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10 Hours
No Cancellation
10 people
English, Espanol
Tour Ruta del Sol (the route of the Sun) : The Route of the Sun is a bus tour between the cities of Cusco and Puno. This one-day tour through the Andean countryside is designed to visit ancient Inca sites and archaeological centers. This Cultural Bus is equipped to travel in a comfortable and fun way from Cusco to Puno. The tourist bus from Cusco to Puno runs every day and takes you on bus from Cusco to Puno in 10,5 hours. It will cost you all day, but you travel in a relaxed pace and you get to see all kinds of cultural sites along the way. The bus stops at 6 different places along the route before they drop you off in Puno.
DAILY DEPARTURES Tourist bus service from Cusco to Puno with lots of years of experience in the tourist transport service, providing daily transport with guided tours. The sites visited on route are: ANDAHUAYLILLAS, RAQCHI AND PUKARA
You must book and pay online once you receive your reservation code.
| Service | Time frame | Boarding time | Departure time | Arrival time |
| Cuzco – Puno | Diurno | 06:40 am | 07:00 am | 05:00 pm |
| Puno – Cuzco | Diurno | 06:40 am | 07:00 am | 05:00 pm |
HOW TO BOOK AND CONFIRM.- Choose your preferred departure date on the Calendar (Leaving Dates) then fill it out with your details and all the requested, you can book for 2 or more person just complete details on traveling with: then you will receive a reservation code (Purchase Number)
** NOTE.- You can just buy the tickets directly on the tour but at times people have been more interested in conversations with locals or souvenirs offered at sites or were too tired to visit all sites, so this is left as an option for our passengers to decide at the time of the tour rather than paying in advance.
Transfer at 06:20 am from your Hotel in Puno to our Bus Terminal.
Start in Cusco on time, on route we stop first at the church of ANDAHUAYLILLAS, also known as the Sixtine Chapel of South America built by the Jesuits in the 16th century. Like other Spanish and religious constructions of the time, it was built on top of a Huaca, or sacred place for the Incas civilization. Paintings of the famous Cusco Paint School from XIV,XV century are extraordinary here.
As we continue south towards Puno we go to RAQCHI
Stop in RAQCHI. The most important building inside the complex is the "Wiracocha temple" that according to the old chroniclers was built by the Inca Wiracocha in honour to the Superior God invisible for the Andean people: "Apu Kon Titi Wiracocha". Architectonically it is classified as "Kallanka", that is, a high building completely covered with straw (wood and "ichu"). Externally it is 92 meters long (302 feet) and 25.25 meters wide (83 feet).
The highest point we reach in this trip is Abra LA RAYA (tThe Raya Pass) is the watershed between the valley that drains into Lake Titicaca and the valley that leads down to Cusco and to the Sacred Valley. The altitude is 4,338 m (14,232 feet).
LUNCH in Sicuani.- It is a relatively large highland town. It is a major intersection, with the road to Puno/Arequipa passing through here. This town is surrounded by some very pretty hills. Here we have a buffet lunch in our exclusive restaurant with family atmosphere. Time to rest and relax.
Continuing our driving we will finally stop at the PUKARA which was the first regional population center in the northern Lake Titicaca basin during the Late Formative Period (500 BC- AD 200), providing valuable insights into the origins of Andean Civilization in the highlands and altiplano. During its peak it covered over a square kilometer and housed thousands of bureaucrats, priests, artisans, farmers, herders, and possibly warriors. The Pukara Culture style is identified by impressive monolithic sculptures with a variety of geometric, zoomorphic, and anthropomorphic images plus intricate, multi-colored pottery in a variety of ritual and domestic forms.
Arriving to Puno.Approximately at 5:00 pm (Bus Terminal,10 minutes from the centre of Cusco)
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