Barco Yavari, history and beauty on board on Lake Titicaca.Peru.

Barco Yavari, history and beauty on board on Lake Titicaca. Business Idea / Yavari voyages / My Business / Commerce, Sunday, March 8, 2009, pag. 16. The highest lake in the world there is a boat from the time of Ramón Castillo is ideal for a stroll along the puneña geography. It all started in July 2008 when Pia Treguear, Cinthia Wicht, Allan Cooper and Antonio Jimeno decided to develop a tourism project that breaks with the classic lodges and hotels, the emerging idea of a data come from Puno: there was an iron vessel restored had been brought by Ramón Castillo in 1861 and belonged to the Peruvian navy and was now a museum, called "Yavari" (meaning in Aymara FORTALEZA). The boat was a perfect blend of history with geography in the world's highest lake . The project called Voyages Yavari, conducting research mara measure the potential of the company as the tour on Lake Titicaca (Puma stone) are not usually very formal and if uncertain, few guides can speak more than two languages, boats do not offer comfort and services, adding the fact that the island of Taquile mistica lost due to a large influx of tourists and their modernization that eventually will lose, but it has its identity, just as the Isle of Uros. Among those involved in the project is the Association Yavari (made by British naval personnel) that owns the ship museum and signed a concession contract for 10 years with Yavari Voyages, which includes maintenance of the machine and its use in Lake sacredness of the Incas. It also contacted the heads of the communities of Bay Llachon and the Floating Islands of Los Uros, both points of arrival to provide tours (walking a day), with them signing an agreement of good practice to advise providers of travel services for both puntos.En Uros will have guides who know languages and Llachon been given a typical lunch with inputs from the eight zona.Esta contact with tour operators that offer travel tickets (only 40) at a price of us $ 200 .- aproximadamente.La crew give historical talks, armed knots, visit the ship and museum management and navigation. Uros and the route is Llachon and a half hour, making it less heavy. To begin to walk this project is needed after a year of operation, permits the Navy, training of personnel on board and in ports, "The diferencion is the key to an exclusive audience with the expectations of experiencing culture, traditions, geography and mystique of the land of the Incas, which is Peru. Key: Puno is the second favorite destination for foreigners (MINCETUR 2008) it has doubled since 2004, The origin of tourists arriving in Puno are the U.S., England, Japan, Canada and Spain (25,000 visitors in August 2008), tourists are usually older than 35 years: In 1998 The Yavari, first opened its doors as a museum ship Peru (registered at the National Institute of Culture).