Lake Titicaca floating islands, Peru

Lake Titicaca is the second largest on the planet. It also is the navigable lake at the highest altitude in the world. In the area of the Bay of Puno, in Peru, are the floating islands. These are floating surfaces constructed by the Uru Chulluni tribe from braided roots of totora. The Uru or Uros are an indigenous people of Peru and Bolivia. Their boats, which are shaped like canoes, but with animal heads at the prow, are used for fishing and to bring visitors out to the islands

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