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Location:
Southern highlands of Peru, border with Bolivia
Capital:
Puno (12 555 ft)
Altitude
Minimum:
2690 ft (Lanlacuni Bajo)
Maximum:
15 501 ft (San Antonio de Esquilache)
Weather:
Maximum: 57.2 °F
Minimum 37.4 °F
Terrestrial
– Lima-Arequipa-Cabanillas-Juliaca-Puno: 820 miles (21 hours)
– Arequipa-Santa Lucía-Cabanillas-Juliaca–Puno: 202 miles (6 hours)
– Cusco-Juliaca–Puno: 242 miles (7 hours)
– Tacna-Moquegua-Laraqueri-Puno: 258 miles (7 hours)
– Puerto Maldonado-Mazuco-Macusani-Juliaca-Puno: 511 miles (12 hours)
By Train
– Cusco–Puno: 239 miles (10 hours)
By Air
Flights from Lima to:
– Juliaca (1 hour 45 minutes)
– Juliaca with stopover in Cusco (2 hours 40 minutes)
UNIQUE EXPERIENCES
Activities
– Create a Torito de Pucará
– Riding the Titicaca Lake on the totora reed raft, kayaking and sailing boat
– Totora reed and textile handicrafts
– Artisanal fishing
Festivals and Events
Virgin of Candelaria Feast (Feb) / Juliaca’s Carnival (Feb – Mar) / Puno’s aniversary (4 Nov)
Gastronomy
Some of the most popular local dishes are kancacho, quinoa pesque, quinoa pudding, alpaca rind and chairo.
