PUNO, Peru—It seems wrong to end a series about the hidden wonders of South America with one of the continent's most celebrated tourist traps. And yet, as curiosities go, few are as singular, or as ...

A hardy lot, the Uros moved into the middle of the lake, which straddles Bolivia and Peru, to avoid the pesky Incans, who were busily subsuming other civilisations. They built boats and floating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Explore the fascinating lifestyle of the Uros tribe on Lake Titicaca, Peru, who inhabit moveable floating islands crafted from ...

Created by the indigenous Uros people as protection against attacks from the Incas, the Uros Islands are one of the world's most innovative feats of human engineering. In 2011, Peruvian-American ...

The Uros islands are a group of 70 man-made totora reed islands floating on Peru’s Lake Titicaca. Its inhabitants, the Uros tribe, pre-date Incan civilization and continue to hunt and fish the ...

This mythical place in the Andes is the cradle of the Inca civilization. This mythical place in the Andes is the cradle of the Inca civilization. Covering 8,300 square kilometers and perched at 3,800 ...