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Amantani Island

Amantani Island is one of the best Tourist Attractions in and around Puno in Peru. The place is a floating isle you can say with an unparalleled scenic beauty. Get surrounded by guinea pigs squeaking and scampering while strolling on this isle. Amantani Island is twelve thousand five hundred feet above sea-level. Soak up the crackling silence and the radiant warmth while you are in Amantani Island.

Amantani Island is a small isle located hours by boat within Lake Titicaca in Peru. Here you won't get electricity. And you will find the life on the island simple. It is one of the floating isles in this highest navigable lake in the world. Meet Uros people while you are on this place. This particular local community has made their colony on nothing more than layers upon layers of reeds.

Here you can enjoy the scenery while hiking up along the dirt path. This hike is very strenuous. You will get thin air actually at this high altitude.

You are advised to bring woolen cloths with you. You will see the local people dressed up in striped ponchos, wraps and toques. Heavy clothing is required here to ward off the chilly atmosphere. Many local people welcome travelers in their simple but cozy houses. And there lies the essence of hospitality. While spending your days at this isle, you will get introduced with this hospitality reflecting from the simple people of this scenic isle.

After getting on striped ponchos, wraps and toques, you will blend in with the local crowd.

Along with watching the tourist attractions in this land, enjoying the beauty of nature will also be a part of your Peru tour. The beauty of this scenic island will surely urge you get back this place again and again.

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