Half Day tour of Sillustani-Puno
Price per person: U$25 per person
Itinerary
In a peninsula of the Umayo lagoon, 34 km from Puno at 3,840 meters above sea level, is Sillustani, a cemetery where a series of impressive tombs pertaining to the Kolla culture can be seen (1200 - 1450) that was developed in the North part of the lagoon, in the well-known locality like Hatuncolla. The particular form of the tombs, trunks of cone invested, called chulpas, are constructions that, in smaller number also are in several other premises of the plateau, like Acora, Ilave, etc. (Sillustani = Sillus (Nail) + Llustani (Slippery) = Slippery of nails, perhaps making reference to that the union of the external blocks does not allow nor the passage of a nail) Before being placed in chulpa, the corpse was momificado On guard fetal. Jointly with momia their properties were placed, in some cases gold objects and silver, utensillos of ceramics and foods, since the beliefs said that after the death they would revive elsewhere where there will be to eat and to drink voluntarily, like before dying. Different types from burials are observed, from most rustic, Pre-Inca, to the falsified mausoleums more, with stones of many perfectly fitted angles in the external part.
This tour Includes:
• Pick up from your hotel in Puno
• English speaking guide,Entrance fee and Transport.
We recommend to Bring:
• Sun Cream and Hat,Water
• Extra Money for the lunch and sourveniers
