Experience Cusco to Lake Titicaca Day Trip with plan day trip Cusco Puno lake Titicaca, on a friendly budget with us¡ And we visit some beautiful places along the route with breathtaking views, like Andahuaylillas Colonial church, Raqchi Inca temple, and Pukapukara museum, and then arriving to Puno city, by dropping you off at your place.
Planning to have this day trip from Cusco to Puno city in Peru country is one vast and varied country of global cultural tours, being a historical depth day tour just one day trip! So your personal tour guide will take you on this unforgettable day tour.
Lake Titicaca Tours From Cusco To Puno
So, this day tour from Cusco to Puno is with our experienced tour guide with an oxygen tank, in case we can need it, and moreover, we do some lunch at Sicuani town which is a traditional buffet lunch provided by our company with a vegetarian option.
This is one of the nice sightseeing day tours, from Cusco city to Puno, through the Andes mountains, and also, watch many llamas and alpacas animals with some farmer’s villages, along the route.
The time to arrive in Puno lake Titicaca will be approximately by 5:15 pm.
Andahuylillas:
The church is of simple construction, made of thick adobe mud-brick walls, common in colonial buildings, and features a relatively modest structure: a single nave with a bell tower and a façade with two solid stone columns that stand out against the others around the main entrance.
While the exterior of the church looks rather humble, it is the interior, that makes this one of the most valuable jewels of colonial art in Peru, sometimes called the «Capilla Sixtina» or «Sistine Chapel» of America.
Raqchi
(Temple of Wircocha ) The most prominent structure is the Temple of Wiracocha, an enormous rectangular two-story roofed structure that measures 92 meters (300 ft) by 25.5 meters (84 ft).
This structure consists of a central adobe wall some 18 to 20 meters in height with an andesine base. Windows and doors allow passage. It is flanked on each side by a row of eleven columns
Buffet lunch in Sicuani: Sicuani is a relatively large highland town. The town is a major intersection, with the road to Puno/Arequipa passing through here. This town is surrounded by some very pretty hills. Afterward, you have a buffet lunch in our exclusive restaurant with a family atmosphere.
La Raya Pass:
La Raya pass mountain views 4310 meters above sea level (14,172 ft), here we have the chance to get out and breathe the air and take some photographs of grazing llamas and alpacas extending to the broad Altiplano horizon…This point is the conjunctions of the cordillera and the origin of the Vilcanota knot.
Pukara
Located 106 km from the city of Puno. People of potters, which retains the name of the first civilization of southern Peru, which dates back to 1600 years BC and archaeological remains of which, besides its litchi and ceramic pieces are exhibited in the Museum site.
Pucara Puno has its origin in the Late Formative Period (200 BC – 200 AD) around Titicaca Lake in the Collao Plateau, which was one of the Aymara-speaking cultures that flourished in that region.
Tours From Cusco To Lake Titicaca
Having a Tour From Cusco to Puno is easy to book with the visiting the nice places along the route, first of all is better to leave early in the morning, so you can have enough time for exploring and photos for the Incas sites, and also visit more places,
The places that stand out on this day trip tour, from Cusco to Puno are, the Raqui Inca temple of the Inca God named Wiraccocha, then the pre-Inca site Silustani, which was the biggest pre-Ica cemetery for the Ccollas, located on the top of the Andes mountains with the view to the lake Umayo, where you see some tombs made with carved stones.
Then, you arrive at Puno city, through the viewpoint of lake Titicaca, and then we drop you off at your place
Itinerary For Cusco to Puno Tour
The Wonder First Class Tourist Bus is a tour in itself! This day-long ride is broken up by stops at archaeological and colonial sites and an Andean buffet lunch. Entrances to sites are included.
One Bus Riding Trip
- The bus trip from Cusco to Puno with stops, tours, and buffet lunch on route
- Highlights Places
- The colonial church at Andahuaylillas
- Inca site at Raqchi (we do a tour in this place)
- Abra la Raya pass, which divides Puno región with Cusco region
- Museum of pre-Inca artifacts at Pucara
- Buffet lunch
- First safe class tourist bus
Approximate Time To Reach These Places And Levels
Cusco (3450 m.a.s.l )Departure Time:7:30AM
- Andahuaylillas (3122 m.a.s.l.)Time: 8:30 AM
- Sicuani Village (Buffet Lunch:Time: Between 12:10 PM)
- Raqchi (3450 m.a.s.l.) Time:11:00AM 3552 m.a.s.l.)
- Raya Pass (4335 m.a.s.l ) -Time:14:15PM
- Pucara Museum (3900 m.a.s.l ) -Time:15:30PM
- Puno (3800 m.a.s.l.) -Arrival Time:17:00 PM
Includes For Day Trip Cusco Puno Lake Titicaca
- Pick up from your hotel and drop off at the terminal
- First-class touristic bus ( VIP service ) Cusco-Puno
- English-speaking guide ( Licensed in tourism )
- Stops for a guided tour along the way
- Entrances to the archaeological sites
- Buffet lunch ( vegetarian optional )
Not Included For Day Trip Cusco Puno Lake Titicaca
- Hotel in Puno
Price For Day Trip Cusco Puno Lake Titicaca
- In a shared group: Join a group with US$ 80
- Price per person in private service: 5 People $ 185 / 6 to 7 People $ 160 / 8 to 9 $ 120
Note For: Day Trip Cusco Puno Lake Titicaca
We can do some discounts for groups
How To Book Tour Cusco Puno?
To book this tour, you have to send us a deposit of US$40 dollars through our PayPal account, and PayPal charges 7% of any amount of money to send to Peru, and the %7 is charged to you, so that means you need to send us the US$43, and then the rest of the money in cash when you arrive in Cusco city and then, you need to send us the following details to our Gmail: chacrastravelperu@gmail.com
- The date of the tour and type of tour
- Number of people
- Address in Cusco city to pick you up for the following tours
- Gmail or WhatsApp to keep in touch
Then, we send you an email confirmation of the deposit and the tour.
Note: The US$43 dollar deposit, is for any number of people for booking this tour, then the rest of the money in Cusco city in cash, it can be in dollars or soles, this is up to you, and also please the final payment with good US$ bills, because the broken dollars bills no working in Peru.
This is our PayPal account to send the deposit: deposit@chacrastravelperu.com
