Lake Titicaca 2 day 1 night 4- island tour with home stay on Amantani island. - This was an amazing experience! We especially enjoyed the home stay portion where we were placed with a local family, who greeted us at the dock, cooked lunch, dinner and breakfast for us (!all delicious), came with us as we hiked to the top of the island for sunset, dressed us up in local dress for the dance that night, which was a colourful affair complete with a live local band. The whole community came out and danced with all the tourists. It was wonderful. I would highly recommend this tour. And a shout out to our guide Richard, who led the “happiest group.” He was outstanding.

Staged and disappointing although the lake itself is amazing - We booked this (truth be told I don't remember visiting Sillustani so it may have been a different 2D1N but very similar) trip through Peru Hop while staying in Cusco. The tour was staged and very much a cash grab (aggressive expectations of tipping and buying weirs and every turn)- when I tried to look at a different blanket of items on Uros the purveyor pulled me back to her blanket. On Amantani Island, if you don't speak Spanish it will be an awkward silent home visit. The fact that the government mandates families to host visitors is strange; I am not convinced that the families love the experience. Taquille Island, on day 2 was truly gorgeous (as was the entire lake). Here I felt like the islanders went about their business and we were visitors exploring and observing and spending money as desired. Lake Titicaca is worth visiting but I didn't love the vibe of the tour.