Tour Bolivia in 12 Days

Código del Tour: AT1-03
Duration: 12 days
Languages: Spanish, English

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Day 1.- Arrive to Santa Cruz, transfer to the Refugio Volcanes

Arrive to Santa Cruz  then we will be transferred from Santa Cruz airport to the Refugio Los Volcanes in the morning, we leave from Santa Cruz heading for the National Park Amboro. The park is characterized by its different ecological floors - they are as many as the whole country of Costa Rica - with its immense wealth in flora and fauna: more than 1.200 of species of vertebrates. 840 of them are birds, with which Amboro is one of the richest regions in wild birds all over the world. However, it is also habitat of the Jucumari (spectacled bear), of the jaguar, of the puma and of diverse species of monkeys and a great variety of mammals, reptiles and lizards. Our lodge, the refuge Volcanes, is located in the south limit of the National Park Amboro, at only one hour and a half of trip from Santa Cruz. The protected area of the lodge (282 ha) is located amid an astonishing landscape characterized by rocks of gritty stone several hundred meters high amid a tropical cloudy forest. To sum up: a paradise for every lover of nature and ornithologist. In the afternoon, first trip from the refuge through the cloudy forests of the park with fantastic views on the formations of gritty stone. Night at the Refugio Volcanes/National Park Amboro (320 m) (1930 m) (L, D)

Day 2.- Refugio Volcanes, Trip to Samaipata

After a pleasant breakfast, we leave for a lingering walk through the grandiose landscapes and a refreshing swim in a natural pond fed by a waterfall. We set out trip toward Samaipata. To the left, you will appreciate tropical forests, to the right fruit plantations and small towns. The highway opens up road through a narrow valley, ascending, ascending to get to Las Cuevas, where you will be amazed by an entire series of waterfalls. Near the end of the afternoon, we arrive to Samaipata, a small colonial town, idyllically located amid gentle green hills. In fact, for several years, Samaipata has become the privileged place by many foreigners who want to escape from the modern world and to settle down in this paradisiacal corner of the planet. We chose a special lodge for you, located in a small hill in the outskirts of the town - ideal for a relaxed afternoon and a reparative rest under the vastness of the starry sky. Night in Samaipata. (B, L, D)

Hotel Guasu

Day 3.- The Fort of Samaipata, return to Santa Cruz

In the morning, your guide will take you to the pre-Inca ruins El Fuente was an administrative and important religious center of the pre-Columbian culture. Later, the Inca enlarged it, because it constituted the end of the biggest oriental extension in the Inca Empire. A walk through the whole compound will offer you beautiful views to the rock of biggest carved gritty stone of South America, declared Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity by the UNESCO. In the afternoon, you will pay a visit to the small archaeological museum of Samaipata, where you will learn even more about the mysteries of the pre-Inca ruins. Return to Santa Cruz. Night in Santa Cruz (B, L) (420 m)

Day 4.- transfer Santa Cruz – Sucre + City Tour in Sucre in the afternoon

Today we spend the day in the beautiful “white city” of Sucre. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the constitutional capital of Bolivia is famous for its style of tranquility, its beautiful colonial architecture and its many churches. Our guide will pick us up at 09:00 am in the hotel lobby to show us the most famous buildings and museums in the city. We will start with the Recoleta Convent, a monastery of the Franciscan order built in 1601. Then we will learn more about the culture of the region and the country at the Museum of Indigenous Art (ASUR) and about the history of Bolivia at La Casa. De la Libertad, where the Act of Independence was signed in 1825. We will end the day visiting the Monastery of San Felipe Nery, enjoying a beautiful view over the city from its terrace. (B, L)

Day 5.-Transfer Sucre - Potosí – Uyuni

This day we will travel by car to the city of Potosí 3 Hours of travel Today we will learn about the history and current life of Potosí, a city listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO after arrival in Potosí our guide will give us a city tour of the city center on foot after lunch, we will go to Uyuni 4 hours of travel after arrival in Uyuni Overnight at the Hotel. (B, L, D)

Day 6.-Uyuni – San Juan Village

This day we will start at 10.00 am we will have an unforgettable trip across 12 000 km2 of fantastic salt landscape. You have to ready your camera ready. The amazing Uyuni Salt flat view (or Tunupa) looks like a different planet. We will visit ´Colchani´, where we will stop to visit the family house where they are processing the Salt then we will enter the Salar and stop at the salt mounts from where we will continue towards to Incahuasi Island when we will have our lunch then we will continue our visiting the island we will walk 1 hour around the island. After visiting the island, we will go to San Juan village where we will sleep overnight. (3650 m) (B, L, D)

Day 7.- San Juan – Laguna Colorada

This day we will leave our hotel at 07:30 am we will visit on the way the lookout volcano Ollague a fantastic view then we will go towards the lagoons chain of Cañapa, Hedionda, ChiarKhota, Honda and Ramaditas, where we will see a good quantity of the three kinds of flamingos and other kinds of birds as Andean seagulls and wild ducks. These birds live on the lagoons alongside of the volcanoes with their eternal snow on the top and their green sides mixed with other colors done by the borax and sulphur then we will stop on the way to appreciate some natural monuments carved by the wind, such us the Arbol de Piedra (Stone Tree). These fantastic deserts gather all the colors from browns, reds, oranges, brass, coffee and beige then we will fine Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve where is located greatest Laguna Colorada where we will walk 30 minutes and we will fine flamingos Laguna Colorada where we will sleep (B, L, D) (4200 m)

Day 8.- Laguna Colorada – Laguna Verde – Uyuni

This day we will leave our hotel at 07:00 am after an early breakfast, we will drive up to the Geysers of Sol de mañana this point is the higher altitude of the tour. We will be at 5000 meters above the sea level.  We will be able to walk among the smoky and noisy geysers, boiling mud stewpot where red and grey mud is boiling like water. The desert and Salar of Chalviri are another scenery of big value, which combine the white of the snow and from the borax with the red brown of the desert and with the blue of the water. In that place we will have the opportunity to have a bath in the Hot Springs of Polques and then to have a delicious Lunch. Later we will drive to Salvador Dali Rock Desert then we will stop at Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon) at the base Licancabur Volcano. Then we will come back to Uyuni, we will stop at San Cristobal village which has been moved from its original site to the actual one (even the church!) for the needs of one the biggest mine in the world.  After dinner we will take a bus from Uyuni to La Paz overnight (B, L, D) (3680 m)

Day 9.- La Paz – Copacabana – Sun Island

We leave at 07:00 am from La Paz in the morning along the way you will observe imposing view of the Royal Andean Range as well as the Titicaca Lake. After three and a half hours, we arrive to this emblematic and spiritual center, once we arrive to this pleasant little town of Copacabana.  After lunch on board of a motor boat, we will start sailing on the highest navigable lake in order to visit the south section of the sacred Sun Island. There are two main attractions: The Yumani area where we will find out the fountain of water, which is supposed to grant eternal youth, then we will go to the hostel after accommodations we will go to wait the sunset overnight in the hotel.

Day 10.- Sun Island - Copacabana – La Paz

This day we will walk 45 minutes then we will visit Pilkokaina area, a mysterious Inca Ruin. After visiting this highlight, we will get back to Copacabana by boat

including a visit to the Virgin of Copacabana and her church, the most important Christian sanctuary in Bolivia. Afterwards we will visit the colorful market and the souvenir street. After lunch, we start our way back to La Paz. (B, L)

Day 11.- The Death Road

07:00 we pick you up from the meeting place so to have breakfast and we check the right size of all the clothing and gear for each person like helmet, raincoat, elbow caps, kneecaps, bikes, and so on.
07:45 once we have all the clothing and the whole gear for mountain biking and along with mechanic guides and everything for the venture, we depart from La Paz city, which is located in a altitude of 3.600 meters towards the foot of the Andean mountain range or Royal mountain range, exactly towards the so called Cumbre which is at 4.700 meters on one hour and 15 minutes by our private transport service (minibus). During this short journey, we can watch dessert flora and fauna of the high plateau and snowy mountains of the Royal Mountain range where usually the temperature is from 0 to 5 degrees. 09:00 we are acquainted with all our gear, then we listen carefully to the explanations of the guides who have a lot of expertise about the road.

09:30 descent, we start this biking venture, the first part is on asphalted road towards Unduavi town (antidrug control but just for cars), in a very frigid climate. In this place we can feel a temperate climate and, in this place, we buy entrance tickets for the circuit which have a cost of 30.00 Bolivians per each person (this cost is not included in our service), besides this cost is just a symbolic payment to support Death Road indigenous communities for their development.  10:30 soil road in an altitude of 2.700 meters at the Cotapata sub-tropical town where the asphalted road ends and the onset of Bolivian forest begins. The most dangerous road around the world. Well - known as the road of death. This is a soil road that offers and incredible sight while going down carefully headed by the guides. Passing by the rivers, waterfalls, and the flora and fauna of this place 12:00 a break for a proper rest of about 20 minutes in order to have some snacks already prepared in La Paz like fruits, peanuts, chocolate, and drinks 14:00 we arrive at Yolosa town 1.200 meters which has a warmth climate and this place is the end of the biking adventure. Then we go towards Coroico at Esmeralda Hotel to take a shower, to have the lunch enjoying a good temperature next to the swimming 16:30 we return to La Paz city in our transport service on the new two-ways highway, this is called Cotapata Santa Barbara and is very safe.  (B, L)

Day 12.- Tiwanaku – City Tour La Paz

We pick you up from your hotel then we will drive 2 hours then we will arrive to Tiwanaku ruins. Along the trip, you can see the high lands and Snow Mountains (Royal range). In this tour, you visit the museum and the archeological site. This civilization settled in the shores of the highest lake of the world. It was an advanced and pre- Inca culture; it started around 1.500 B.C. until 1.200 A.C. In that time, they built temples, pyramids and semi subterranean temples. One of the most interesting things to see is the beautiful Sun Gate (Puerta Del Sol) and the right preserved Monoliths, which represented its leaders also, you can see advanced tools of metal, stones, aqueducts, and strange iconography. This is just a part that you will discover of this none well known civilization.

Once the tour finishes Tiwanaku tour, we will have a lunch. Then we will come back to La Paz then we will have a city tour in the afternoon.

During the tour, we will appreciate the cultural, historical, architectural, and natural wealth. Visiting The Square Murillo, Cathedral, Palace of Government, Church of San Francisco, Viewer of Killi Killi, Jaen Street, Witches market and the Valley of the Moon, located to 13 Km. of the city. The erosion has achieved after the years to form a group of astonishing stony formations that give the visitor the sensation of having discovered an unknown world and we will visit the cable car of La Paz. (B, L)

End of the services

Prices include: Private and Share transport during the tours as described in the program Hotel accommodation 11 nights private room, meals as described above (B= Breakfast, L = Lunch, D = Dinner) flights Santa Cruz- Sucre, and, and english tour guide private tours.

Not Included: Personal expenses alcohols drinks, sodas, entrance fees, medical insurance and tips.

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