Day 1: Sillustani Chullpas Tour
The tour starts around 2:00 p.m. and ends around: 18:00 p.m. On a high plateau, more than 30 kilometres north of Puno, is Sillustani, one of the largest necropolises in the world.
Surrounded by a landscape of stunning beauty, which seems to be summarised in the calm waters of the Umayo lagoon, the archaeological complex stands out for its gigantic “chullpas” (species of stone towers), built by the Collas and Incas, to bury their dead.
Many of them exceed 12 metres in height and have a greater diameter at the top than at the base.
Quite a challenge to the laws of gravity and balance. A detail that makes them unique on the continent. Tombs of noble collas, eternal home of the Children of the Sun, who, upon dominating these lands, would add architectural characteristics similar to those of the Temple of the Sun or Cori cancha, in Cusco.