Puno
Puno is reached from Lima or Arequipa by air via the airport at Juliaca (forty minutes by road from Puno), or by an excellent 390 kilometre road from Cusco. There are a number of hotels and hostels in the city with prices to suit every pocket. Of course, you can leave your hotel arrangements to us. Bars and restaurants are accustomed to catering to travellers’ needs, and we offer a number of excursions to Lake Titicaca and the surrounding area, as well as transport to Bolivia.

Taquile Island
We access this beautiful island from Puno. We offer guided trips of one or two days to Taquile, which also stop at the floating Uros Islands on the way. Taquile was isolated from the mainland until a National Geographic Society expedition brought the unique Inca lifestyle of its inhabitants to the world’s attention in the1970s. Taquile islanders still dress traditionally, and govern their 6 kilometre-long home with laws which date from the time of the Incas. The two highest points of the island are topped by ruins and command fine views of the lake and the Cordillera Blanca in Bolivia including, on a clear day, the 6,439 metre peak of Illimani near La Paz. Accommodation is basic but charmingly authentic, with visitors assigned a room in a family house by a committee of village elders.

Amantaní
Taquile’s neighbour, this lovely island – which was once a prison island during Peru’s tumultuous independence period - is growing in popularity among some travellers who find Taquile Island too crowded in the high season (June to September). Once again, accommodation is in local islanders’ homes. Unlike Taquile, there are no restaurants on Amantani, and meals are shared with local families when staying overnight on the island, or we can provide box lunches for those on our one-day excursions.

Uros Islands
These floating totora reed islands were built by the Uros people over five hundred years ago to isolate themselves from other more dominant mainland pre-Inca cultures such as the Colla and Lupaca. We can visit the Uros from Puno in a half day trip, or during the longer one- and two-day trips to the islands of Taquile and Amantaní.

Sillustani
This sombrely beautiful site on the shores of Lake Umayo is located some forty minutes by road from Puno in the direction of the airport at Juliaca. These conical-shaped funerary towers were fashioned from finely-worked stone by the Colla culture, whose masons were later taken to Cusco by the conquering Incas to work on their temples and palaces. We can arrange an excursion from Puno, or include a visit to Sillustani during transfers to or from Juliaca airport.    

Suasi Island
A visit to this picturesque, privately-owned island with its fine accommodation is a way to truly “get away from it all” and relax. We access Suasi by private vehicle to Juliaca and then through the communities of Huancané, Moho and Cambría. From Cambría we are rowed across the lake to the island. For the more adventurous traveller, we can arrange a hike from Moho to Cambría (about 15 km by road). Suasi is not a cheap option, but for those willing to spend a little more the island is an idyllic alternative, and you can comfort yourself with the thought that some of your money is used for the maintenance of the island.

Bolivia
We can reach Bolivia by road from Puno via the towns of Desaguadero or Copacabana, although we recommend the latter route for its fine scenery and views of Lake Titicaca. Attractions around the Bolivian side of the lake include the religious sanctuary of Copacabana, the ruins of the capital of the pre-Inca Tiahuanaco culture, the reed boat building village of Huatajata - whose craftsmen made Thor Heyerdahl’s Ra and Kontiki rafts - and the sacred islands of the Sun and the Moon, which are central to the Inca creation legend.