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LAKE TITICACA,  PUNO

Puno was the territory of the Tiahuanacos who were the highest cultural expression of the Aymara people that established themselves in what is today Peru and Bolivia.

The Incas took over these lands in the fifteenth century, and the Spanish, attracted by the mining industry developed there, left an important Colonial legacy throughout the entire area.   Today, the city of Puno, which lies on the shores of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, is the folklore capital of Peru and the site of the Feast of the Virgen de la Candelaria.   Today, Puno is an important agricultural and livestock region; particularly of South American camelids which graze on its immense plateaus and plains.

Lake Titicaca is the highest commercially navigable lake in the world, at 3,812 m  above sea level. It is  Located in the Altiplano high in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia. Titicaca has an average depth of 107 m, and a maximum depth of 281 m. The western part of the lake belongs to the Puno Region of Peru, and the eastern side is located in the Bolivian La Paz Department. More than 35 rivers empty into Titicaca. The lake contains numerous islands whose inhabitants continue to live as their ancestors have in custom and tradition. The Uros an example of this; this people group lives on “floating islands” that they have artificially made entirely of totora reeds, and they navigate in their traditional boats also made out of totora reeds. Taquile, Suasi, and Amantaní are knows for their kindness of their residents, their ancestral skill in weaving, their pre-Columbian constructions, and lovely countryside. The Titicaca National Reserve protects extensive stretches of totora reeds and various species of plants and animals.

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