Uros Floating Islands Tour – Half Day

The Uros Floating Islands Tour begins outside the bay of Lake Titicaca only 14 kilometers (9 miles) from the city of Puno. The boat trip only takes about 30 minutes to reach the nearest islands.

“URU” was the name of a very particular ethnic group that coexisted on Lake Titicaca with civilizations prior to the Aymara nations and the Incas. In fact, it is believed that UROS could have been the first ethnic group that populated the high Andean region around Lake Titicaca.

The Uros were always a simple town of fishermen and hunters who preferred to remain isolated from the most advanced civilizations of the mainland. Their search for isolation may be a reason why they decided to live in “mobile homes” on the lake. When the Spanish chroniclers found the Uros at the end of the 16th century, the Uros lived small totora rafts floating from one side to the other in the manner of “floating houses”. Only in the early 1960s, the Uros began to build small artificial totora islands to build their homes there.

Nowadays, the totora is a very important element for the Uros. The totora is used to feed, feed the animals, build rafts, build houses, make fire and cook etc. Thanks to the Uros of today, we can appreciate the way of life of an ancient ethnic group. The Uros who now live on the islands work in tourism and strive to give their children a better future.​

Duration 3:00 H.

• 08:50: Pick up of hotels for transfers to the port of Puno *.
• 09:20: Boarding time to leave for Uros.
• 10:00: Guided tour and cultural interpretation of the Uros Islands (at least two islands are visited).
• 12:00: Return to Puno.

WHAT IS THE ESSENTIAL WHAT SHOULD I TAKE?
It is recommended to bring sunglasses, sunscreen with high SPF, moisturizer, swimsuit (the water of the lake is cold but there are those who dare to take a dip!), Flashlight, hat, warm clothes and comfortable for the night and first thing in the morning, cotton shirts for the day, hand sanitizer and camera.