Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca: Stay Overnight on Amantani island
by Gill Christie on
Lake Titicaca: Stay overnight on Amantani Island Gill takes us onto the waters of Peru’s famous Lake Titicaca and describes her overnight stay with a local family on Amantani Island. She writes: “Lake Titicaca in Peru is the highest of the world’s lakes. Perched 3, 810 metres above sea level on a plateau in the …
Top 5 Cities to Visit in Bolivia
by Kat Dougal on
Find out our top tips for the best five cities to visit while on holiday in Bolivia. In this blog we’ll tell you what each city has to offer, and what day tours and trips are possible from each of the 5 top cities in Bolivia – from La Paz to Sucre, from Santa Cruz …
Copacabana – Gateway to Bolivia’s Isla del Sol on Lake Titicaca
by Kathy Jarvis on
Copacabana Lake Titicaca. Arguably South America’s most renowed lake, at a breath-taking 3810m above sea level, is a lake claimed by two countries – Peru and Bolivia. The Bolivian gateway to the lake is Copacabana – a buzzing little town by the lakeside, albeit with a little less white sand and samba than the Brazilian …
Sleeping on the floating islands of Uros, Lake Titikaka
by Tom Shearman on
Floating islands of Uros, Lake Titikaka Andean Trails’s Tom shares his overnight experience on the floating Uros islands, Lake Titikaka. ‘Kamisaraki!’ “Wa-lee-kee!’ Squelch. He writes: After the warm Aymaran welcomes, my first impression of standing on a Uros floating reed island was one of sponge meets swamp. These unique people and islands now offer overnight …