Magical Peru #16: Uros' Floating Islands in Lake Titicaca
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We woke up very early in Puno to go on a boat trip on lake Titicaca! On this first part, we stopped by the floating islands of the Uros People. On the next video, we head to Isla Taquile.
The Uros are a pre-Incan people who live on forty-two self-fashioned floating islands in Lake Titicaca Puno, Peru and Bolivia. 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.
On the afternoon, we continued our boat tour heading to Isla Taquile, the most industrious island in Lake Titicaca. Its walled paths are crowned with rustic arches and dotted with Inca and pre-Inca ruins. Some 350 Quechua-speaking families still live in Taquile island following Inca creeds. Please watch Magical Peru #17:
Puno is a city in southeastern Peru, located on the shore of Lake Titicaca. It is the capital city of the Puno Region and the Puno Province with a population of approximately 100,000. The city was established in 1668 by viceroy Pedro Antonio Fernández de Castro as capital of the province of Paucarcolla with the name San Juan Bautista de Puno. Puno has several churches dating back from the colonial period; they were built to service the Spanish population and evangelize the natives. Lake Titicaca (Spanish: Lago Titicaca) is a lake in the Andes on the border of Peru and Bolivia. By volume of water, it is the largest lake in South America. It is often called the highest navigable lake in the world, with a surface elevation of 3,812 m (12,507 ft).
When we first arrived in Peru, we spent a couple of weeks studying Spanish in Lima (please watch the vlog Living in Lima) then we headed to the North of Peru and visited Trujillo, Chiclayo and some archaeological sites, such as tombs, pyramids and ancient cities. On the South of Peru, our first stop was in Arequipa, and then we headed to Chivay and its thermal pools (La Calera hot springs) and the Colca Canyon, to do a canyon tour. Now, we go to the country side: Puno, Lake Titicaca, Cusco, Machu Pichu and so on...
On the next video we continue our boat trip on Lake Titicaca and arrive on the Isla Tacuile!
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Após passar algumas semanas apenas em Lima estudando espanhol e conhecendo o que a capital peruana tem a oferecer, nós partimos para explorar o país. Começando pela região Norte, fomos até Trujillo, Chiclayo, Huanchaco, Huacas del Sol e de la Luna, Chan Chan e o sítio arqueológico da Tumba do Lorde Sipán. Depois, descemos pelo Sul do Perú, em lugares como Arequipa, Chivay, Cânion de Colca, Puno e Lago Titicaca, e terminamos nossa jornada no interior, em Cusco, no Vale Sagrado e em Machu Pichu.
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Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca: life on a floating island for Peruvian Indians
Life on a floating island can’t be easy – but the Peruvian Indians of the Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca, have been doing it for centuries. Take a balsas boat from Puno and discover a fascinating aspect of Peruvian culture – the floating islands of Uros - made entirely from totora reeds. We visit one floating village.
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Welcome to the Uros Islands.
My name is Percy, the leader of this community. There are six families living on this island, which is 40 metres long and 30 metres wide. Family members always stay near their brothers, or near their fathers and mothers. Fathers and mothers are important – they are leaders of the community.
The most important activity in this community is fishing. We also have handicraft. The women make small objects for Uros life. The men use reeds of totoras to make small boats for sailing and big boats to be used as gondolas for tourist transportation or taxis in Lake Titicaca.
My name is Amalia, and I live on this island with six families in total. I’m married, and I have one child who is six years old. I work on this island, especially for men. I cook for the husbands. When they are working, cutting the totoras, they need food. I wake up at about 6am. Families normally go to bed at about 8pm.
We cut many reeds of totora to make the houses we put on the islands. Totora grows in another place, we cut it and bring it to the island. We also fix any broken houses using green totoras, not dry totoras. We travel four kilometres every six weeks to gather fresh totoras to put on the island. We use totoras roots to create small gardens on the island and sometimes we plant crops.
Our boats are called balsas. The balsas are our local traditional transportation. Children use small balsas to go to school and men use them to go fishing. We use the big balsas – that we call Mercedes Benz - as transportation to go from this island to other places and come back here.
Here brothers and sisters work together – we live here. And we do good work to make sure the island stays afloat. We use these reeds and roots to keep the island afloat. This island is held together by many root pieces – that’s its foundation. We cut and bring big block pieces. From this place to another it’s long kilometres. Here they’re like brick shapes. In each block piece, we put a eucalyptus rod, which we get from the mainland, not from the island. Then we use a rope to tie it. We tie all the root pieces together. This protects the reeds from breaking apart and so it holds its position. Local people call these blocks idli. This makes the islands float.
This island has 12 anchors. This holds it in place in the windy season. If it’s too windy, we’ll end up in Bolivia – and we don’t have Bolivian passports. Ancestors on Uros used to use this kind of rope, but it doesn’t last for a long time. Now we use synthetic rope to tie the foundations. This is a tool to cut the green reeds of the totora. On these foundations we put many layers of reeds. Firstly, we put them in one direction, and then the other direction, so it makes a crisscross shape. The block is approximately 1 metre. The totoras layer is 2 metres. The whole thing is 3 metres. The houses are made out of totoras reeds. This is for the rainy season or protection.
They use this tower for local communication in the Uros community. They call to other people for local activities and celebrations.
Let’s go and take a look at the houses. This is a family house – it’s a modern house.
In the rainy season, we use plastic and reed mats on the roof. Local people dry their totoras reeds in this shape. They use the dried reeds to make houses. This is another family house. This family is drying reeds of totoras to put over their roof. This is my house. This big one is one of the first houses. It belongs to my father. It’s the first house near the lake.
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Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca: life on a floating island for Peruvian Indians
Country: PERU
Region: PUNO
City: LAKE TITICACA
GPS: 15°49'6.24S 69°58'24.46O
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Uros Floating Islands aerial video on Lake Titicaca, Puno, Peru
presents: A short aerial film of the Uros floating islands of Lake Titikaka in Peru. The Uros people live permanently on these reed built islands. They are anchored to the fairly shallow waters via ropes tied to large rocks. They replace the top layer of reeds frequently, as the bottom layers rot. We filmed the islands from the air to give a rarely seen overview of the layout of the community on a broad water avenue stretched out amongst the massive reedbeds.
The music: Peruvian Sketch, is fully licensed via istockphoto.com
Uros floating islands of Lake Titicaca, Peru
When we set out for this trip nearly a year ago, I knew that there would be certain places, certain experiences that would leave me awestruck. I knew I'd be wowed by Machu Picchu, stand in awe of Easter Island's giant statues and gaze open-mouthed at Perito Moreno in Argentina. What I didn't expect is that I'd be similarly lost for words on the man-made Uros floating islands of Lake Titicaca. In fact, I hadn't even heard of them before arriving in Peru.
I guess that’s one of the wonders of travel: discovery. The floating islands of Uros are certainly one of the most charming discoveries of our trip so far.
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This time we visit UROS IT IS FLOATING ISLAND ON LAKE TITICACA IN PERU.
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At Lake Titicaca in Peru there are more than 80 floating islands on which people live, and have done so for perhaps more than 3000 years. Explore and enjoy:
Uros Floating Islands - Puno Peru - Travelling Backpack
A tour to the Floating Islands of Uros close to Puno. Islands completely made out of reeds.
Uros Reed Floating Islands, Puno, Peru
Uros Reed Floating Islands, Puno, Peru
Uros Islas Flotante Puno Peru. Floating Island in Lake Titicaca Peru.
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Uros Indigenous People of Peru Living in Floating Island in Lake Titicaca (as they call: Titikaka)
While We were exploring The drone was shot by this People living in this beautiful Floating Islands.
Uros floating Islands is the best tour in Peru. We Drove from Lima To Puno in Juliaca where we get the best tour in Peru. You can fly from Lima too. We met the indigenous who still live in footing Islands built by themselves.
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What to see in Peru, Where to Go in Peru, Things to do in Peru. I recommend to visit Lake Titicaca The most beautiful Place in Puno, Juliaca Peru and meet this wonderful People.
Explorando Las Islas Flotantes de Los Uros en el Lago Titicaca, Peru El mejor y mas bonito tour en Peru, Maravillosas islas Flotates construidas por indigenas que viven de la pesca, y artesanía que ellos mismo hacen para vender al turismo que los visita.
Uros Floating Islands (Lake Titicaca), Puno, Peru
This video is about the Uros Floating Islands in Lake Titicaca, Peru. Discover the demonstration on how the islands was built by the locals in Huayna Marqa along with their culture and lifestyle. Also featuring a boat ride on the Lake Titicaca's surrounding floating islands.
Tourist Traps and Floating Islands on Lake Titicaca | Puno, Peru
What a wet day we had today… It rained the whole morning! It started off with a quick tour of the Uros (floating) Islands on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. As with a lot of tourism, we felt these islands had lost some charm as it was all focused on us buying things and forcing us to pay additional money to go out on a boat that lasted 5 minutes. It wasn’t a bad experience, but definitely not an authentic encounter. We finished off the day on Taquile Island, which was beautiful!
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After an overnight Peru Hop bus ride from Arequipa to Puno, we arrived on the shores of Lake Titicaca, Peru! In this vlog, we were getting ready to do a two-day excursion to Lake Titicaca floating islands, such as Uros, Amantani and Taquile.
The Lake Titicaca Floating Islands of Uros are unique. They are made of reeds. For generations, a local tribe has been maintaining Uros islands, and we were visiting two of the islands for a quick visit. Here, we experienced a rare hail storm!
Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake on earth - it sits at more than 8,000 meters, or roughly 12,000 feet. Lake Titicaca is shared by Peru and Bolivia, and the floating Uros Islands are located on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca.
The high elevation affected our breathing, as well as our mobility.
After Uros Island, we continued on to Amantani Island where we spent the night doing a homestay with a local family. On this island, we experienced great hospitality with Muña tea, a delicious dinner, and even a dance night, dressing up in local attire!
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The Man-Made, Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca in Peru is a lagoon made up of approximately 70 man-made islands. The central island serves as a hub, home to over 500 residents. Living afloat isn’t for everyone, but the Uros, a small South American tribe, have created and maintained this unique lifestyle for many years. The platforms are made using dried reeds and can be moved away from the mainland at any time. Home to the old and the new worlds, Lake Titicaca is a floating paradise welcoming visitors from around the globe.
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Floating Islands in Lake Titicaca. View from boat.
Uros floating island, Lake Titicaca, Peru.
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Lake Titicaca, Uros Floating Islands, local women singing to us tourists. November 12, 2013.
Expert Fishing on Boats made of Totora Grass in Lake Titicaca Uros Floating Islands | Puno Peru |
I join the Hotel owner and his son in fishing on Lake Titicaca near Puno in Peru upon which the Uros floating Islands are built.
Fun fact: The boat is made from the same straw that you see growing all around the island. These guys make it. Incredible!
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