Puno to Huatajata
Very early start this morning to catch the sunrise over Lake Titicaca, then back on board the train for breakfast.
Lake Titicaca is the world’s highest navigable lake and covers 3,000 square miles and links Peru to Bolivia.
After breakfast we said goodbye to the Andean Explorer and the wonderful staff and set off to Lake Titicaca, we had a quick coffee break then made our way to the Peru/Bolivia border.
We had a lunch stop at Copacabana, not the Brazilian beach, but the original one nestled on the shore of the lake. Some beautiful views of the lake and the antiplano. We had a quick stop to see the very pretty church.
Some special views of the lake and the mountains and we crossed the lake in a motor boat and finally reached the Inca Utama hotel which sits on the edge of the shore
After dinner we visited two of the hotel’s museums, the first museum was dedicated to the shaman healers and their traditions and medicines. A shaman then performed a ceremony to wish us safe travels.
Secondly we went into a building with a thatched roof and watched a short video of the stars and constellations, the room then went pitch black and the roof pulled back revealing the night sky, the moon and stars looked so clear because of the altitude and lack of light pollution. We all had the opportunity of viewing the moon through a giant telescope
How amazing to see the stars without light pollution. I remember doing that in Australia and felt as though I could touch them. Glad you are enjoying your holiday, love Anne