On the border with Peru, Lake Titicaca is astonishingly beautiful and is said to be the birthplace of the Inca empire.
Straddling the border with Peru, Lake Titicaca is often astonishingly beautiful, impossibly tranquil and always ready to charm. The main portal to the lake on the Bolivian side is the quaint town of Copacabana, a million miles away from the glamour of its namesake in Rio. From here you head out by boat into the great sparkling expanse of the highest navigable lake in the world and towards the traditional Isla de la Luna and the Isla del Sol, the largest of all the islands on Lake Titicaca.
The Sun Island is a remote island with no vehicles and basic farming on rocky agricultural terraces. There are some 800 families living on the island and two small villages. Subsistence farming and fishing are the main activities, supplemented by a bit of tourism. The island also has over 80 pre-inca ruins, with people living on the islands since the 15th century. It is from here that the Inca god Viracocha was said to have emerged to create the sun and at 3,812 metres above sea level, it is harder to get much closer to it - Lake Titicaca will leave you breathless in more ways than one.
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Santa Cruz - Sucre - Potosi - Uyuni - La Paz - Lake Titicaca - Santa Cruz
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Lima - La Paz - Sucre - Potosí - Lake Titicaca - Andean Train Journey - Sacred Valley of the Incas - Machu Picchu - Cusco
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Moneda Tour
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£4,448
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Pioneer Tour
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£29,489
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Experience mighty glaciers, the wilds of Cape Horn & Tierra del Fuego, Easter Island, stunning Andean Landscapes and cultures in the Atacama Desert, Uyuni Salt Flat, La Paz, L…
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Buenos Aires - Perito Moreno Glacier - Ushuaia - Tierra del Fuego Cruise for 4 nights - Torres del Paine - Puerto Varas - Andean Lakes Crossing - Bariloche - Iguazu Falls - Salta - Mendoza -Andean Crossing by road - Santiago - Easter Island - Maipo Valley - Atacama Desert - Uyuni Salt Flat - Potosi - Sucre - La Paz - Lake Titicaca - Andean Train Journey - Cusco - Machu Picchu - Sacred Valley of the Incas - Lima
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Laguna Tour
21 Nights from
£7,469
Santiago de Chile - San Pedro de Atacama - Remote Lagoons & Flamingoes - Uyuni Salt Flats - Potosi - Sucre - La Paz - Lake Titicaca - Andean Train Journey - Cusco - Machu Picchu - Lima
Journey to cosmopolitan cities, deserts and the Andean mountains to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. Cross stunning salt flats, view remote lagoons with flamingoes, experienc…
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Santiago de Chile - San Pedro de Atacama - Remote Lagoons & Flamingoes - Uyuni Salt Flats - Potosi - Sucre - La Paz - Lake Titicaca - Andean Train Journey - Cusco - Machu Picchu - Lima
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Pachamama Tour
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Explore the Amazon, Nazca Lines, Machu Picchu, Northern Chile and Bolivia with the minimum about of domestic flights.
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Lima - Paracas - Nazca Lines - Arequipa - Arica - La Paz - Lake Titicaca/ Sun Island & Puno - Andean Train Journey - Sacred Valley - Machu Picchu - Cusco - Amazon Rainforest - Lima
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Osorno Tour
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Cross Continent Journey with stunning Andean landscapes, the lush Lake District, fascinating cities, magnificent waterfalls, colonial elegance and the heritage of the great In…
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Viracocha Tour
21 Nights from
£5,699
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A cross continent odyssey from tropical beaches and magnificent waterfalls to the cultural heartland. Raising to dramatic mountain landscapes to explore Inca ruins, remote vil…
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Rio de Janeiro - Iguazu Falls - Buenos Aires - Santa Cruz - Sucre - Potosi - La Paz - Lake Titicaca - Andean Train Journey - Sacred Valley - Machu Picchu - Cusco - Lima
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