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Bolivia's spiritual capital and the port for the sacred islands, on the southern shore of Lake Titicaca's Lago Mayor, at 3,841 m above sea level and 155 km from La Paz. Its name comes from the Aymara Kota Kawana, “lake lookout”. From here you visit the Basilica of the Virgin of Copacabana, Cerro Calvario, the Horca del Inca, the floating islands and the Islands of the Sun and the Moon.

What to see in Copacabana

Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana

  • Easy
  • 1 h

Shrine of the Dark Virgin, Patroness of Bolivia, on Plaza 2 de Febrero. The current church, Renaissance with a strong Mudejar imprint and a mestizo Baroque...

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Cerro Calvario

  • Moderate
  • 1 h 30 min

Hill to the north-west of town, about 120 m above Copacabana, with its summit near 3,960 m above sea level. A steep cobbled stairway climbs past the fourteen...

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Copacabana waterfront and bay

  • Easy
  • 1 h 30 min

At the end of Avenida 6 de Agosto, five blocks from the square, the town opens onto the lake: it is one of the highest beaches in the world (3,841 m above sea...

Horca del Inca (Pachataka)

  • Moderate
  • 1 h 30 min

Solar observatory on the slope of Cerro Kesanani, about 600 m south of the centre and some 100 m above the lake. Two pillars carved from the bedrock hold a...

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Inca Banderani (Kopakati)

  • Moderate

Hill and pre-Hispanic settlement of the Kopakati community, about 5 km south of Copacabana at 3,922 m above sea level. A huge boulder holds a pictograph with...

Island of the Moon (Koati)

  • Easy
  • 2 h

A small island (1.05 km²) 8 km east of the Island of the Sun, dedicated by the Incas to Mama Killa, the Moon. Its main site is Iñak Uyu, the “women's...

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Island of the Sun

  • Moderate
  • 4 h

The largest island in Titicaca (14.3 km²), facing the Copacabana peninsula, with more than 80 archaeological sites and human presence since 2200 BC. For the...

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Chañi Floating Islands

  • Easy
  • 3 h

Artificial totora-reed platforms on eucalyptus beams and floats, built and run by families of the Chañi community in Copacabana bay, about 8 to 9 km from town...

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Sahuiña

  • Easy

A community on the shore of Lake Titicaca with a yellow-fronted church, a beach with thatched shelters, a small pier, reed beds and fish pens in the bay. It...

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