No Passage To North And To South | Warning

April 17th, 2024 by competitivetouch85

no problem it's not a problem, there is nothing

September 15th, 2023 by niels.onsman

no problems anymore, you can walk everywhere on the island

July 13th, 2023 by gimli51

We walked from the north to the south today without any problem.

December 20th, 2022 by ottenweinerts.blog

Conflict again. Can’t visit north and south in one day by boat. No information if you can walk between north and south.

April 3rd, 2022 by davolala

The fight between pueblos has been resolved and you can now walk from the north to the south or vice versa. I was told they worked things out kn January 2022. I stayed a night in the north and was one of two tourists there. Nice little town, very friendly people.

January 2nd, 2020 by bradyanddanica

I shared this in other check-ins but will share here as well. We walked north to south and had absolutely no problems. Things are slowly changing here, it seems, and for the better. The few locals we did see just waved at us, said hello or good afternoon, and were friendly. At no point did we encounter any barriers or issues or problems. It was an incredible walk with gorgeous views and many ruins throughout.

July 1st, 2019 by kwestiaszlaku.pl

It's still problematic to walk from south to north or opposite direction. We took boat to Chalapampa from Copacabana (30bob). Person who sold us ticket said that it's no problem to walk from north to south. We asked once again the owner of our hostel in Chalapampa and he also said that is no problem. He said also that people from communities are in dialogue and the problem with passing through the island from south will be solved in 2 weeks, and tourists will be allow to walk through island. One person from that village, when saw us walking to Roca Sagrada said that we should avoid crossing island because of a few people in Challa.
We spent afternoon and night in Challapampa and in the morning we start walking to the south. It's beautiful. About 2 km before Yumani one man stopped us and said that we should come back where we started walking. We tried to explain how we get there and that there is no boats from Challapampa to Copacabana these days. In few minutes more people surrounded us. We tried to talk to them very polite that we were disinformed and after maybe 15 minutes they let us go to Yumani. They said that they don't want problems with tourists, tourist don't respect the island.
You should look for more information about crossing through island if you plan to do it in next months. Still it's possible to see north of island but it's better to come back to Copacabana from the same place.

May 5th, 2019 by wikideviagens

HOW TO VISIT THE NORTH OF ISLA DEL SOL:

Everyone you ask in Copacabana or Yumani will tell you that the north of Isla del Sol is 'closed' for visitation. However the north is more beautiful and has a complete infrastructure to receive tourists (before the boycott that started two years ago the north was receiving most visitors).

Here we tell you how we managed to visit Challapampa and its surroundings in the north:

1. In Copacabana at the Plaza Sucre where all the buses to La Paz leave is a small agency called 'Turismo Comunitario del Lago Titicaca'. -16.1655688, -69.0879274
This agency sells tickets for the community boat that goes 3 times a week to Challapampa (Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday). We got a one-way ticket for Saturday for 35 bolivianos. The boat leaves at 1 pm in Copacabana and arrives around 3 pm in Challapampa. We were the only tourists on the boat. Further a local of the community will accompany you, answer questions and help you to find a hospedaje (you'll want to stay at least one night on the island).
2. On the island: After we arrived we found an good hostel to stay on the beach (Wilka Kutti), left our stuff there and walked to the Inkan ruins in the north (Mesa Sagrada and Chinkana). Also experienced a great sunset over the lake Titicaca. Back in Challapampa we ate a great soup at the restaurant 'Q'uimsa Bolivia'. As there are almost no tourists most restaurants are closed.
3. Return to Copacabana: You can leave Challapampa by boat only Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 07:30 am. Another option is to walk to the south of the island (beautiful 8 km walk, take the Inkan steps over the top!). In Yumani there are a lot of tourist boats that take you for 20 bolivianos back to Copacabana (leave around 3 pm).

April 23rd, 2019 by johannes.louis

Passage to the north of the island still closed.

February 22nd, 2019 by methi

Still closed: no passing or passage with boat to the northern part

April 5th, 2018 by roadtotuk.de

You still cannot walk to the North of the island. It is, however, worth walking up to the checkpoint as there are beautiful views on the way.

December 9th, 2017 by goslow

Still road block. Southern part that you can visit is very small, you can't even go to kakayo-quena ridge. Tops 1h walk to the north and then you need to return.

October 14th, 2017 by instagram.com/griffuh

The two towns on the island are currently in dispute and you cannot walk to the north from the south. Most of the paths are cut off by rocks and the main path has a group of men who tell you (kindly) that you cannot go north.