Peru travel guide

A short taxi ride from Puno brings you to Sillustani. This is a pre-Inca burial ground on the shores of Lake Umayo. The Aymara people built towers called Chulpas, where they buried mummified corpses. The inside of the towers represent the womb and the mummies were buried in the fetal position representing rebirth. Probably only the vip’s of their time were buried in these Chulpas.
Many of the towers are in good condition and the setting is absolutely stunning with clear blue skies and clear blue water as a background!
On the way between Sillustani and Puno are several typical Aymara houses where you’ll be welcome to stop for a visit.

For many visitors the world’s highest commercially navigable lake has lost a lot of it’s charm. On all itineraries will be a visit to the Uros islands. These are floating reed islands of which many of them have been built especially for tourists making them more of museum pieces than real life islands. On Amantani island you can sleep in the houses of the locals. At night the mamma’s dress you up in local clothing and take you out dancing. Many people might think all of this is really phony (especially when they start singing "my bonnie lies over the ocean") but it does give a decent insight in the daily life of the local Aymara people and it provides the local people with an income.
Another Peruvian Titicaca island to visit is Taquile, again very touristy. A visit to Titicaca can be very fun and very rewarding but a lot depends on knowing what to expect.