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Hotel
Inca Utama
Huatajata, Lake Titicaca
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The Inca Utama Hotel and Spa started as a modest project
some 10 years ago and has grown into a tourism complex highlighting the Andean cultures.
Today it is a 65 room room hotel devided into two buildings
- the original low slung main building housing reception, an elevator and rooms, and the
new high-rise Colonial towers with accommdations and its own elevator as well. There is a
fully equipped spa complete with saunas, massage, hydrotherapy, mud and salt baths and
other traditional natural medicine of the Andes treatments.
The Sumaj Untavi Restuarant is one of the two restaurants
of the complex, with nightly "Pena" folkloric presentations.
The other restaurant is the new Choza Nautica, in a
thatched roof building built out over the water and offering spectacular vistas of the
lake.
There is also a cozy bar-lounge complete with fireplace,
over-stuffed chairs and couches and TV with educational video collection.
One of the highlights is a visit to the multi-faceted
Andean Roots Cultural Complex, which includes: (in their own words)
 Eco
Village
Urus Chipaya Culture
traditional reed boat |
- Andean Eco Village - is the most important expression of
cultures and life styles created and displayed with the participation of local community,
under the philosopy of preserving and showing our ancient cultural legacy, with full
respect toward the old inherited and authentic traditions.
- A unique encounter with Tata Lorenzo, a highly spiritual
natural medicine doctor and fortune teller whiles casting his sacred coca leaves. These
Kalawayas believe that you first have to heal the soul in order to heal the body and were
using penicillin, streptomycin and quinine many centuries ago. Experience a night visit to
their mystic world surrounded by their past legacy.
- The Limachi brothers builders of RA II and TIGRIS for Thor
Heyerdhal's epic expeditions, are now living in our cultural complex. Share with them
their adventure and experiences and learn how these rafts were built. Admire a full size
reproduction of RA II.
- Urus Chipaya Culture - see the mud igloos and flating
islands of this civilization dating back to the last glacial period and visit a musuem
dedicated to this culture.
- Handicraft Village - enjoy our natives making their melon
hats, tire shoes or "Abarcas", masks and ceramic pottery.
- Takanas, Sukakollos and Salar - admire the Inca agricultural
terraces called "Takanas", the Skua-Kollos a unique method of maximizing
production and an example of the Salt Lake of Coipasa.
- Fishing village- take a look at our traditional fishing and
local stone cooking techniques.
- Chicheria and traditional weaving - visit a real Chicha
(corn beer) factory and watch native womes weaving their ponchos and/or working on the
colorful native festival costumes.
- Altiplano Museum - a modern state-of-the-art audio system
presents in your own language our history, culture and fantastic legacy from the
pre-Columbian to colonial and modern times.
- Andean fauna - meet our heards of proud llamas and Alpacas
as well as the protected Vicumas and the endangered Suri.
- Alajpacha Native Observatory - An unforgettable second night
experience! An impressive encounter with our ancestors wisdoms, cosmology and knowledge of
the consteallations. Alajpacha "Beyond the Stars" means also the highest level
of our conscience and the symbol of th unlimited universe.
- A native Chapel, representing the synthesis of our native
religion and traditions; a display of our cultural and religious symbiosis.
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A multi-night stay and a free afternoon will
allow you time to partake of the Aptapi, a picnic with the local natives that highlights
the foods of the Altiplano and plenty of time to get to know the locals. You can also make a visit to Kalauta Island with stone chullpas
(mortuary towers) two and three stories high.It is a sacred place with the largest
Necropolis in the area. You get there by crossing the lake and you approach the island
through tortoro reed canals. |