Enchanting Capachica Peninsula (Part II)
January 25, 09 by Sergio ReynaSo close and yet so far, Capachica boasts the privilege to be just about two hours and a half from Puno, 
Peru´s major port on Lake Titicaca, and two hours from Juliaca, the bustling commercial city in the department of Puno. Nonetheless, it also remains as isolated as ancient times. It is simply a heaven for off-the-beaten-path enthusiasts. The peninsula of Capachica is surrounded sideways by the freezing and dark waters of the Lake Titicaca at an altitude over 3800 meters above sea level.
The road leads you from Juliaca to the Andean plateau or altiplano where your skin feels the cold wind, and your eyes stare at the herd of llamas or Karwas (lama glama), and alpacas or pakuchas (lama pacos) as well as the barren soil filled with the resistant, spiky tussock grass, locally known as ichu (stipa pungens).
As you go by small and picturesque towns and villages such as Huata, Coata with her quiet river of same name, and Capachica you perceive the clear air, the extremely dry climate, and the unbelievable luminescent quality of the sunlight on Puno´s high plain. The sun hits the environment and the grassland puna strongly as you get near Titicaca just in the middle of the Andes, and you see little by little the deep blue of the lake.
