01DAY TOUR LLAMA TREK + SILLUSTANI BURIAL GROUNDS

RATES 2023

PRIVATE SERVICES

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RUMBO EXPLORA have carefully selected the best transport options, Llama trek, with guided visit to Sillustani burial towers, all year around. RUMBO EXPLORA offer you the possibility to make your transport reservation, due that not all transport companies have an automatic booking system. We will confirm your reservation within 24 hours.

01DAY LLAMA TREK + VISIT SILLUSTANI
PRICE PER PERSON	INCLUSIONS & EXCLUSIONS
US$108.00 (based on 02 persons)	Inclusions: Private tourist transportation for 01day, english-spanish speaking private guide, trek with llamas, boat ride on Umayo lake, entrance fees, visit Sillustani burial grounds, lunch at  restaurant of farm house. Note: The trekking with llamas takes about 01 hour, slowly and along the pre-incan trails. Exclusions: Tips, extras and others not mentioned in the program.
US$83.00 (based on 03 persons)
US$67.00 (based on 04 persons)
US$67.00 (based on 05 persons)
On request 06 persons up
AM: Depart Puno to Atuncolla village: 8:00am Starting llama trek: 9:00am Boat ride on Umayo lake: 10:30am Visit Sillustani burial grounds: 12:00pm	Distance Puno to Sillustani: 38km Distance of llama trek: 2.5km Distance boat ride on Umayo lake: 3.5km
PM: Sillustani to Atuncolla village: 13:30pm. Then lunch at restaurant Return Atuncolla to Puno: 14:30pm Arrival in Puno: 15:30pm. Then transfer to hotel.	First Aid Kit & Services: Oxygen on board during the journey, first aid kit

01DAY LLAMA TREK + VISIT SILLUSTANI + AIRPORT
PRICE PER PERSON	INCLUSIONS & EXCLUSIONS
US$123.00 (based on 02 persons)	Inclusions: Private tourist transportation for 01day, english-spanish speaking private guide, trek with llamas, boat ride on Umayo lake, entrance fees, visit Sillustani burial grounds, lunch at  restaurant of farm house, transport to Juliaca Airport. Note: The trekking with llamas takes about 01 hour, slowly and along the pre-incan trails. Exclusions: Tips, extras and others not mentioned in the program.
US$93.00 (based on 03 persons)
US$75.00 (based on 04 persons)
US$75.00 (based on 05 persons)
On request 06 persons up
AM: Depart Puno to Atuncolla village: 8:00am Starting llama trek: 9:00am Boat ride on Umayo lake: 10:30am Visit Sillustani burial grounds: 12:00pm	Distance Puno – Umayo Lake – Sillustani: 38km Distance of llama trek: 2.5km Distance boat ride on Umayo lake: 3.5km
PM: Sillustani to Atuncolla village: 13:30pm. Then lunch at restaurant Transfer Atuncolla to Juliaca Airport: 14:30pm Arrival at Juliaca Airport: 15:30pm	Distancia Sillustani a Aeropuerto Juliaca: 38km First Aid Kit & Services: Oxygen on board during the journey, first aid kit

01DAY LLAMA TREK + VISIT SILLUSTANI
Servicios Privados

DESCRIPTION OF ITINERARY:
DAY 01: CHULLPAS OF SILLUSTANI: Atuncolla village located 28 km away northwest of the city of Puno, a car trip of 45 minutes where a local family will wait for you with llamas. Then we start our walking for about 1:00 hour, which is unique where visitors can experience about Peruvian culture and it´s past. On the way you will enjoy the beautiful landscapes of the high plateau, country houses, farming terraces and much more, arriving to Cacsi community from where we take a boat ride on Umayo Lake to visit a natural Island and watch some South American camelids as vicuña, alpaca, llama and some hybrids. Then we will visit Sillustani which is a peninsula, where on the top of the hill lies a cemetery, stone tombs (Chullpas) from pre-Inca times, up to 12 meters high built by Kolla and Inca religious leaders 3000 years ago to bury their leaders, there are over 90 tombs of different sizes and shapes. Umayo lake lies at the foot of the Chullpas which surrounds to Sillustani and adds a great beauty to the landscape. On the shores of the Lake you may observe some types of agriculture irrigations called waru waru, platforms surrounded by water channels which creates a special microclimate that served as protection for crops against frost, this technique was created by Pucara culture. Also there are different types of birds and various wild animals as vizcachas (South American rodent). On the way back to Puno you will have lunch at nice restaurant of farm house in Atuncolla village where you will appreciate the custom of local people (Collas) living in their typical houses made of stone, clay and straw. Then a return trip to Puno or connection to Juliaca Airport.

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WHAT IS INCLUDED: Private tourist transportation for 01Day, english-spanish speaking guide for 01Day, walking with llamas, US$20, boat ride on Umayo lake US$15, entrance fees to archaeological site of Sillustani US$5, guided visit to Sillustani burial grounds, lunch at restaurant of farm house. Besides pre-trip information + organization and all local taxes. There are no hidden extras in our prices.
NOT INCLUDED: Additional charge in group service for pick-up and drop-off, for hotels located out of Puno city as Jose Antonio, Mirador del Titikaka and others. Drinks, tips and others not mentioned in the program.

IMPORTANT: Our tourist transportation vehicles have nation wide circulation permit and 2 types of insurance (Certificate of Statutory Accident Insurance Transit SOAT, besides has vehicle Insurance Policy to all risks in record) + oxygen & first aid kit + panoramic windows + reclining & confortable seats, exclusive for our demanding customers. Rumbo Explora provide to visitors all possible choices. Beware with illegal local Tour Operators or middleman, who do not pay the real costs to suppliers (transport, local restaurants & guest houses, tour guides & drivers). Help us avoid the explotation.

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BY RUMBO EXPLORA	OTHER LOCAL OPERATORS
Technical specifications: Our modern & new tourist transportation vehicles: Mercedes Benz & Renault (10 to 19 seats), Minibus (25 to 30 seats), Buses (40 seats)	Technical specifications: Few tour operators work with good tourist transportation vehicles as: Mercedes Benz & Renault (10 to 19 seats), Minibus (25 to 30 seats), Buses (40 seats)
First Aid Kit & Services: Oxygen & first aid kit, telephone charger and maps of Colca valley, which led us to be one of the best tour operators in the southern Perú.	First Aid Kit & Services: Few tour operators provide this service.
Insurance policy: Our tourist transportation vehicles have national permit circulation and 2 types of insurance (Certificate of Statutory Accident Insurance Transit SOAT, besides has vehicle Insurance Policy to all risks in record)	Insurance policy: Most of tour operators work with vehicles which have local permits only.
Tours guides: We put at your disposal the most qualified staff of tourist guides, with degree of the Institute (3 years) or University (5 years) and certified from the language center of the university and Peruvian-American Cultural Center (US Embassy) with a high level of English.	Tours guides: Some travel agencies are not paying their guides or drivers, hiring them without experience. We are sure that you will be forced to buy souvenirs during the journeys with higher prices, and the guides will try living of their commissions, which can be a bad experience for you. ¡Be aware!

IMPORTANT NOTE:

You can see that in Rumbo Explora we have developed for you tailor-made itineraries with the best price as competitive as possible, providing an excellent service and paying our guides 10% above the legal wage agreed with the tour guides in Peru. Our staff are some of the best paid in Cusco & Machupicchu, Puno & Lake Titicaca, Arequipa & Colca canyon, Lima and Nazca & Paracas, which allows us to attract only the Best Tour Guides, Motor Boats and Land Transportation with national permit, to none other local company, that can only provide a cheaper price by providing a far inferior service and saving on staff costs, ¿How? Hiring tour guides in training without experience and not paying them, besides avoiding taxes to government.
Big Travel companies from Europe, North America, Australia and others work with the Peruvian Tour Operators located in Lima-Peru, who work as middlemen receiving from them good prices from the Tours & Packages, and paying to us 40 to 50% minor the normal price, besides 2 to 3 months delayed, being this the reason that Rumbo Explora have decided to offer tours & packages directly to travelers.