Colourful Uros ladies on the floating reed islands of Lake Titicaca

Wanderings in Peru - 3 - Lake Titicaca & the Andean Explorer

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June 21st 2016
Arriving in Puno after a long road journey across the altiplano we have our first glimpse of Lake Titicaca - what an evocative sight it was! Even better, when we check into our hotel room we found we had a wonderful panorama across the lake including the Uros Reed islands!! We were somewhat apprehensive as we would be spending two nights and a full day at the continuous highest altitude of the tou ... read more

South America » Peru » Puno

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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