Lake Titicaca & Uros Islands: 2-Day All-Inclusive Cultural Tour

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. ★Highlights⌄

   The little village of Raqchi (125km southeast of Cuzco) is wrapped around Templo de Viracocha, an Inca ruin which was once one of the holiest shrines in the Inca empire. It features huge columns supporting the largest-known Inca roof; mostly destroyed by the Spanish, but their foundations remain. The ruins of many houses and storage buildings are also visible.

   The “La Raya” Pass. abra-de-la-raya. La Raya marks the border between the regions of Cusco and Puno.

   he main attraction of Andahuaylillas is its baroque church dedicated to Saint Peter the Apostle. The church is nicknamed "the Sistine Chapel of America" because of the magnificent frescos that adorn its walls.

   Lake Titicaca is the birthplace of the sun. Set between Peru and Bolivia, it’s the largest lake in South America and the highest navigable body of water in the world.

   Lake Titicaca is the birthplace of the sun. Set between Peru and Bolivia, it’s the largest lake in South America and the highest navigable body of water in the world.

   Lake Titicaca is the birthplace of the sun. Set between Peru and Bolivia, it’s the largest lake in South America and the highest navigable body of water in the world.

   RISING UP AROUND THE SHORE of Peru’s Lake Titicaca, the archeological site known as Sillustani are the fascinating ruins of what may have once been a cylindrical necropolis. Created by the pre-Incan Culla civilization that thrived in the area surrounding the lake until around the 1500s, when the Inca destabilized their hold on the area, the ruins at Sillustani are most strikingly comprised of circular towers. These spires, known as “chullpas” were built out of large stacked blocks. Each tower was built to hold an extended (usually noble) family within its rounded walls.