Amantani Homestay Experience: Interacting with Local Peruvians

Amantani is an island on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. According to a 1988 census, it has a population of 3,663 Quechua speakers divided among about 800 families.

Some of the families on Amantani open their homes to tourists for overnight stays and provide cooked meals, arranged through tour guides.

They hold nightly traditional dance shows for the tourists where they offer to dress them up in their traditional clothes and participate. Women of the families also offer self-made alpaca-hats to their visitors as cover for the night-breeze, which the visitors are most welcome to buy at the end of their stay.

It was a beautiful experience for us! Worths your money.