17th - 20th Oct - Lake Titicaca & Uros Islands (The Lands That Time Forgot)
October 21st 2007 After a few days relaxing back in Cuzco following our jungle expedition we hopped on a bus and headed down to Puno (near the Bolivian border) - destination Lake Titicaca. This is one impressive expanse of water sitting at 12,500ft above sea level and covering over 8,000 sq km, it is both the highest lake in the world and the largest lake in South America. Fed by five rivers that flow from the sn
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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more 
