- Today, Taquileños direct the tourism activities on the island and every community member directly benefits from the 40,000 tourists who visit Taquile Island each year.
- Taquile Island, situated on Lake Titicaca, lies about 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the Peruvian town of Puno, reachable through a 3-hour boat experience.
- The Taquile Island is located on Lake Titicaca, like the Island of Amantani, this belongs to the district of the same name in the department of Puno.
- How to Get to Taquile Island and Travel Tips. To reach Taquile Island, you can take a boat from the city of Puno, which is the gateway to Lake Titicaca.
- To get to Taquile island, we’ll first need to get to the city of Juliaca in the Puno region. The flight from Lima will take an hour and twenty minutes in most cases.
- It is there were the ventures of Taquile, Amantani, Uros and Llachon can be found. The visitor to Amantani or Taquile islands will visit Uros island on the route.
- Discover Taquile Island in Puno, Peru: On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.
- Taquile island is a small island in lake Titicaca 45km off Puno and is declared by UNESCO as a masterpiece of intangible human heritage for its unique...
- 3 hours into the middle of Lake Titicaca lies Taquile Island. ... The few tourists that visit Taquile Island stay for half a day, overnight at most.
- December 18, 2023 by Rachel. Puno is considered the heart of Peruvian folklore, and no other place highlights that fact than the island of Taquile.