Tour to Uros Island

General information

Destination	Category
Puno, Peru	Sightseeing Tours

Program details

You will be picked up from Puno's lake port and transferred to the floating islands of the Uros. Uros are an ancestral society that inhabits a series of artificial islands built with totora, a reef that grows in the lake. The islands are built by weaving totoras in the places where they are thicker and form a natural layer. They build their totora houses over it and cook in the open air to prevent possible fires. After a two-hour tour, you will sail back to Puno.


Meeting/pick-up point: Hotels in Puno Dowtown and out of the city except Taypikala and Titilaka Hotel.

Duration: Three hours.

Start/opening time: At 9.15am.

Languages: English and Spanish.

Others: In order to book this service the following information is required: complete names, date of birth, passport number, nationality, language, and the hotel where passenger will be staying.