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| Copacabana Bolivia |
At an altitude of 3810 metres Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world, it is also known as the sacred lake of the Incas. It covers an area of 8300 square km and is shared between Peru & Bolivia. The lake has 72 islands the most important one being Sun Island in Bolivia
We arrived at Sun Island after taking a bus from Puno to the border, walking across the Peru/Bolivian border and then another bus to Copacabana in Bolivia from where we boarded a catamaran that was to be our home for the night.
The Catamaran had just 4 double twin cabins so only 8 passengers are allowed to stay on board. We felt very special when all the other people on the tour left and we were just a very small group of 7 left to enjoy the lake overnight.
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| The view on waking |
Sun Island is 9.6km from north to south and just 6.4km wide. The first Inca, Manco Kapac founded the Inca Empire on this island, naturally there are Inca ruins and sacred sites all over the island. Just 12 years ago the population of this island was just 70 people but this has now grown to 700 due solely to the increase in tourism.
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| Peru/Bolivian Border |
Over 2 days we did a lot of very strenuous hiking over the island at high altitude that often left us very breathless but the views were magnificent.
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Over 2 days we did a lot of very strenuous hiking over the island at high altitude that often left us very breathless but the views were magnificent.
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