Duration Full day Departures Daily departures from Puno Peru SEE THE MAP Activities Motorboat excursion to the Sun Island ending in La Paz Airfares Not included, available upon request Puno Hotel Not included, available upon request
DAY 1 : PUNO / LA PAZ
You will picked up from your hotel in Puno Peru at 6:30 a.m. Land transfer
to Copacabana Sanctuary. You will arrive into Copacabana after about 3 hours.
Copacabana is the most important religious sanctuary in Bolivia. Thousands
of pilgrims visit every year to admire the Virgin of Copacabana also known
as Native Madonna. Next, you will visit the main square and the impressive
Cathedral (1/2 hour tour). You will arrive into the Sun Island after an hour
long spectacular catamaran cruise including lunch. This island has been
identified as the birthplace of several revered entities, including the sun
itself. A source of magnetic energy ,the vertex of the earth, the cradle of
the Inca Empire , the Inca couple Manco Kapac and Mama Ocllo appeared here
and founded the Sun Empire. During the 2 hour Sun Island Tour you will visit
:
-The Inca garden, the island micro climate provides the ideal location for
this garden that during Inca times was full of Andean flowers , water and
trees.
-The Inca Stairs that was built by the Incas in order to reach the Inca
Water spring
-The Inca water spring, a natural water spring with 3 different openings of
different tastes, this Inca made water fountain is supposed to be a source
of eternal youth.
-The Sun Island Inti Wata Complex, that contains the largest amount of
archaeological items founded in the island and the largest demo variety of
Andean flora and fauna available in Bolivia.
-The Sun Island Kallawaya Ancient Ceremony, witchcrafts, natural medicine,
art, magic, and millenary traditions are part of the mystic world of the
Kallawayas heritage. The purpose of this mystic ceremony is to purify the
souls of the Chinkana holy temple visitors, this Ceremony takes place in an
Inca altar at the top of the hill facing the temple and overlooking the lake.
You will then proceed back to Copacabana and you will then cross the lake
arriving in Chua after about 2 and 1/2 hours of a spectacular cruise. At the
Tiquina strait, cars, buses and trucks are loaded on wooden barrages and
ferried across the strait. Two picturesque villages -San Pedro and San Pablo
- are divided by the lake. We will travel by bus to La Paz, arriving at
19:30 hrs. and this will conclude all services for the day. (L)
INCLUDES: All scheduled land and lake
transportation. All transfers (*) . All scheduled excursions with English-speaking
guide services. All entrance fees. Meals as specified in the itinerary. B=Breakfast;
L=Lunch; D=Dinner.
NOT INCLUDED IN THE FEE
International or domestic airfares, airport departure taxes or visa fees, excess
baggage charges, additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations,
alcoholic beverages or bottled water, snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry,
phone calls, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of flights and items of
personal nature.
(*) NOTE: If the pickup is from one of the following hotels in Puno: Isla
Estevez, Posada del Inca, Casa Andina, Jose Antonio, Titilaka or Eco Inn there
will be an extra charge of $10 per person
Visa Requirement for US
Citizens to enter in Bolivia
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if you are North american and have decided visit
Bolivia, you must take note of this recent information:
In the first hours of 2007, The Bolivian President Evo
Morales suppressed by decree the right of US citizens to
enter this country freely, in reciprocity with a similar
measure taken by the US government.
Also the citizens of Angola, Bhutan, República de Chad,
Congo, Ruanda, Somalia, República Yemen, Indonesia,
China and Taiwán has been affected by this decreee
Please make sure to have all necessary documents before
traveling!
Cusco &
Machupicchu 
