Half Day Uros Floating of Lake Titicaca Tour is one of the popular tours in South America. It takes you to Uros Floating Islands. These are a group of man-made totora reed islands near Puno Peru.
The Lake is one of the largest water bodies in the world that straddles the border between Peru and Bolivia. It has a history of human settlement by the Uros people that dates back to pre-Columbian times.
Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, is home to different islands. The most popular ones are Amantani, Uros, and Taquile Islands. Local Families living on these islands have preserved their age-old traditions and customs.
This half-day trip to Uros Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca with our English-speaking local tour guide will give you an insight into the life of the Uros People.
You will discover how locals here maintain their life sustainably with limited resources. For instance, due to the scarcity of electricity, they have installed many solar panels.
Puno Hotel Transfer
0900 AM, 1200 Noon and 0400 PM
Uros Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca Half Day Tour begins with a pickup from your hotel in Puno. We will then drive you to the boat pier. Here you will be boarding the motorized boat to Uros Floating Islands.
Uros Floating islands are just 25 minutes by boat from Puno.
Locals will be extending a warm welcome to you the boat would dock on the pier here. After a short introduction, our local expert will be giving you a guided tour of the island. You will discover how these islands came into existence.
The head of the respective island will then demonstrate how they build these floating islands. You will then have the opportunity to visit their home. If desired, you can also get dressed in traditional attire and pose for a photograph.
Once you have had your fill of these man-made islands, you will have the option of embarking on the traditional reed boat. Please note that this costs extra and is not included in the price paid for the tour.
If you choose to embark on the reed boat, locals would take you to the main island. If not, you can simply take our motorized boat to the main floating island of Uros.
You will have some free time to explore the main island which houses a restaurant.
After enjoying the floating islands of Uros, we will be embarking on our motor boat to return to Puno.
Our representative will be meeting you at the pier on arrival and will transfer you back to your hotel within the historic center of Puno.
I landed in Juliaca airport and upon our request a representative of Planet Odysseys organised my transfer and hotel in Puno. Both were inexpensive and very convinient. On the day of the tour they picked me up from the hotel too. The tour was nice and very pleasant experience. After my Uros trip I reached the bus terminal to board my bus to Cusco and it started getting dark and cold and I was not comfortable staying out as a foriegner. A Planet Odysseys representative let me be in her office in the bus terminal. They are very considerate and are exceptionally accomodating
We booked this quick tour to s the famous floating islands of Uros. Planet Odysseys were excptional. They made this an unforgettable experience with a great local tour guide. There were no pressures of buying anything on uros from locals. Recommended if you are short of time
Everything was exceptional, from pick up to drop off they were simply amazing. We were short of time so just visited Uros floating islands. Nancy was very helpful. She even assisted us in getting our bus booked to Cusco. Total VIP treatment. Highly recommended!
This was a good experience. Totally worth it. Everything was good. They were among a handful of tour companies who offered a hotel transfer for this price. The guide was nice and spoke good English. People is Uros island were welcoming and friendly. It was a short boat ride to Uros from Puno an excellent way to get an hint of Uru culture and people if you don´t have much time.
Very nice tour of the lake and the people who live on it. In my opinion, the 1/2 day was enough to see all that there is. We motored out to one of the floating islands, met the people who live there, saw how they build them, and then mingled a bit. The families living on the island are very hospitable, and of course they depend on the tourist trade, so bring a couple of extra soles to buy some handicrafts or take a reed boat ride. Everything was reasonably priced, and there is no pressure to buy anything. Plenty of photo opps. I highly recomend it.
