Altiplano and Lake Titicaca
Altiplano:
The natural vegetation the altiplano is high altitude puna
grasslands. This area has been farmed since pre-Incan times.
There are
our three fearless leaders (Aram Calhoun, Mac Hunter, and Bill Glanz)
checking out the wet puna for bird life.
Lake
Titicaca:
Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world. It is also
a salt water lake. We took a boat to the Uros totora reed islands.
The Uros people use the totora reed to build their houses, boats,
and the very islands that they live on.
This is a
boat the Uros people made out of tortora reeds.
Here is a
house made out of tortora reeds.
