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Sun Island
(Puno-Copacabana-Sun Island-Copacabana-Puno)
Price per person $142
You will picked up
from your hotel at 6:30 am. Land transfer to Copacabana Sanctuary. You will
arrive into Copacabana after about 3 hours. Copacana is the most important
religious sanctuary of Bolivia, thousands of pilgrims visit every year the
virgin of Copacabana also known as Native Madonna, you will visit the main
square and the impressive Cathedral (1/2 hour tour). You will arrive into
the Sun Island after about 1 hour of a spectacular catamaran cruise
including lunch on board, 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 and the cradle of the Inca Empire, the Inca
couple Manco Kapac and Mama Ocllo appeared here and founded the Sun Empire.
During a 2 hours 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 ethernal 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 then to Puno, we will return in
Puno at 5:30 pm and end of the service. (Lunch included).
END OF THE TRIP * Note : Departure from Puno might be modified to 06:00am
due to expansion in our services at Sun Island .
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Sun Island |

Inca Steps |

Inca fountain |

Sun Island |
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.
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
and non-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 pick up is from one of the following hotels in Puno:
Isla estevez, Posada del Inca or Eco Inn there will be an extra charge of $9 per
person
OPTIONAL
Extra nights, domestic airfares, extensions
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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! |
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