(Lake Titicaca can be reached by air or overland from Arequipa or
Cusco, and there are daily flights from Lima.)
The Sacred Lake
The Titicaca National Reserve was established in 1978 to protect a 36,180 hectare
area and the dozens of species of native birds, fish and amphibians that live there.
The world’s largest tropical lake, Titicaca is enormous. It covers an area
of 8000 square kilometres and is 170 kilometres long and 65 kilometres wide.
Along its seemingly endless shores and on its many green islands, its Quechua and
Aymara inhabitants fish its bountiful waters or farm the fertile soils in the
manner of their ancestors – the builders of Chucuito, Sillustani, Tiahuanaco
and countless other sites scattered now in ruins across the high plains.
While for geologists Titicaca is the result of plate tectonics, for the people of
the Andes it is quite simply where the world began, the home of their creation
legend and the cradle of the civilisation of the Incas.
Complete Itinerary
Day 1: Puno
Arrive Puno.
Day 2: Uros - Amantani - Taquile
Overnight on one of the islands.
Day 3: Puno
Return to Puno.
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