Travel Reference
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Grab a comfortable tourist bus (or take the historic train) to the altiplano city of
Puno
.
If you can coincide with a festival, this is the place to do it, with wild costumes, brass
bands and fervent merriment. Otherwise, take in folkloric music at a dinner show or ad-
venture to aquatic accommodations on the retired steamship
Yavari
.
From your base in Puno, the funerary towers of the Colla, Lupaca and Inca cultures can
be found at
Sillustani
and
Cutimbo
, an easy day trip, and worth combining with lovely
Lampa
and its historic church. Take a boat tour of
Lake Titicaca
, visiting the famous
reed islands and staying overnight in traditional family lodgings on
Isla Amantaní
. If
you have a few extra days, take a catamaran tour, which also visits the Bolivian islands of
Isla del Sol
and
Isla de la Luna
, landing you in
Copacabana
, from where you can take
a tourist bus back to Puno.
Returning to Puno, explore the rural coast of the
Capachica Peninsula
, home to places
still steeped in the ancient traditions of the altiplano with nary another traveler in sight.
Get ready for the culture shock of big city living, and fly back to Lima.
