Uros, Peru

Travel Blogs from Uros (14)

Reed Islands, Puno and the Uros Islands, Peru travel blog
Reed Islands
Aug 11, 2006

Pounding on the door, the homestay "alpha male" woke us from a deep sleep. We enjoyed pancakes and some mint-like tea, and then made our way to the waterfront - with Aleja leading the way. We said our thanks and goodbye, and then boarded our boat. ...

A travel blog entry by chowie
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Local islands for Local people (or tourists), Uros and Amantani Islands, Peru travel blog
Local islands for Local people (or tourists)
Sep 12, 2006

... lake in the blazing sunshine. For the first 20 mins or so went through reeds before arriving at the first of the reed islands. Uros or the reed islands of which they are many are all man-made but are very stable. They are basically made from reed ...

A travel blog entry by emanddave
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Floating Isle of Uros, Uros, Peru travel blog
Floating Isle of Uros
May 17, 2009

Today we took a boat out to Uros Island, famous for being a floating island, built entirely out of reeds, which grow abundantly throughout Lake Titicaca. It was very interesting to see how these people lived, and still do today, with some islands being ...

A travel blog entry by johnorton
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Pisaq and Uros Islands, Pisaq and Uros Islands (Lake Titicaca), Peru travel blog
Pisaq and Uros Islands
Oct 25, 2006

... the highest countries in the world and also one of the poorest in South America, Bolivia. Our Highlights of Peru People. Empire. Rambling. Uros. The people of Peru have been great. In a country with so many tourists, you'd expect the people ...

A travel blog entry by marc-patty
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Forum Discussions on Uros (9)

Top 5 things in Lake Titicaca???
Posted on Jul 3, 2009, 18:21:59
Fantastic. I loved LT, thought it was just magic. Can anyone recommend one of the uros islands for staying on overnight, and is it pretty cold? How do you get from Puno to copacabana on the bolivian side - boat or land? There are no boats, you have ...
Top 5 things in Lake Titicaca???
Posted on Jul 3, 2009, 13:13:45
Fantastic. I loved LT, thought it was just magic. Can anyone recommend one of the uros islands for staying on overnight, and is it pretty cold? How do you get from Puno to copacabana on the bolivian side - boat or land?
Top 5 things in Lake Titicaca???
Posted on Jun 29, 2009, 22:11:36
By all means do the floating Uros islands from Puno, which is a miserable town, then hightail it out to Copacabana in Bolivia, and much more attractive place. Be sure to visit Isla del Sol.
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