Free Activities	• Andean Cultural Center and museum • LaMachi Brothers - Brothers who built the famed Ra for Thor Hierdol • Visit to local School in Huatajata - Each year, we donate school supplies and give talks. Anyone can attend and participate. • Moderate level hike up nearby foothills. • Lakeside Birdwatching for many andean species on the Lake • Tour and visit to the ancient Kalawailla medicine man • Star Party talks and activities • Alapacha presentation of ancient archeo-astronomy presentation by expert, Manuel De La Torre.
Optional Daytrips	• Tiwanacu Sun Temple Tour: Half-day tour visiting ancient archeological site and museum displaying artifacts pre-dating the Incas. • Kalahuta Island Tour: Half-day tour to islands in Lake Titicaca with museum of artifacts about ancient Incan Burrial Towers here on "Isle of the Dead". • Fossil Hunt: Half-day program visiting local upturned hillside where channels of soil reveal seabed fossils pushed up above the plain. Seashells and Trilobites are common. • Panorama Bus tour: Half-day tour to the Tiquina Straits to see local townspeople, fishermen and trout hachery. • Panorama Hydrofoil tour: Half-day scenic tour of Lake Titicaca by comfortable hydrofoil. • Chacaltaya Cosmic Ray Laboratory on Glacier: Whole-day visit (towards end of week) to mountaintop scientific laboratory. Travel by bus to altitudes approaching 17,000ft for a breath-taking view of neighboring Mt. Potisi • Lake Titicaca Hydrofoil Tour: Full-day tour of Lake Titicaca. Visit Isla Del Sol, the ancient Incan 'Isle of the Sun', and Isle of the Moon and Copacabana. • La Paz City Shopping tour: Full-day visit to the La Paz shopping district to find local handicrafts, alpaca sweaters, weavings, art, jewelry and souvenirs.
Trip Extensions	• 3-day Extension to Isla Del Sol: 3 extra nights at dark, dark Isle of the Sun for ultimate observing. Explore Incan Temples and Sacred Fountain on Isla Del Sol. Optional aytime attractions include: Inca Observatory at Copacabana and Pilcocaina, Hydrofoil visit to Uros Floating Islands of the Aymara. Cost: from $500pp. • 6-day / 5-night Machu Picchu & Cuzco post tour extension: Visit Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, Piquillacta and Andahuaylillas. Cost: $950pp

SSSP 2002 Will Be Held June 8-15.

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NOW! Add 1 extra week at the even darker Isla Del Sol for 1/2 price.

Check Out Slide Shows From The 2001 SSSP

Altitude Safety.

Reports From Past SSSP's

SSSP 1996 - SSSP 1997 - SSSP 1998 - SSSP1999 - SSSP2k - SSSP 2001

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