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Yavari, Lake Titicaca

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Puno (Lake Titicaca, Peru)

Description

An historic steamship, built in 1862, abandoned, decayed, and subsequently restored to her former glory. Moored opposite the Posada del Inca and available for visits and bed and breakfast by prior arrangement.

Accommodation

There are four cabins, three of which have a pair of bunk beds and one a single bunk. The bathroom is shared.

Our comments

As Meriel Larken says, there is "no other way of spending a night afloat on the world-famous Lake Titicaca".

Yavari (One of Yavari's three small cabins.) - Lake Titicaca, Peru Yavari (The Ship, the Lady and the Lake - cover of Meriel Larken's 2012 book describing the rescue of this Victorian steamship.) - Lake Titicaca, Peru Yavari (Ship interior and noticeboard.) - Lake Titicaca, Peru Yavari (Yavari at anchor on Lake Titicaca.) - Lake Titicaca, Peru Yavari (M/S Yavari from Lake Titicaca.) - Lake Titicaca, Peru

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