From Juliaca to Puno
Once you arrive in Juliaca, your next step is to get to the city of Puno. Walk outside the Juliaca airport and you'll see a line of taxi drivers. They should take you to the "parada a Puno" for 10 soles (around 3 US dollars).
The "parada a Puno," or Puno bus stop is on "Calle Tumbes, al frente de Promart, en la Real Plaza." What you're basically saying is that you want to go to Tumbes Street, across the street from the store Promart, which is at the Real Plaza mall. Any taxi driver will know exactly how to get there. This extra info is to prevent him from playing dumb and charging you more.
Walk into the driveway where the taxi driver lets you off and you'll see a line of white vans called "carros" en Peru (the Bolivian equivalent would be "minibus." Hop into the first one and soon you'll be on your way to Puno.
It's around a forty-minute trip to Puno. You'll keep rising in altitude until you see Lake Titicaca on the left-hand side of the van. Once you start your descent, you are about fifteen minutes away from your final destination.
There will be several stops in Puno, but yours is the last. If in doutbt, tell your driver: "Terminal Zonal." But it should be his last stop anyway. Get off there, go through the main entrance, head toward the right and find the sign that says, "Yunguyo."
Once on board, expect a two-and-half-hour trip. You'll get off at the main plaza in Yunguyo. There you'll find "moto-taxis," which will take you to the Bolivian border for around five soles (less than two dollars.)
At the Bolivian border, you'll need to do the necessary paperwork. On the other side, you'll find van drivers shouting out, "Copacabana." Hop aboard. They shouldn't charge you more than four bolivianos (less than a dollar). Once the van fills up, you're on your way!
The "parada a Puno," or Puno bus stop is on "Calle Tumbes, al frente de Promart, en la Real Plaza." What you're basically saying is that you want to go to Tumbes Street, across the street from the store Promart, which is at the Real Plaza mall. Any taxi driver will know exactly how to get there. This extra info is to prevent him from playing dumb and charging you more.
Walk into the driveway where the taxi driver lets you off and you'll see a line of white vans called "carros" en Peru (the Bolivian equivalent would be "minibus." Hop into the first one and soon you'll be on your way to Puno.
It's around a forty-minute trip to Puno. You'll keep rising in altitude until you see Lake Titicaca on the left-hand side of the van. Once you start your descent, you are about fifteen minutes away from your final destination.
There will be several stops in Puno, but yours is the last. If in doutbt, tell your driver: "Terminal Zonal." But it should be his last stop anyway. Get off there, go through the main entrance, head toward the right and find the sign that says, "Yunguyo."
Once on board, expect a two-and-half-hour trip. You'll get off at the main plaza in Yunguyo. There you'll find "moto-taxis," which will take you to the Bolivian border for around five soles (less than two dollars.)
At the Bolivian border, you'll need to do the necessary paperwork. On the other side, you'll find van drivers shouting out, "Copacabana." Hop aboard. They shouldn't charge you more than four bolivianos (less than a dollar). Once the van fills up, you're on your way!