Lake Titicaca Peru Tours & Holidays
Lake Titicaca Peru Small Group Tours & Tailor-Made Holidays
Lake Titicaca is located on the border between Peru and Bolivia between the two mountain ranges of East and West Cordillera. The lake is 8,372 square kilometres wide, including both the deep main basin and the shallow sub-basin, and its altitude (3,812 m) is unrivalled among large lakes of this size class in the world. The lake is fringed by a swampy zone of totora, which is indispensable for the life of inhabitants on the shore, furnishing materials for the famous reed-boats and floating gardens ...
Lake Titicaca is located on the border between Peru and Bolivia between the two mountain ranges of East and West Cordillera. The lake is 8,372 square kilometres wide, including both the deep main basin and the shallow sub-basin, and its altitude (3,812 m) is unrivalled among large lakes of this size class in the world. The lake is fringed by a swampy zone of totora, which is indispensable for the life of inhabitants on the shore, furnishing materials for the famous reed-boats and floating gardens where they grow potatoes. The Uros of today still live as the original inhabitants did as they continue to use the totora reeds to build their huts and rafts. Taquile is famous for its weavers, whose crafts and folklore are exhibited in a local museum.