BEAUTY OF LAKE TITICACA’S DEEP BLUE WATERS

THE BEAUTY OF LAKE TITICACA’S DEEP BLUE WATERS

        In the fresh mornings I used to see from my window the clearness of its waters surrounded by hills and another islands. Some fishing boats, Andean gulls, upper white beautiful clouds, simple awesome!

Oh wonder of Pachamama!

 Built with the forces of nature above the Andes in the high plateau

Through the millenniums.

Its dozens of islands with wunderbar vistas, its humble people how speak Quechua, Aymara and Spanish (Isla Suasi, Isla Soto, Taquile, Amantani, Isla del sol…)

In afternoons I liked to see the sunset (June- September) from the hill of “Itapilluni” (Suasi Island) with tourists up there. Surrounding us the sacred lake of the incas. The sky changing its colors, slowly tata Inti or the sun is disappearing on the western horizon behind the mountains.

The wind blows the mass of waters, as well as the blue sky`s now getting orange, light yellow, purple and so…during the last 15 minutes…”what a such sunset echo the tourists while continue taking pictures.

   And the wind blows our faces…the night coming back with its black blanket.  It’s time to go back to our lodge.

Living in a tiny island on the highest navigable lake in the planet was amazing, close to sky, closer the Milky Way and constellations. Remembering the myths and legends of the Ancient Collas and Incas as Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo” legend arising from the blue waters around the Sun Island today Bolivia.

IN DEPTH

      

 Located at

12 506 ft. (3 812m) above the sea level on the Plateau between Peru and Bolivia 60% 40%) is the highest navegable lake in the planet and the largest freshwater lake in South America. Lake Titicaca´s a mountain lake wonder shaped by Pachamama´s or Nature forces 60 million years ago aproximately. 

Fromm y early years I fell in love with Lake Titicaca. It´s blue waters, beauty and immensity. 

 The average deep is 140 meters or 459 ft. (main lake). And its deepest point is located around Soto Island with 282 m or 925 ft. making Lake Titicaca one of the deepest lakes in the world.

And so it has a length of 170 Km or 106 miles and 60 Km or 37 miles of width in average. 8 500 Km2 (3282 ml2) with a total of 900 Km3 (216ml3) or 4% of world`s fresh water.

Temperature’s stable never go frozen. From 9 -15°C or 48- 59 Fahrenheit from December to May during days and 5°C less in nights.

TITICACA`S FLORA AND FAUNA

Birds: Puna teals, American coots, Andean gulls, Titicaca`s silvery diver… around 175 birds.

Fish: Rain trout, Bonaerense king fish, carachi and Titicaca`s cat fish.

Another famous inhabitant of its waters is the Titicaca`s giant frog that today in endangered.

Chullo or totora (Titicaca`s reed aquatic plant) is used to build the woven floating island in the bay of Puno as well as in the areas of the lake.