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Peru Holidays On Lake Titicaca
hen you see Lake which go all round the lake. The
Titicaca you can be largest have several hundred
forgiven for thinking people living on them and one
someone has stuck a medium-size great thing to do on your holiday
sea right in the middle of the in Peru is to take a boat trip
Andes! It is massive, covering out to visit some of the smaller
8,000km² and is the highest islands. The trip out to these
navigable lake in the world, remarkable homes amid the
forming most of Peru's border tranquility of the lake is
with Bolivia. Many people fit a definitely something to remember!
visit to Lake Titicaca into their
Peru holidays and it's definitely
a location you should consider Of course, if you don't fancy
trying to visit on your holiday trusting to reeds, then a trip to
in Peru Taquile and Amantani - two of the
'real' islands further out in the
It is an incredibly tranquil lake is perhaps a better idea!
place, and is home to some of the Both islands are absolutely
most ancient of the Peruvian beautiful and have a rich
peoples. Many speak Quechua (the heritage of both Inca and
language of the Incas) as a first pre-Inca ruins, and both have a
language and maintain a very famous tradition of handwoven
traditional way of life. The lake textiles. For the more
itself played a prominent part in adventurous, it is also possible
Inca creation myths and there are to stay overnight on either of
many items of historical interest these islands with a local family
both in and around the lake! and sample some real Andean
hospitality as part of your
The Uros are floating islands holiday in Peru.
made entirely out of the reeds
The main town on the lake is Puno easy reach, of which the most
and this is most people's base important is Sillustani. This
when visiting Lake Titicaca village has an astonishing
during their Peru holidays. It is congregation of Inca and pre-Inca
a centre for traditional music funeral towers. It is still
and is a great place to buy llama unclear exactly how they were
and alpaca gear - much cheaper constructed and they are defying
than in Cuzco or Lima! There is a archaeologists attempts to
large daily market in Puno and re-create them. There is a small
you can find it just by walking museum at the site (although the
towards the lake from the town exhibits and displays are all in
itself, along Avenida Los Incas. Spanish) and the location is
If you are arriving by train from beautiful so if you find yourself
Cusco, the very last stage of the with a few hours to spare then
journey actually goes through it! it’s definitely worth a trip. A
taxi from Puno should cost about
$25 and won’t take more than 45
There is also a great vantage minutes - a worthwhile addition
point behind the town which you to any holiday in Peru!
reach by following a path
symbolising the stations of the Lake Titicaca should definitely
cross. The views across the town be on your Peru holiday checklist
and out over the lake are well so make sure you don't get
worth the walk! carried away thinking about Cusco
and Machu Picchu and forget about
Outside Puno itself, there are when you're looking to book your
several sites of interest within Peru holidays this year!
About the Author:
Dan Clarke works for the Real Peru Holiday Company (http://www.therealperu.co.uk), the UK specialists in tailormade Peru holidays. He and other members of the company travel to Peru regularly to make sure they can give you the most up-to-date advice possible for your holidays in Peru.
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