Taquile Island - was one of the last locations in Peru to capitulate to Spanish domination during the Spanish conquest of Peru. These days,Taquile is based on fishing, agriculture and tourism.  The island is characterised by the quality of their textiles.  Here, the men of the community do all the knitting, as this is strictly a male domain, while the women do the spinning. High quality, locally knitted goods are available for purchase at various cooperatives on the island.

Amantani Island - is another small island on Lake Titicaca populated by Quechua speakers. About 800 families live in six villages on the roughly circular 15 square kilometres (6 sq mi) island.  Their main livelihood is agriculture; producing potatoes, barley and beans.  There are two mountain peaks, called Pachatata (Father Earth) and Pachamama (Mother Earth), and ancient ruins on the top of both peaks.  There are no cars on the island and no hotels.  Some of the families on Amantaní open their homes to tourists for overnight stays and provide cooked meals. The families who do so are required to have a special room set aside for the tourists and must fit a code by the tour companies that help them. Guests typically take food staples (cooking oil, rice, sugar) as a gift or school supplies for the children on the island. They hold nightly traditional dance shows for the tourists where they offer to dress them up in their traditional clothes and participate.