A highlight of our trip has to be our stay on a floating Uros island on Lake Titicaca with Walter, his wife Elena, their baby, dog Cola, his father Sabina and Momma Maria. Walter and his dad built the island 10 years ago from reeds and have built everything on it. The islands are anchored to poles in the nearby shallow reeds and are all tied together. Walter speaks English fluently and was born on the islands. We arrived late but it wasn’t a problem. Walter’s dad came and picked us up in a little motor boat and Elena fixed us something to eat. Walter, and Cola, took us around all the Uros islands in a traditional reed boat he and his father made. He arranged a tour for us to Taquile Island. We spent one afternoon lounging on the outside canopy bed enjoying watching the birds and reading. There is a museum full of birds that Walter had made out of reeds. They are accurate replicas and he has information about each species. He has also made miniature boats and houses. We thought about doing a home stay but this was better because we were the only guests on the island and we had great accommodations. Our room was very large with a big bathroom, hot water, a flushing toilet and a natural toilet. It got very cold at night but we stayed warm under all the covers on the bed. There was also a propane heater. The food that Elena made was very good, especially the trout! We really felt close to Walter and Elena and we will always remember them.

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Nous avons eu beaucoup de chance de loger sur une île flottante à Uros dans la famille de Walter. Nous avons été très bien accueillis, la chambre était très confortable et magnifique, gros coup de coeur et l'un des points forts de notre séjour au Pérou !

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Une escale de reve sur une ile en roseau au milieu du lac. La chambre quadruple et sa terrasse sont juste fantastiques avec le soleil qui donne tout l apres midi ! Walter (qui ne parle qu espagnol) est ultra sympathique et nous explique tous les details de la vie insulaire. On a vraiment passé une journée de reve, seul sur l ile et a des kilometres des hordes de touristes envahissant le lac. Entre farniente et activites de visite du lac, le temps a passé trop vite. Les recommendations que nous avions eu sur internet et par nos amis etaient 100% validés, tout comme la justesse des photos sur le site ! Merci a Walter et sa famille pour cet accueil et cette parenthese enchantée

Meme si ca vaut le coup, c est un budget ! Les repas ne sont pas cher (30 soles/p) mais les portions ne suffiront pas si vous avez des ados affamés. C est super de pouvoir payer en carte sur une petite ile mais attention 5% de frais qui s ajoutent.

Struttura unica nel suo genere formata da diverse capanne le cui fondamenta sono su radici che unite fra di loro formano un’isola galleggiante. Host (marito, moglie e cane CocaCola) fantastici. Bello giro in barca offertoci per tornare al Porto il mattino seguente, durante il quale Walter il nostro host ci ha spiegato l’origine delle isole Galleggianti sul lago e la vita nelle isole.

Purtroppo, sono da segnalare alcuni disservizi, difficoltà di comunicare con gli host per mancanza di segnale Internet, difficoltà a raggiungere la struttura perché dipende da un servizio di barca navetta, acqua con bassa portata e la calda non disponibile, lenzuola di materiale sintetico, stanza fredda, possibile presenza di parassiti o piccoli acari della polvere nel letto, colazione scarsa e sotto le aspettative, in base ancora una volta alle recensioni lente (uova e frutta erano però molto buone).