Lake Titicaca, Peru is located in the department of Puno bordering Bolivia in the Andes Mountains. According to Inca religion it is where the first humans emerged to create the Inca empire.

Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world. There are about 40 man made islands inhabited by the Uros people.

is a geological wonder formed during the pre-ice age about sixty million years ago. The lake was formed when massive earthquakes shook the splitting the range in two and forming a hollow that eventually got filled with water from the melting glaciers, creating bodies of water and ultimately rivers and the immense Lake Titicaca.
 

Lake Titicaca feeds from melting glacier water
According to one of the legends of the , the first Inca Manco Capac and his wife Mama Ocllo emerged from the depths of Lake Titicaca on the sacred …

Lake Titicaca and its islands play an important role in Inca mythology. It is the birth place of the and it is where the mythic journey to starts.
Uros Islands
The unique Uros Islands of are a group of 41 manmade floating islands located just 5km east of harbor. They are the top tourist attraction as there is nothing like them to be found anywhere else in the world.
To visit the islands you have to go to the dock in where there are many tour boat operators …

The town of Puno is the capital of the department of Puno in Peru. It was founded on November 4, 1668 by the Spanish for its closeness to the colonial silver mine of Laykakota.
Puno Peru is located at an altitude of 12,565 feet or 3,830 meters above sea level and has a population of 102,800. Puno is a small port city where the main industry is tourism, it offers a departure point to the many Inca and Pre-Inca ruins and to

Traditional lifestyle inherited from the Incas
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The region’s economy is …

is considered the Folkloric Capital of Peru, there are more than 300 different local dances representing centuries old traditions inherited from the and the . Folk dances and songs are accompanied by colorful costumes and masks to celebrate Catholic holidays or Inca celebrations related to the agricultural calendar. These celebrations are based on beliefs and myths of the relationship between men and god, to honor Andean gods, Catholic saints and the Virgin Mary.
Costumes can be very elaborate and imaginative; they are generally richly embroidered with shiny sequence and …