Ate a quick breakfast and caught the bus to Copacabana at 7:30am. We met two Aussies on the bus, Ben and Bret from Sydney who are trying to 'do' six countries in six months before travelling to the UK to look for work and one British woman who has been travelling through SA doing volunteer work for the past few months. Ah, how sweet the song of the open road...
Our guide, Abraham took us a restaurant for a big meal as soon as we arrived in Copacabana. We had the set 'menu' - Bolivian soup, Lake Titicaca trout and bananas and chocolate for desert. After lunch we set out on an pre-Inca trail leading from Copacabana to Yampupata (28 km). HIking the foothills of the Andes for four hours can be summed up in one word, 'breathless' - as in breath-takingly beautiful and as in hiking up and down hills at 4,000 metres above sea level literally takes your breath away.
Our reward was coming to the end of the trail at a pre-Incan stone village with a terrific view of Isla del Luna. We toured the village and the local school with a few Bolivians Abraham was familiar with and their donkeys.
We took a private boat to Isla del Sol at sunset and gasped through one last climb to our cabana. Accomodations and food are superb.
Tomorrow is my birthday. We plan to hike across the island (21 km). It{s looking like the weather will be beautiful and Abraham has promised we'll take it easy on the hills...
3 Days, 2 Nights Copacabana
- Bus and ferry to Copacabana
- Guided pre-Inca trail hike
- Private boat to Isla del Sol (45 minutes)
- 2 nights deluxe accomodation at an eco-lodge
- Hiking tour across Isla del Sol
- Private boat returning to the eco-lodge
- Private boat to Inca ruins and return to Copacabana (1 hour)
- Bus and ferry return to La Paz
- All meals and snacks
- Private guide/translator
$253/per person (we decided to splurge in celebration of my birthday)
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