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Day Trip from Puno: Explore Sun Island and Copacabana

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Free cancellation available
Price is €90 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 1d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Experience a journey aboard a motor boat to Sun Island.
  • Marvel at remarkable archaeological complexes.
  • Explore the Bolivian town of Copacabana and enjoy a lunch break there.
Activity location
    • La Paz
    • La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Meeting/Redemption Point
    • La Paz
    • La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia

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Day Trip from Puno: Explore Sun Island and Copacabana
  • Activity duration is 1 day1d
    1d
  • English
Starting time: 06:00
Price details
€89.86 x 1 Adult€89.86

Total
Price is €89.86

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Pick up from the hotel in Puno.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Transfer from the hotel to the bus terminal in Puno.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    1 Lunch in Copacabana.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tourist bus return Puno – Copacabana (vice versa).
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Visit to the Basilica of the Virgin of Copacabana.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private bilingual guide (English – Spanish).
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance tickets to Isla del Sol.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Tour to the Island of the Sun.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Boat (shared boat).
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Copacabana tourist bus – Puno or La Paz.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Transfer from the bus terminal to the hotel in Puno.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food not mentioned in the programme.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Extra expenses.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Drinks.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Travel insurance.

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: People with mobility impairments
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

This tour will allow you to visit the Basilica of the Virgin Candelaria of Copacabana and the Island of the Sun, located in Copacabana (Bolivia) at a distance of 142 km from the city of Puno. This place was the centre of origin of the Inca Empire, visiting this place will allow you to discover archaeological centers dedicated to the cult of the Sun god or Inti.

Itinerary:

  • We begin with the pick-up from the hotel at 6:00 a.m. near the main square of Puno and later to the terminal station, from where we will go to Copacabana by excursion bus.

  • Later we will arrive at the Peru-Bolivia border (Cassani) where we will carry out the procedures to enter Bolivia.

  • After completing all the procedures, we will travel to Copacabana, approximate arrival time: 12:00 Bolivian time.
    Here we will have lunch and visit the Cathedral of Our Lady of Copacabana. Then we will go to the dock to take the boat that will take us to the Isla del Sol. We will cross Lake Titicaca until we reach the south side of the Isla del Sol, where we will visit the archaeological site of Pilkoken (Temple of the Sun). During the way to the Isla del Sol, we will go down the Umani stairs from the Inca era and, among other things, we will visit the Eternal Fountain of the Incas, where you can taste the holy water.

  • Finally, we will take the boat back to Copacabana, arriving at approximately 5:00 pm. Once back in Copacabana, we will have free time before taking the bus back to Puno, arriving at approximately 9:00 p.m. at the Puno terminal.

Location

Activity location
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    • La Paz
    • La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia
Meeting/Redemption Point
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    • La Paz
    • La Paz, La Paz Department, Bolivia