TOUR IN GROUP $ 12 US P/P
Starts 09.0 am. Returns: 12.30 m.
You join a group of approx. 20 persons. - Bilingual guide (Spanish - English).
SCHEDULE
Not included: lunch, tips, optional ride in typical reed boat
*There is a supplemental charge of $ 5.00 per person for pick-up from the following hotels: Htl. Libertador, Htl. Eco Inn and Htl Posada del Inka.
Recommended to enjoy for longer time your visit to the islands. Tell us number of people to be able to quote prices and time, schedules normally are upon request.
The community of UROS is Inhabited by over two thousand five hundred people, who claim to be "kot-suña" (the people of the lake), The floating islands of UROS are located 25 to 30 minutes by boat from the city of Puno, they make their artificial islands of TOTORA (reeds),it is believed that the UROS were one of the first ethnic groups populating the Andean region. Uros nowadays are still fishers and bird hunters and prefer to live isolated from the more advanced civilizations. Their search for isolation may be one reason why they decided to live in mobile houses on the lake. When the Spanish chroniclers encountered the UROS by the end of the XVI century, the UROS are still living on the lake in small reed-boats that they used as floating houses Nowadays, the reeds are still very important material for the Uros. They eat the reeds, build boats and houses with it, feed their few animals with reeds, and they use the reeds to make fire and cook.
A study of the genetic structure of the Quechua and Aymara groups of lake Titicaca has found that today's UROS people preserve part of the original gene of ancient UROS (PhD Fujita and Sandoval, 2002, today thanks to the visitors the young Uros people have an opportunity to study in high schools and University
It is surely one of the most original ways of life on earth. Some people think them artificial and acting for tourists. But in fact they are authentic, their culture is authentic, and the history of why they live amongst the reeds is fascinating. And remember this is an option of living the new Uros people (teenagers) they normally go to study to Puno City and in most of the cases they prefer to stay on mainland.
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