Divized between Peru and Bolivia with 3636m of altitude, the lake Titicaca is the most navigable lake of the world with a maximum depth of 280m. It covers more than 8.000 km² and counts forty islands. This area is incontestably that where the Indian culture remained most alive.
Puno, 60.000 inhabitants, is a large founded borough trading in 1666. It is also the center artisanal and folk of the area, its music is richest of the Andes and one counts there more than 300 local dances.
During the festivals of the Candlemas, during one week, the streets become animated musics and dances. At the artisanal market of Laykakota have find many products, in particular the fabrics out of alpaca: covers, ponchos multi-coloured, skirts with the colors with the natural colors, costumes embroidered, Peruvian bonnets, ceramics an intense activity reigns on the lake, Puno is the starting point of the majority of the excursions.
The most famous islands of the lake Titicaca are the floating islands of Uros. This visit makes it possible to discover a single way of life... on these islands, all is built in reed: the houses, the schools and to the ground itself, all rests on made piles of trunks of eucalyptus. Apart from the clothes industry of all kinds of objects in reed, their inhabitants live fishing, hunting for the birds and harvest of lake plants.

The ISLAND OF TAQUILLE
On the lake Titicaca, the best place to discover the regional traditions is the island of Taquille. the inhabitants were organized to manage them same all the activities related to tourism, thus hoping for proteger their way of life. There is no hotel with Taquille but one can spend there the night at the inhabitant, Taquilles are famous for their hospitality. One can visit there the Incas ruins disseminated in the hills.
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The ISLAND Of AMANTANI
Amantani is on the way to become one of the tourist places of South America. The visitor will be able to immerse himself in an Andine company which preserved the same traditions since centuries. The most populated and prettiest of the islands of the lake Titicaca, with its patios decorated with climbing plants and its small stone benches. It contains also some archaeological vestiges.