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5 Days$590USD

Activities
  • 5 days adventure touring
Accommodation
  • 4 nights hotel
Meals
  • 1 Lunch
  • 4 Breakfasts
2
Adventure touring

Traveller Rating

 

 
 

Trip highlights


  • Enjoy stunning views while journey across the high Altiplano
  • Visit Lake Titicaca and the floating reed islands
  • Explore the vibrant city of La Paz

Why Book With Us

  • Lern from our expert and passionate local guides about the Peruvian history, culture and customs.
  • Choose to upgrade to a beautiful train ride from Cusco to Puno (additional cost).
  • Extra time in La Paz built in at the end of the trip.
  • Stay at comfortable and centrally located hotels.

Journey across the high altiplano from Cusco to Lake Titicaca. We visit Lake Titicaca and the floating reed islands, home to the Uros Indians before continuing across the Altiplano via Copacabana to the highest capital city in the world at 3700m, La Paz.

Trip Code: CLP

From your hotel in Cusco, we collect you for the transfer to the bus station. We depart early in the morning for the 8 to 10 hour bus journey to Puno set on the shores of Lake Titicaca at 12,530' (3,820m). The journey by first class tourist bus crosses the dramatic Altiplano via altitudes of up to 4300m. During your trip, you will experience quintessential Andean landscapes and breathtaking vistas. The road takes us through the wonderful Andes scenery. First, we stop in Andahuaylillas, a town located 40 kilometres from Cusco with the Church of Andahuaylillas as the main attraction. The church is nicknamed the ‘Sistine Chapel of America’, due to its impressive art inside. After this, we stop in Checacupe, a beautiful town known for its hanging bridges and rock bridges. We continue the route to Racchi, where the Wiracocha Temple is located, a surprising 30-meters wide by 20-meters high construction of rectangular shape. Enjoy a tasty box lunch in Sicuani, followed by a brief stop in La Raya, the highest point between Puno and Cusco, over 4,313 metres above sea level. In the afternoon we arrive at the town of Pucara, where the Pucara Lithic Museum is located. Developed between the years 100 and 300 AC, this town was the first proper urban settlement of the lacustrine highlands. Finally, arrive in the city of Puno. Our first glimpses of lake Titicaca reminds us that this is hardly a lake - its more like a vast inland sea that also happens to be the highest navigable lake in the world! We spend our night at our hotel in Puno. If you choose to travel by train from Cusco to Puno, an upgrade option is available upon request at an additional cost. We will pick you up at your hotel early in the morning and transfer you to the train station. Please note that the Titicaca Train operates only on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. The once-in-a-lifetime adventure takes approximately 10 hours 30 minutes. The route is considered by many travel magazines to be one of the most beautiful in the world. Overnight: Hotel in Puno.

Meals:  L

Puno is a typical high Andean town, set on the shores of the lake and located on the great altiplano that stretches all the way to La Paz. There will be an opportunity to cruise Lake Titicaca – the highest navigable lake in the world – and visit some of the unique floating ‘tortora’ reed islands of the Uros Indians. The afternoon is free to relax in Puno and explore its streets and markets.

Meals:  B

We journey by public bus around the lake and across the border into Bolivia to the town of Copacabana - beautifully situated on the shores of the lake. We continue via the straits of Tiquina - the narrowest and also by coincidence the deepest part of Lake Titicaca - and on across the immense Bolivian altiplano to its biggest city, La Paz - at 3,700m the highest 'capital' city in the world. On arrival in La Paz transfer to your hotel.

Meals:  B

Today we have a free to to explore the city. There is a chance to join an optional tour of the city or to the ruins of Tiahuanacu or the highest 'ski-resort' in the world at Chacaltaya. Please discuss the options with your local guide.

Meals:  B

After breakfast we offer a transfer to the airport in La Paz where our trip concludes.

Meals:  B


Map

Elevation

The map and elevation chart are for illustrative purposes only and meant to provide general guidelines.


Inclusions

  • 4 breakfasts, 1 lunch
  • Comfortable and central hotels on a twin share basis
  • Non-private English speaking guide during the tours only
  • Non-private transportation and transfers throughout
  • Boat tour on Lake Titicaca

  • International airfares & departure taxes
  • Visa costs
  • Travel Insurance (compulsory)
  • Meals not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Aerated and alcoholic drinks
  • Personal expenses – laundry, telephones, tipping

Departure dates

Departs daily year round

Notes

Note:
Train upgrade Cusco to Puno upon request.
Note:
Christmas, New Year and Easter surcharge may apply.

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Priceper person from

$590USD

Options & Supplements*
  • Single SupplementUSD$140
  • Single Traveller SurchargeUSD$240
*Prices listed are per person

Essential Information

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