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Peru Tourist Guide
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SOUTHERN PERU:
Puno: Titacaca See
Uros Floating Islands
Amantani Island (Titicaca)
Taquile Island (Titicaca)
Sillustani Gravetumbs
Lake Titicaca
At the border to Bolivia in an attitude of 3.809 m you can find the highest navigable lake of the world, Lake Titicaca. With an area of 8.562 km² it is the biggest lake of South America and 15-times bigger than Lake Bodensee. The crystal clear lake is nestled in the barren and cold Antiplano and owns many small islands. Approx. 30% of the Lake belong to Bolivia. The biggest city at the lakeside is Puno.
The origin of the name Titicaca comes from the Aymara-language and means "Puma rock" which is a rock on the Sun Island of the lake. Since 1978 a part of Lake Titicaca belongs to the national reserve "Reserva Nacional de Titicaca". The 36.180 ha wide national reserve protects mostly the reed zone were many fish- and bird species bring up their children. The reserve is divided in two big parts. One of them belongs to the sector Puno. With an area of 29.150 ha it spreads from the Esteves Island to the Capachica Peninsula. The sector Ramis, the other part, is only 7.030 ha wide and protects the north side between Río Ramis and the Lagunes Yaricoa and Sunuco. The national reserve is home of over 200.000 bird species like cormorants, ibis, ducks und gulls.
Lake Titicaca is the ideal starting point for trips in the wonderful landscape. Touristic tours for example lead to the floating Islands of the Uros, to Amantani Island which is just 38 km from Puno away and the 6 km long and 1 km wide Taquile Island. Tourists can stay overnight in a host family on Taquile and Amantani where they can learn a lot about lifestyle, food and tradition of the inhabitants right in front of their eyes.
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