![[Photo of Port of Puno]](Port-of-Puno.jpg "Port of Puno")
![[Photo of Lake Titicaca]](LakeTiticaca1.jpg "Lake Titicaca")
![[Photo of tourist boat]](tourist-boat.jpg "Tourist boat")
![[Photo of rowboat]](rowboat.jpg "Rowboat")
![[Photo of Lake Titicaca]](LakeTiticaca2.jpg "Lake Titicaca")
![[Photo of Los Uros welcome sign]](LosUros-welcome-sign.jpg "Los Uros welcome sign")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros1.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros2.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros3.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros4.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros5.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros6.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros7.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros house with solar panel]](LosUros8.jpg "Los Uros house with solar panel")
![[Photo of kettles]](kettles.jpg "Kettles")
![[Photo of Liam at Los Uros]](Liam-at-Los-Uros.jpg "Liam at Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros9.jpg "Los Uros")
Lake Titicaca is the world's highest navigable lake at 3810 metres above sea level. I took these photos on May 21, 2007 while on a boat tour to Lake Titicaca's Uros community, where the native inhabitants live on artificial, floating islands made of totora reeds.
I travelled in a reed boat from one island to another, with Uros women singing to the passengers as the boat departed:
![[Photo of reed boat]](reed-boat1.jpg "Reed boat")
![[Photo of reed boat]](reed-boat2.jpg "Reed boat")
![[Photo of Uros women singing]](Uros-women-singing.jpg "Uros women singing")
![[Photo of reed boat]](reed-boat3.jpg "Reed boat")
![[Photo of reed boat]](reed-boat4.jpg "Reed boat")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros10.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros11.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros12.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros13.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros14.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros15.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of Los Uros]](LosUros16.jpg "Los Uros")
![[Photo of reed boat]](reed-boat5.jpg "Reed boat")
![[Photo of reed boat]](reed-boat6.jpg "Reed boat")
Esteves Island on Lake Titicaca is home to the Libertador luxury hotel near the city of Puno:
![[Photo of Esteves Island]](EstevesIsland1.jpg "Esteves Island")
![[Photo of Esteves Island]](EstevesIsland2.jpg "Esteves Island")
![[Photo of Esteves Island]](EstevesIsland3.jpg "Esteves Island")
![[Photo of Puno]](Puno.jpg "Puno")
I stayed at the Casa Andina Private Collection hotel on the shore of Lake Titicaca in Puno:
![[Photo of Casa Andina Private Collection]](CasaAndinaPrivateCollection1.jpg "Casa Andina Private Collection")
![[Photo of Casa Andina Private Collection dock]](CasaAndinaPrivateCollection-dock.jpg "Casa Andina Private Collection dock")
![[Photo of Casa Andina Private Collection]](CasaAndinaPrivateCollection2.jpg "Casa Andina Private Collection")
Hotels at this high altitude offer supplementary oxygen to guests:
![[Photo of oxygen machine in hotel lobby]](hotel-oxygen.jpg "Welcome to Lake Titicaca. Would you like some oxygen?")