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4-Hour Uros Floating Island Tour

  • Tour Category

    Group Tour

  • Tour Types

    Boating, Rural Experience, Culture

  • Duration

    4 Hours

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English, Portuguese, Spanish

Description

Sail to Uros Reed Floating Island by a motorboat via small channels amongst the reed banks. Observe artificial reed platforms inhabited by the ancient ethnic group. Experience one of the most original ways of life on the earth.

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    • At 9.00 am, transfer to the Port of Puno from your selected hotel.

    • Enjoy a beautiful motorboat journey (30 min.) amidst reeds.

    • Arrive at Uros region, an archipelago of more than 60 man-made floating islands inhabited by the Uros, an ethnic group of fishermen that are part of an ancestral group. Very little is known about their origins.

    • Step on these man-made reed platforms which feel very much like a waterbed; however, they are quite safe to walk on.

    • Observe a number of reed islands one next to the other, with houses and people residing in them.

    • Get a guided tour to 2 or 3 islands, and explore surroundings on an authentic reed raft (optional).

    • Return to Puno, arrive at 12.15 pm, and get transferred to the hotel.

What's Included

  • Round trip transfers from your hotel to the port.

  • Motorboat transport (Classic Motor boat 11 km/h).

  • Bilingual; Spanish & English-speaking guide.

  • Entrance fees.


What's Excluded

  • Supplementary charge per person US$ 7.00 per transfers from Outside city Hotels (Libertador, Posada del Inka, etc.)

  • Tips.

  • Food or drinks.

  • For Hotel outside the city - Libertador, Posada del Inca or sim. Extra $ 4.0

What to bring

  • T-shirt, optionally long-sleeved shirt.

  • Long trousers, optionally shorts (extra).

  • Warm clothing and a jacket or a fleece.

  • Raincoat or a poncho.

  • Hat and sunglasses.

  • Sunscreen (sunblock) very important.

  • Walking shoes or boots.

  • Camera and film.

Know before you go
  • Currency, take a small change with you to try, and change an S/.100 note is next to impossible.
Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Adult
1 To 4 USD 25 Per Person

This is a group tour

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USD 25 / person