Amantani Island

As well as its neighbor Taquile, Amantani is quite far from the coastline and Puno’s departure, about 4 hours. And, as Taquile, the social organization is remarkable: work collectivization, resources that tourism and handicraft bring… The main activity of this island is agriculture (with Inca style terraces): cereals, tubers and beans are the alimentation base. On the other side, handicraft is important, it is made with ceramic, wool or leather. It is less touristic than Taquile, yet the landscapes beauty, trekkings and starry skies (caution with the cold at night) are literally amazing. It is possible to sleep in an inhabitant house and move around by walking between the 8 small hamlets of the island. In the Altiplano religion (altiplano means highlands), on the two peaks, at 300 m above the lake level, the ruins from Tiahuanaco Empire represent the center of offerings to gods of Nature, <