PERLLA 03: EXPLORING THE BEAUTY OF THE CAPACHICA PENINSULA Visit Lake Titicaca and become acquainted with the culture on the high Andean plateau surrounding the lake. Trek on the island of Taquile and across the Capachica Peninsula + Transfer to Juliaca. Optional Extension. Activity: rural tourism + ecotourism + trek Length: 3 days / 2 nights Season: Year round Prices: Per person in US dollars Lodging: With a local family (Llachon – Santa Maria) Service: Private Minimum number of passengers: 2 Location: Lake Titicaca, Capachica Peninsula and Taquile Island in Puno Difficulty: Easy Difficulty of trek:    Eazy Moderate Moderate to Hard Day 1: Transfer Juliaca - Llachon (Capachica Peninsula). Free afternoon in Llachon (3,800 above sea level). Beginning of service in Juliaca: One of our representatives will be waiting for you at your arrival in Juliaca to assist you in your transfer to the community of Llachon in the Capachica Peninsula. Leaving Juliaca, the vehicle will take the road to Puno, but a bit later we will take a turn-off down a road that takes us across the Altiplano. We will pass through several tiny typical Altiplano towns before reaching the shores of legendary Lake Titicaca. Our local family is already waiting for us to take us to their home and invite us a cup of coca tea or a local mint called muña; here we can share their experiences and become acquainted with their traditions. After getting installed in your rooms, you are free to stroll in the fields to discover the life and traditions of this singular peninsula or maybe you would rather take a walk down the white sandy beaches of Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake (3,800 above sea level). Overnight: Home of local inhabitants. Meals: Dinner included. Spanish-speaking escort. Transfer on local bus or private transportation. Day 2: Llachon - Taquile - Teques: Trek across the Capachica Peninsula (3-hour walk) - Llachon.. Alter breakfast with our local family, we depart early to reach the dock where our captain is readily waiting for us with his boat. We leave Puno’s bay to enter the main lake. Water turns darker and approximately after an hour on the boat we disembark on the northern end of the island. We walk across the island down an agreeable path with no real difficulties, discovering Taquile’s own traditions and enjoying the fabulous landscape dominated by Bolivia’s Cordillera Real. We reach the main square in the largest town in the middle of the island where you will discover local craftsmanship; here the men knit their own chullos y chuspas (typical Andean knit hat and bag to carry Coca leaves). Lunch at a typical restaurant to enjoy a trout or a lake pejerrey. We return to our boat that will take us to back to the Capachica Peninsula; but this time we will be dropped off in the small abandoned dock at Teques. From here we will climb to the peninsula’s summit to reach a pass where we will enjoy an incredible 360° view of the whole lake, Puno’s bay, the Ccotos and Capachica peninsulas, as well as the snow-capped mountains of Bolivia’s Cordillera Real, which remind us that we are in the middle of the Andes. It is definitively an amazing look-out point over Lake Titicaca and its surrounding region. We will return down an ancient well fenced path, escorted by sheepherders and their animals, to the small village of Llachon, where our local family awaits us with a steaming muña tea. Overnight: Local inhabitants’ homes. Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included. Local guide Navigation service: Private Day 3: Transfer Llachon - Capachica - Juliaca. Connection to Lima or La Paz or Arequipa or Cusco . Transfer to Juliaca on a private vehicle or on a local bus, where you will be able to embark towards other destinies such as overland to the Imperial City of Cusco, by air to the Lima , capital of Peru, overland or by air to the city of Arequipa, or overland to Bolivia through the border at Desaguadero or Casani.  Local Spanish-speaking escort. Meals: breakfast included Price includes: Visits mentioned in the program. Transportation for pre-established excursions: Transfers and navigation Meals: 2 dinners and 1 lunch. Lodging: 2 nights with local family home on the peninsula. Spanish speaking escort or local guide. Quality of the service is supervised by the Llachon - Santa Maria Local Homes Association. Price does not include: Beverages and tips Entrance fee to Taquile Island Airfares or other connecting transportation Optional Service: Day 3: Navigation and visit de Titina Uros Islands. Transfer Llachon - Capachica - Juliaca. Connection to Lima or La Paz or Arequipa or Cusco Alter breakfast, we go down to the dock to take a boat that will take us to the Titino Uros Islands (45-minutes navigation). This ancient civilization flourished on small floating totora reed islands on Lake Titicaca and their inhabitants continue to live from fishing and a bit from the sale of their small handicrafts. Return by boat (40 minutes) to the Llachon dock. Transfer by private vehicle or local transport to Juliaca where you will be able to embark towards other destinations such as overland to the Imperial City of Cusco, fly to Lima, Peru’s capital, or fly or go overland to the White City of Arequipa or head overland to Bolivia across the border at Desaguadero or Casani.  Local Spanish-speaking escort. Meals: breakfast included Transfer on local bus or private transportation. Navigation service: Private Price includes: Navigation to Titino Island Spanish-speaking escort or local guide. Quality of the service is supervised by the Llachon - Santa Maria Local Homes Association. Price does not include: Beverages and tips Airfares or other connecting transportation.

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