Aramu Muru Gate of the Gods Half-Day Tour from Puno
From €72 per person
See availability →An Aramu Muru tour from Puno that strings together Chucuito, the Molloco chullpas and the 7-metre gateway carved into red granite, in about five hours with a guide and car.
This Aramu Muru tour from Puno heads south along the shore of Lake Titicaca and links three archaeological sites most visitors never hear about, in around five hours.
The first stop is the colonial town of Chucuito, 18 km from Puno, and the Temple of Inca Uyo. In its open courtyard stand more than twenty phallic stones cut from the local rock, tied to fertility rituals of pre-Inca Andean tradition. From there the road leads to Molloco, a burial site of the Lupaca people. Chullpas (stone burial towers) and underground tombs cling to a rocky hillside; they pre-date the Inca Empire and feel quieter and more intimate than the better-known Sillustani.
The last stretch ends at Aramu Muru, known as Hayu Marca. A brief stroll from the road leads to a gateway cut into red granite, 7 metres tall, set in a forest of wind-sculpted rock. Some come for the archaeology, others for the legend of an interdimensional portal; either way there is time to wander while the wind and the occasional bird are the only sounds.
- Admission to Inca Uyo and Aramu Muru
- Guide in Spanish or English
- Transport by car
Lunch is not included. The tour is not suitable for pregnant women.