Lake Titicaca is located on the border of Bolivia and Peru and sits 12,507 feet above sea level making it the highest commercially navigable lake in the world. Lake Titicaca is fed by rainfall and melt-water from glaciers on the sierras and five major river systems feed into it. It is noted for the people who live on the Uros which are a group of 40 or so islands made of floating reeds. These islands have become Peru’s major tourist attractions.

  
Hotspots around the Lake:

• Puno: known as Peru’s folkloric capital, is located in the Andean highland and beside the Titicaca lake, it offers excellent alternatives for the archaeological, a living culture and nature and biodiversity tourism.
• The Amazon River: originating in Peru is a world of mystery, grandeur and romance. It offers an incomparable diversity of life in its towering forest and rushing waters harbor. It spans the borders of eight countries and is the world’s largest river basin and the source of one-fifth of all free-flowing fresh water on Earth. The area encompasses seven million square kilometres and is located within nine nations.
• Uros Islands: are a tourist attraction not to be missed, take a boat trip to the floating islands which are unique as they are made from the totora reeds which provide home, sustenance and transportation for their residents. Home to the Uros tribe that pre-dates the Incan civilization. The residents of the Uros Islands, because of their simple and precarious lifestyle were thought of by the Incas as worth little and accordingly taxed them very little. Yet with their basic reed homes they outlasted the mighty Incas who had much more.
• Taquile Island: is unique for many reasons, especially its inhabitants. Experience their ancient customs such as wearing typical clothes and living like they did a century ago. There are no cars and no dogs on this island. The clothes they wear are very distinctive: for men – black pants, white shirt, black vest and a colourful hat called "chullo" and for women – traditional skirts and long black tunics called "illicllas".
• Copacabana: is a charming town that sits on the southern shores of Lake Titicaca. Explore the different Inca ruins around the lake which you can do on excellent hiking trails. It is set between two mountains and you’ll find a quaint town with a nice sandy beach here. It is also famous for its 16th century Cathedral with a Virgin of Mary statue.