Overview
A scrappy highland town at 3,800m, Puno earns its place as the base for Lake Titicaca — the highest navigable lake in the world. Out on the water sit the surreal Uros floating reed islands and the farming island of Taquile, where an overnight homestay is one of the most memorable things you can do in Peru.
Top things to do
Uros floating islands
Dozens of islands woven entirely from totora reeds, still home and livelihood to the Uros people.
Taquile Island
A terraced farming island famed for its UNESCO-listed textiles and slow, traditional pace of life.
Sillustani
Pre-Inca funerary towers standing above a glassy lake just outside town.
Overnight island homestay
Stay with a family on Amantaní or Taquile — shared meals, a village dance and a star-blanketed night.
Reed-boat ride on the Uros
Glide between the floating islands on a traditional totora boat.
Sillustani at sunset
A late-afternoon trip to the chullpa burial towers when the lake turns gold.
3-day sample itinerary
- 1
Arrive & Sillustani
Acclimatise gently and visit the burial towers at sunset.
- 2
Lake homestay
Uros and Taquile/Amantaní with an island overnight.
- 3
Return & onward
Back to Puno, onward to Cusco or Bolivia.