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Uros floating island near Puno city, Peru
Peruvian woman sailing between Uros floating islands. Uros are a pre-Incan people that live on forty-two self-fashioned floating island in Lake Titicaca Puno, Peru and Bolivia. They form three main groups: Uru-Chipayas, Uru-Muratos  and the Uru-Iruitos. The latter are still located on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca and Desaguadero River. The Uros use bundles of dried totora reeds to make reed boats (balsas mats), and to make the islands themselves. The Uros islands at 3810 meters above sea level are just five kilometers west from Puno port.
Uros, Peru - April 29, 2022: Tourist boats made of reed moored at Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca, Peru
Self-fashioned floating island of Uros tribe on Lake Titicaca near Puno, in the foreground is seen reed boat, Peru.
Puno, Peru - NOVEMBER 05, 2023: As part of the celebrations for the foundation of the city of Puno, every year in November, the stage of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo takes place. According to the legend, the mythical couple emerged from the waters of Lake Titicaca with the mission to establish the Inca Empire. A crowd welcomes the Inca entourage upon their arrival in the city of Puno.
Reed Boat In Puno, Peru On Lake Titicaca The World's Highest Navigable Lake
Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca, Peru - April 21, 2022; The floating islands of Uros are located in Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, close to Puno at 3.812 metres above sea level. These floating islands are made out of reed which is an aquatic plant that grows on the surface of the Lake Titicaca.
A closeup of a traditional boat used by people living on the island of Los Uros in Lake Titicaca, Peru
A view of floating islands of Uro natives at Puno, Peru
Two happy Peruvian women admiring the view on Uros floating island, Lake Tititcaca. Uros are a pre-Incan people that live on forty-two self-fashioned floating island in Lake Titicaca Puno, Peru and Bolivia. They form three main groups: Uru-Chipayas, Uru-Muratos  and the Uru-Iruitos. The latter are still located on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca and Desaguadero River. The Uros use bundles of dried totora reeds to make reed boats (balsas mats), and to make the islands themselves. The Uros islands at 3810 meters above sea level are just five kilometers west from Puno port.
Totora boat on the Titicaca lake near Puno, Peru
Huanchaco - July 13, 2018 : View of reed canoes commonly called by locals as Caballitos de Totora, a traditional way of sailing used by Fishermen from the North of Peru
Uros, Peru - April 29, 2022: woman in traditional clothes rowing a uros totora boat near Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca in Peru.
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Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca, Peru: The floating islands of Uros are located in Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, close to Puno at 3.812 metres above sea level. These floating islands are made out of reed which is an aquatic plant that grows on the surface of the Lake Titicaca.
Fisherman on Lake Titicaca, Peru
Aerial view of the Uros Straw Floating Islands on Lake Titicaca near Puno, Peru.
Peruvian woman sailing between Uros floating islands. Uros are a pre-Incan people that live on forty-two self-fashioned floating island in Lake Titicaca Puno, Peru and Bolivia. They form three main groups: Uru-Chipayas, Uru-Muratos  and the Uru-Iruitos. The latter are still located on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca and Desaguadero River. The Uros use bundles of dried totora reeds to make reed boats (balsas mats), and to make the islands themselves. The Uros islands at 3810 meters above sea level are just five kilometers west from Puno port.
Traditional boat made of totora to transport tourists on Lake Titicaca
Subject: Rowing the reed boat on Lake Titicaca, with the indigenous villages of the floating islands in the background
Uros, Peru - April 29, 2022: Traditional reed boat as transportation for tourists, Islas es los Uros, Lake Titicaca, Peru
A Uros floating Island with a reed boat out front
The floating reed islands of Los Uros on Lake Titicaca in the Puno region of Peru
Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca, Peru - April 21, 2022; The floating islands of Uros are located in Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, close to Puno at 3.812 metres above sea level. These floating islands are made out of reed which is an aquatic plant that grows on the surface of the Lake Titicaca.\n\n\nThe Uros are believed to be direct descendants of the first inhabitants of Lake Titicaca. The community has lived on the floating islands for decades. According to history, the pre-Inca community of the Uros was forced to build their floating houses when the Inca Empire expanded their lands and expelled them. Consequently, the people of Uros didn’t want to fight, they just wanted to live in peace. Therefore they decided to retreat to the lake to protect themselves from aggressive Incas and other invading groups. If a threat arose, the Uros could move their islands to another safe part of the Lake. In this form they have maintained their lifestyle for hundreds of years,
Photo taken in Puno, Peru
Lake Titicaca, view from Taquile Island, on background Peruvian shore. The lake is located at the northern end of the endorheic  Altiplano  basin high in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia. The western part of the lake lies within the  Puno Region of Peru, and the eastern side is located in the Bolivian La Paz Department.The lake is composed of two  nearly separate sub-basins that are connected by the Strait of Tiquina which is 800 m (2,620 ft) across at the  narrowest point. The larger sub-basin, Lago Grande (also called Lago Chucuito) has a mean depth of 135 m (443 ft)  and a maximum depth of 284 m (932 ft). The smaller sub-basin, Winaymarka (also called Lago Pequeno, \
Uros floating island near Puno city, Peru
Tourist boats made of reed moored at Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca, Peru
Uros Island in Lake Titicaca near Puno, Peru.
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