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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Puno

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Puno, Peru

Updated June 2, 2015

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The Uros People of Lake Titicaca

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

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Taquile Island

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

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Sillustani

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.
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Chucuito Temple of Fertility

Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.
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