Isla Suriki – Peace

Suriki Island is located 39 kilometers from the lake town of Puerto Pérez and is located on the smaller lake of Titicaca, called Wiñay Marka which means “Eternal City”. Suriki is known worldwide for the technology used in the manufacture of reed rafts and recognized as a tourist site for its culture developed around that knowledge.. According to the remains found in the area and the tests developed in the making of these boats, Possibly the sailors of Suriki Island managed to know the precise techniques to achieve consistency, texture, design and appropriate weight in the construction of reed rafts; knowledge that was inherited from their ancestors. Currently, the Limachi brothers and the Katari family are the ones who jealously guard the knowledge and technology for the manufacture of rafts that have the capacity to make voyages on the high seas.. In recent years they designed and built boats like the RA II,Titi and Kotamama III who crossed the Atlantic Ocean. For this reason, it is said that these rafts are transoceanic ships because the Andean man would have navigated the ancient lakes of the high plateau since ancient times., being able to reach other continents. In addition to the archaeological and ethnographic wealth of the Island, It also has its natural charm, since from there the view of Lake Titicaca is incomparable, observing several islands and towns located on its shores on the horizon.

Despite not having been fully explored archaeologically, It is presumed that different ceremonial acts were carried out at this site that included offerings to the Sun and Moon God.. In Suriki, crafts are made based on reeds and wood., Decorative ornaments inspired by the fauna of the area and small reed boats are also manufactured., so too, You can see miniature replicas of the ships that crossed the Atlantic.