From Zampaya, we will take a very little used road, which has magnificent views of the Lake Titicaca and of the surrounding shorelines; it also passes through terrace fields which are still used to grow local crops. Eventually we will arrive to Yampupata. This is a small village which also serves a small fishing port and it is the closes port to the Island of the Sun on the mainland. Island of the Sun is just across the Yampupata Straight. We will board a small communal motorised boat here and start our trip to the Titicaca islands here.
Our first destination is Pilkokaina or Inca Palace on the Island of the Sun (Isla del Sol), which is the most conserved Inca ruin on the islands, it is a building which used to have two floors, but unfortunately only the lower floor is conserved today. From Pilkokaina we will continue our boat ride to Yumani, which is only about 1 km (0.6 mi) away.
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