A floating village in Peru
The Uros islands are a group of 70 man-made totora reed islands floating on the lake, which according to Peru’s tourism board is the world’s highest navigable lake at over 4,000 meters above sea level. The Uros fish and hunt, but tourism is their main source of income.
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- An Andean man prepares a totora raft at the shores of a Uros island at Lake Titicaca before a re-enactment of the legend of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo in Puno on November 5, 2014. According to an Inca legend, Manco Capac and Mama Occllo emerged from the waters of the lake carrying a golden staff instructed by the sun god Inti to create a temple in the spot where the staff sank into the earth. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- An Andean woman decorates a totora raft at the shores of a Uros island at Lake Titicaca before a re-enactment of the legend of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo in Puno on November 5, 2014. According to an Inca legend, Manco Capac and Mama Occllo emerged from the waters of the lake carrying a golden staff instructed by the sun god Inti to create a temple in the spot where the staff sank into the earth. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- Andean actors perform during a re-enactment of the legend of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo in a Uros island at Lake Titicaca in Puno on November 5, 2014. According to an Inca legend, Manco Capac and Mama Occllo emerged from the waters of the lake carrying a golden staff instructed by the sun god Inti to create a temple in the spot where the staff sank into the earth. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- An Andean actor holds a golden staff during a re-enactment of the legend of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo in a Uros island at Lake Titicaca in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- Andeans prepare a totora raft at the shores of a Uros island at Lake Titicaca before a re-enactment of the legend of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- Andean actors sail in a totora raft during a re-enactment of the legend of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo in a Uros island at Lake Titicaca in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- Andeans row their totora boats as they accompany actors during a re-enactment of the legend of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo in a Uros island at Lake Titicaca in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- Andean people prepare a totora raft at the shores of a Uros island at Lake Titicaca before a re-enactment of the legend of Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- An Andean man and a woman, depicting Inca’s legendary characters Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo, pose for a portrait in a Uros island at Lake Titicaca before a re-enactment in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- An Andean man and a child stand at the top of a tower in a Uros island at Lake Titicaca in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- An Andean girl walks in front of her home, a straw hut, at a Uros island at Lake Titicaca in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- An Andean woman steps out of her house, a straw hut, in a Uros island at Lake Titicaca in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- An Andean girl walks near straw huts in a Uros island at Lake Titicaca in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- An Andean man rows a boat next to the shores of Uros islands at Lake Titicaca in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- Andeans prepare their boats at the shores of a Uros island at Lake Titicaca in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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- An Andean man eats outside his straw house in a Uros island at Lake Titicaca in Puno on November 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil)
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