PERLLA 05: LEARNING FROM THE ANDEAN MAN Visit Lake Titicaca to explore its islands and communities. Trek to the Capachica Peninsula. + Transfer. Activity: rural tourism + ecotourism + trek Length: 3 days / 2 nights Season: Year round Price: Per person in US dollars Lodging: With a local family (Llachon – Santa Maria) Service: Private Minimum number of persons: 2 Location: Lake Titicaca, Llachon – Santa Maria communities 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 dirt 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 - Trek: Around the Capachica Peninsula (5 1/2 hour walk) - Llachon. Alter breakfast a tour local inhabitant’s home, our escort will take us down an easy path, fenced to avoid animals getting into the fields. We head towards the tip of the peninsula, leaving Puno’s bay behind to discover the Greater Lake. In passing through the community of Santa Maria, we will discover the inhabitants’ peaceful life. Upon arrival to the tip of the peninsula, we realise that the cultivation terraces on the other side have been abandoned. Lunch at the small abandoned port of Teques. After lunch 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 home. Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch and dinner included. Spanish-speaking escort. Day 3: Transfer Llachon - Capachica - Juliaca. Connection to Lima or La Paz or Arequipa or Cusco (see optional services 1 and 2) 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 as mentioned in the program Transportation for pre-established excursions: Transfer and navigation. Meals: 2 dinners and 1 box-lunch). Lodging: 2 nights in the homes of peninsula inhabitants Spanish-speaking escort or local guide. Quality of the service is supervised by the same Llachon - Santa Maria Local Homes Association.    Price does not include: Beverages and tips Airfares or other connecting transportation. Optional Service 1: Day 3: Navigation and visit to the Titino 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 Titina 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. 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 Transfer on private vehicle or local transportation. Navigation service: Private Price includes: Visits as mentioned in the program Navigation to Titina Island. Meals: 1 dinner and box-lunch Lodging: 1 night at local inhabitant’s home Spanish-speaking escort Quality of the service is supervised by the same Llachon - Santa Maria Local Homes Association    Price does not include: Beverages and tips Airfares or other connecting transportation. Optional Service 2: Day 3: Llachon -Titina Uros Islands - Llachon Alter breakfast, we go down to the dock to take a boat that will take us to the Titina 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. Possibility of going fishing at the Uros on a real totora boat. Overnight: Local inhabitants home Meals: breakfast, box-lunch and dinner included. Spanish-speaking escort. Navigation service: Private Day 4: Transfer to the Titina Uros Islands - Llachon - Capachica - Juliaca. Connection to Lima or La Paz or Arequipa or Cusco Boat-ride back to Llachon for the 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 as mentioned in the program Navigation to Titino Island. Spanish-speaking escort Quality of the service is supervised by the same Llachon - Santa Maria Local Homes Association Price does not include: Beverages and tips Airfares or other connecting transportation.

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