Isla Del Sol travel tipsTwo Bolivian girls are pictured below in a village on the banks of Lake Titicaca in South America - said to be the highest altitude navigable body of water in the world. |
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Isla Del Sol island travel tips
The girls pictured above are on the banks of the Isla Del Sol, a picturesque island in the middle of Lake Titicaca. The Isla Del Sol is said by Inca lore to be the place where the Sun God's children, Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, emerged from the water to found the Inca empire. The island is about 12km by 7km at its widest point with a landscape of green bushy hillsides and steep, cultivated terraces. A few small villages are home to about 5,000 mostly indigenous Bolivians whose main income is farming crops and alpaca herds, with a slowly expanding tourist economy. If you have an airline ticket to South America, you should make sure your travel bookings lead you to Lake Titicaca and Isla Del Sol so you can experience an isolated snapshot of authentic Bolivian culture. To travel to Isla Del Sol, it's easy to get a one hour boat ride from the nearest Bolivian town of Copacabana. Most people live on a high central island plateau, requiring a steep climb from your boat's point of arrival which can be tiring in the high altititude of Bolivia. There are no roads or cars on the island, which has numerous sandy, isolated bays and coves. The awesome Andes mountain range provides a stunning backdrop on the eastern skyline, seeming to rise from the waters of Lake Titicaca. The island, which is dotted with ancient ruins, is a popular travel destination for hikers in Bolivia who should put aside several days to fully explore the secrets of this pristine holiday hideaway. Holiday guesthouse accommodation at Lake Titicaca and Isla Del Sol is easily arranged, often in rooms or cabins let by local families. Lake Titicaca is 200 kilometres (125 miles) long with a maximum width of 110 kilometers (69 miles), maximum depth of 280 meters (918 feet), and an area of 8,300 square kilometers (3,240 square miles). The lake is on the border of Peru to the west and Bolivia to the east, in a 58,000 square kilometre basin between Andean mountain ranges, including some of the highest snow-topped peaks in South America Travel tips for Lake Titicaca in Bolivia To book airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, etc. for most cities in South America, visit our Travel Shop. |
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