Minka Fair Trade

Visit Isla Taquile, located on Lake Titicaca, the highest commercially navigable lake in the world. At 3800 meters above sea level, the agriculturalist community on the island has achieved surviving and preserving a millennial and cultural identity. Two out of six sectors on the island are linked to MINKA Fair Trade and receive capacity building to promote and defend their cultural ancestral values. Stay on Isla Taquile and enjoy breathtaking views of deep red-coloured soil contrasted with the intense blue of the lake. Be introduced to Pachamama (mother earth) and Cochamamma (motherwater), and catch a sunset and enjoy the moon rising over the peaks of the Cordillera Real.

Isla Taquile and Lake Titicaca

The community is located 35km, to the east of the City of Puno (3 hours by boat). Taquile Island is the biggest island in Lake Titicaca. The level of altitude between the port and the town varies from 3.810 to 3.950 meters above the sea level. Its highest temperature is 19ºC (66,2ºF) and its lowest, 3ºC (37,4ºF).Taquile forms part of the Lake Titicaca Natural Reserve. This is a protected natural area, created in 1978, to preserve the lake and mountain ecosystem, a spectacular and diverse region containing a wide variety of unique flora and fauna. Resident and emigrant birds, which together make up more than 60 species. There are 40 different species of fish, 18 species of amphibians (the most well known being the giant frog), and some mammals, such as the cuy (guinea pig), Andean fox, vizcacha (Andean rodent) and some endangered species as well. The lakes plants are either floating or submerged, with 12 varieties of aquatic plants, like totora and lenteja de agua. There are more than 64 genres of flora on the island’s shore.