Hotel Taypicala Lago Puno

Panamericana Sur KM 18 Chucuito Puno, Peru

Travel Blogs Nearby

Getting Higher, Getting Colder

A travel blog entry by bengamble

2
10

... with nice, heavy Alpaca wool blankets. We napped til noon or so, and when Emily woke up she was feeling nauseous with a throbbing headache. Must have been the altitude. We are now over 3800 metres above sea level! She popped some pills washed down with coca tea and continued to sleep. I was left to explore Puno on my uno.

Puno is not the nicest town we have been to in Peru. I may have been taking streets that were not on the tourist trail because in ...

Idiot Abroad 2

A travel blog entry by sim_and_mike

5

... drenched! It was fascinating. If they fall out with members of their family or people on the same island then they cut the island in half! Every few years they have to start a new island to prevent themselves from sinking. Unfortunately it has become a little tourist orientated with people relying a little too heavily on visitors.

We then sailed to meet Roxanna who was to be ...

Mother Balaria´s House

A travel blog entry by becca_john2011

... which needed to be replaced every 3 months. We visited one family and they were brightly dressed in fluorescent clothes. They told us about their life on the islands and we were able to dress in their traditional clothes.

We then travelled across the lake for 3 hours to Amanti Island which is pretty big and inhabited by 5000 people. A majority of the land is farmland. I shared a room with Amy and Scott and we were introduced to ´Mama Balaria´ where ...

Puno & Lake Titicaca

A travel blog entry by esteban.y.inga

21

... we decided to book half a day to the floating islands on the Titicaca-lake. In the evening, the city didn't really looked appealing to us, especially the extremely touristic character of the inner city. We did find a nice pizzeria, named Machu Pizza.
Thursday morning we went with a full bus to the Titicaca-lake. We could have walked just as well since the ride to get all the fellow passengers took longer than the ride to the lake (only 800m). With ...

The Orphan Way of Life

A travel blog entry by yisouthamerica

5
33

... frame for new doors, and redoing the floor of the laundry rooms. For the entire week, we worked on the doors, fought over who could spend more time with the kids, and got a new appreciation for how lucky we all are to have the chance to give back to others.

Throughout my time here, I have noticed that the people here, both young and old, live hard lives. Obviously, they do not have all the pleasures that so many of us, I for ...

Search Puno Hotels

City:
Check-in:

mm/dd/yyyy
Check-out:

mm/dd/yyyy
Adults:
Price level: