Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Puno, Peru

Druk — Summer / year-end holidays in Peru, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Virgen de la Candelaria, Summer / year-end holidays in Peru

• Festival

  Virgen de la Candelaria

  1–15 febReligieus feestDrukBoek vroeg

  Two hundred troupes and something like fifty thousand dancers take the streets and the stadium for a fortnight around 2 February. Rooms in Puno go months before, and the lake boats run half empty. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Semana Santa, Summer / year-end holidays in Peru

• Feestdag

  Semana Santa

  15 mrt – 20 apr · meestalPasen & Goede WeekDruk

  Holy Thursday and Good Friday are national holidays, so Peruvians fill the lake tours. On Good Friday the faithful climb the calvary hills such as Azoguini, and Chucuito lays flower carpets for its processions. Bron ↗

Druk — Semana Santa

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Semana Santa (15 mrt – 20 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Alasitas and Cruces de Mayo, May break in Peru

• Festival

  Alasitas and Cruces de Mayo

  1–6 meiReligieus feestDruk

  In early May Puno blesses its hillside crosses and holds a fair of miniatures, tiny houses, cars and banknotes bought in the hope of getting the real thing within the year. The 3rd is the main day. Bron ↗

Druk — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Seizoen

  Freezing nights on the altiplano

  1 jun – 15 aug · meestalExtreme kou

  At 3,800 m the dry-season nights drop below freezing in rooms with no heating, while the midday sun burns hard enough that the hospital treats sunburn off the slow boats most days of July and August.

Topdrukte — Fiesta de Santiago on Taquile, Fiestas Patrias

• Festival

  Fiesta de Santiago on Taquile

  24–31 jul · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  Taquile island's patron saint feast, centred on the 25th, is when the islanders dance in their finest weaving to panpipes and drums. It is the island's biggest week, a long boat ride from Puno, so arrange the crossing early. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Fiestas Patrias

  25–29 julNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  Independence on 28 and 29 July is Peru's biggest domestic travel break, often widened into a long weekend. Buses and domestic flights sell out and fares rise, hotels fill, towns hang flags for parades, and banks and offices close. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Freezing nights on the altiplano (1 jun – 15 aug (meestal))

Druk — Mid-year break (Fiestas Patrias) in Peru

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Freezing nights on the altiplano (1 jun – 15 aug (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Tata Pancho in Yunguyo, October break in Peru

• Festival

  Tata Pancho in Yunguyo

  6–14 okt · meestalReligieus feestDruk

  Yunguyo, on the Bolivian border about two and a half hours away, honours San Francisco de Borja with a procession on 10 October, zampona contests and more than fifty troupes of sikumorenos, morenada and diablada. Bron ↗

Druk — Puno's jubilee week

• Festival

  Puno's jubilee week

  1–9 novGroot festivalDruk

  The city was founded on 4 November 1668 and marks it with parades, estudiantina contests and a re-enactment of Manco Cápac and Mama Ocllo coming ashore out of the lake by reed boat. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — Inmaculada Concepcion in Lampa, Summer / year-end holidays in Peru

• Festival

  Inmaculada Concepcion in Lampa

  6–15 decReligieus feestDruk

  Lampa, the colonial pink town north of Juliaca and an easy day trip, keeps its patron feast with sikuris and ayarachi contests, masses and processions, including a staged descent and ascension of the Virgin. Bron ↗