Discover the wonders of Puno visiting the mysterious funerary towers or also known as Chullpas of Sillustani. The tombs of Sillustani are incredible stone towers surrounded by the beautiful Umayo lagoon and it is the most important pre Inca and Inca burial site in Peru. You will explore this fantastic place and we are going to visit a local family to learn about their customs.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Professional guide
✔ Round trip transfers to and from your hotel
✖ Gratuities
Pickup Locations
1. Hostel Sillustani Inn Puno
2. Mosoq Inn
3. Hotel Casona Colon Inn
4. Colonial Plaza Hotel
5. Mirador del Inka Inn
6. Hotel Kuntur Inn
7. Hotel Italia
8. Hotel Presidente
9. Nak Hoteles
10. Casa Andina Standard Puno
11. Plaza Mayor Hotel
12. Hotel Hacienda Plaza de Armas
13. Royal Inn Hotel
14. Lake Titicaca Hotel
15. Intiqa Hotel
16. Hotel Conde de Lemos
17. Gran Puno Inn
18. Sol Plaza Hotel Puno
19. Ururi Stay Puno
20. Julio Cesar Hoteles
Additional Info: Pick up from centrally located downtown Puno hotels, or from hotels located on the shores of Lake Titicaca
Itinerary
1
Sillustani
We will pick you up from your hotel located in the city of Puno to go towards the archaeological site of Sillustani Puno. This amazing complex is located on the top of a peninsula on the shores of Lake Umayo, 22.3 miles from the city of Puno and Lake Titicaca.
This place has circa 90 funerary towers built by the Kolla culture, an Aymara community developed before the Inca Empire. A lot of mummies have been found inside these towers, including important people as priests, leaders and nobles. They were previously mummified and were places as fetal position, along with all their belongings such as gold, silver and ceramics.
The state of conservation of these burial towers is impressive, all of them were made with stones with varying shapes that fix each other perfectly. The architecture and engineering used by the Kolla culture was quite advance for its time. Some of them are 12 meters’ high, where the Lagarto Chullpa is the tallest and most representative tower.
Duration: 1.5 hours
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The Sillustani tour continues with the visit to a local family that breeds Alpacas and they will show us how they process and cook their own food, their lifestyle, their looms and how they maintain ancestral customs.
At the end of the visit, you will be transferred back to the hotel.
Duration: 30 minutes
Additional info
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• You should bring hat, sunglasses, coat, sunscreen
• Puno has an average altitude of 3,800 M.A.S.L., so we recommend prior acclimatization to start the excursion.
