranean (Earth) Temple, Akapana Pyramid and the legendary Sun Gate, the tour also takes us to the museum filled with ceramic objects and tools from previous civilizations prior to the Incas.
Continue to tour the city of La Paz and moon valley visiting the famous Witch Doctor's Market, San Francisco Colonial Church and the typical handicrafts of the Sagarnaga street.The tour continues to Plaza Murillo where the Cathedral, the Government Palace and the national congress buildings are located then visit the famous colonial street Jaen where interesting museums are clustered together, followed by a visit to the replica of the semi-subterranean temple of the Tiwanaku Culture. To change scenery the tour continues to the residential areas of Obrajes, Calacoto and La Florida. The tour ends with a visit to the unique Moon Valley, where passengers will have the opportunity to walk around, and visit a ceramic workshop with a demonstration of the art of pottery
Transfer to the Cable Car Station to enjoy the incredible experience of flying between the mountains on board of the most modern and unique transportation mean of South America. During the ride amazing views of the city will be spotted, then you are transferred from the cable station.
Day 4: Private transport to the airport for departure flight.
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