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Tiwanaku Excursion Full day

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DLESTIFD TIWANAKU EXCURSION Full Day

Hotel / Ceramic and Lithic Museums of Tiwanaku / Akapana Pyramid / Kalasasaya Temple / Semi underground Temple / Sun Gate / Suka Kollus Agriculture Method / Puma Punku / Hotel

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Pick up from the hotel and departure to the Tiwanaku town, a location 72 kilometers from the city of La Paz. Tiwanaku was one of the oldest civilizations of humanity, its pre-Inca culture had very extensive knowledge of the universe and its relationship with human life, from one time to another this culture disappeared without leaving clear evidence of its extinction. During its heyday, Tiwanaku was the main ceremonial center and cradle of American Andean cultures. These pre-Inca ruins started a series of archaeological debates. According to carbon 14 tests, the emergence of this culture would be around 1580 years before Christ.

The first visit is the Tiwanaku Lithic Museum, which houses a large number of archaeological remains, sculptures, tools, medicinal applicators, weapons, Monolith, carved rock totems that represent an apparently human being, but of larger dimensions. Following the visit to the archaeological site, you will know the Akapana Pyramid, with a height of 18 meters, 7 steps, its perfect and exact construction has a perfect geometric shape with an underground Andean cross at the top. The next attraction will be the Temple of Kalasasaya, a lithic solar calendar that indicated the equinoxes and solstices, this also served as a ceremonial temple in conjunction with the semi-underground Temple, which is the next attraction; a small underground quadrangle with 7 access steps and 175 different anthropomorphic and zoomorphic heads, which could symbolize an ethnic sample of the time. The last attraction is the Sun Gate, a very particular figure of the Tiwanacota culture, it was thought to be a unique structure, however it was shown that it is a part of eleven that made up a 360-day calendar wall, extremely giant and visible to all their population. Lunch in local restaurant.

Visit to the Suka Kollus, they are the Andean system of crops, ancestral technology applied in flooded ecological zones. This mechanism allows the absorption of unnecessary water and facilitates cultivation in spaces similar to cultivation beds; a clear sample of the cultivation and harvesting knowledge of ancient cultures. The last visit is made to the ruins of Puma Punku, this complex is made up of blocks of rock of volcanic origin, with a height of 7 meters and a weight of more than 100 tons. These wonderfully carved stones leave the experts in the field perplexed, since the advanced tools they used to give them the right angles, perfect circumferences, lines cut to the millimeter and completely smooth surfaces are not known, leaving an enigmatic doubt in all their visitors. Return to the city of La Paz and transfer to the hotel.

Included: Private transport, bilingual guide assistance (English – Spanish), lunch and entrance fees.

No Included: Tips nor personal expenses.

  • January 1st Tiwanaku site is closed.
  • June 21st price increase for Solstice Festival.

 

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