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13D/12N Highlights of Bolivia

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13D/12N Highlights of Bolivia

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13D/12N Highlights of Bolivia

Highlights: - UNESCO Heritage places: visit Samaipata Ruins, Sucre & Potosi colonial cities and Tiwanaku ruins - The great Uyuni Salt Flats - Lake Titicaca: the highest navigable lake in the world - La Paz: wonder city and cable cars!

Welcome to Santa Cruz!

At designed time, pick-up from the airport and transfer to your hotel to take a good rest. In the afternoon, you will have a short city tour visiting the historical center of this beautiful and warm city. Rest and prepare to visit Samaipata Ruins the following day. Meals: Breakfast (until 10:00am)

Senses Hotel Boutique

Visit Samaipata Ruins

Departure from Santa Cruz to Samaipata (120 km – 3 hours), a trip with a view of great sub-Andean beauty, where you will visit Samaipata Ruins, the largest example of pre-hispanic rock architecture in South America, declared a Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO. In Samaipata town we will have lunch and have a stroll through the town. Return to Santa Cruz with a stop at “Las Cuevas” waterfalls. Meals: Breakfast and lunch Read more

Senses Hotel Boutique

Santa Cruz / Sucre

Pick-up from the hotel and transfer to the airport to take the flight to Sucre. Today, we will discover this beautiful and colonial city, including the main museums, Casa de la Libertad (closed on Mondays), the ASUR textiles museum and the main buildings and attractions of the city. Meals: Breakfast ick-up from the hotel and transfer to the airport to take the flight to Sucre. Today, we will discover this beautiful and colonial city, including the main museums, Casa de la Libertad (closed on Mondays), the ASUR textiles museum and the main buildings and attractions of the city. Meals: Breakfast Read more

Mi Pueblo Samary Hotel

Tarabuco

Departure from Sucre to Tarabuco (2 hours). Visit the famous Indian Market (only Sundays) in Tarabuco, where we will be able to appreciate how the locals exchange food, agricultural products and clothing. Lunch in a local restaurant and return to Sucre. Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Mi Pueblo Samary Hotel

Sucre / Potosí / Uyuni

Early in the morning, we will departure by private transport to Potosi (3 hours). We will visit the Casa de la Moneda (Mint house, closed on Mondays) and have a walking city tour to see the facades of the main churches, convents and also local markets. We will enjoy a typical lunch, followed by a visit to the Cerro Rico and mines. Following the mine tour, we will continue our trip by private car to Uyuni (4 hours). Rest and prepare to visit Uyuni Salts Flats the following day. Meals: Breakfast and lunch Read more

Jardines de Uyuni Hotel

Visit Uyuni Salts Flats

Today we depart for our first foray on to visit Uyuni Salt Flats. We'll be picked up from the hotel and the journey begins with a short visit to the famed (and rusting) train cemetery, full of rusting train cars that were once used to transport minerals and people to and from Uyuni. We then continue to the salt-harvesting village of Colchani to see how the locals produce salt. After this (finally!) we will reach the great destination where you will visit Uyuni Salt Flats, visiting the bizarre Incahuasi Island that is covered in enormous cacti and from where we get an amazing view of the flats. We will enjoy a beautiful sunset in the middle of the endless expanse of glittering salt and then return to Colchani to overnight in a hotel built from salt bricks! Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Read more

Palacio de Sal / Luna Salada

Eduardo Avaroa Andean Flora and Fauna Re

After you finished to visit Visit Uyuni Salts Flats, enjoy the breakfast, and then we’ll continue our highland safari through the lunar landscapes of the southern altiplano. We head south today and experience completely different landscapes of volcanoes, highland deserts and colorful lagoons. We will also be able to enjoy unique Andean wildlife such as flamingos, vicuñas, vizcachas and with a little luck the Andean Fox and Ostrich. We´ll have lunch beside one of the region’s many colored lagoons before continuing on though Siloli Desert to the famous Stone Tree, formed by years of wind erosion. After visiting the Red Lagoon, we´ll continue to our comfortable and warm hotel, to enjoy a hot shower and warm dinner. Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Read more

Mallku Cueva Hotel

Eduardo Avaroa Reserve / Uyuni Salt Flat

After breakfast, we continue on to the most southern part of Lípez and Eduardo National Park, created to help conserve the region’s flora and fauna. Among other stops, we’ll be able to enjoy geysers and thermal waters and, if you dare, enjoy a soak (optional – ticket is not included and costs about 1 USD). From there we travel through the (surreal!) Dali Desert and visit the Green Lagoon with Licancabur Volcano as a backdrop. We´ll have a box lunch en route to Uyuni, passing through the Valley of the Stones yet another extraordinary geological formation created by wind and sand erosion. We reach Uyuni's airport in the late afternoon and we’ll take a flight to La Paz. Transfer to the hotel upon arrival. Rest and prepare for the La Paz tour the following day. Meals: Breakfast and lunch Read more

Mitru Sur Hotel

La Paz Tour

Our half-day La Paz tour begins in the central neighborhood. We will explore the Witches' Market, with its medicinal herbs and spices, as well as spiritual and superstitious artifacts. We'll also visit San Francisco Cathedral, one of the oldest cathedrals in the city, and Plaza Murillo, before continuing to Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley) — a fascinating geological anomaly with a bizarre, moon-like landscape. While on this La Paz tour we will also have a ride by the famous cable car, enjoying the beautiful landscape of La Paz city. Meals: Breakfast and lunch Read more

Mitru Sur Hotel

La Paz / Tiwanaku / Copacabana

Following the La Paz tour, today we will visit the Tiwanaku Archeological site. Here, we will explore the cultures main temples, some of them still under excavation, including the Pyramid of Akapana and Kalasasaya and the inspiring Gateways to the Sun and Moon. After lunch, we’ll continue to Copacabana, located on the shores of Titicaca Lake. Meals: Breakfast and lunch Read more

Rosario del Lago Hotel

Copacabana / Sun Island

We will depart from Copacabana by private ferry, en route to the Sun Island. We’ll make a short stop on the Moon Island to visit its ruins and learn more about the aymara culture that once lived on this mystical place. Continue to the Sun Island, where we'll have a typical lunch with an amazing view of the Titicaca Lake and the Royal Range. Enjoy a beautiful sunset! Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner Read more

Ecolodge La Estancia

Sun Island / Copacabana / La Paz

We will take a short walk and descend through the magnificent Inca Stairway and Fountains to reach the pier where our private ferry will be waiting for us. The ferry will take us to Copacabana where we'll have lunch before continuing on to La Paz. Meals: Breakfast and lunch

Mitru Sur Hotel

Transfer out

Thank you for visiting Bolivia! Today your journey comes to an end and at arranged time we transfer you from the hotel to the airport.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Day in trip
Location
Hotel
Day 1
Location Santa Cruz
Day 2
Location Santa Cruz
Day 3
Location Sucre
Day 4
Location Sucre
Day 5
Location Uyuni
Day 6
Location Colchani
Day 6
Location Colchani
Day 7
Location Villamar
Day 8
Location La Paz
Day 9
Location La Paz
Day 10
Location Copacabana
Day 11
Location Sun Island
Day 12
Location La Paz

TRIP PACKAGE

Package includes

  • Accommodation in double or single rooms with private bathroom
  • English-speaking local guides
  • Private services
  • Meals as mentioned in the program
  • Tickets and entrances fees
  • Domestic flight tickets

Package excludes

  • Beverages during the meals
  • Anything not mentioned in the program
  • Airport taxes (around U$D 2,30 when flying from Uyuni airport)
  • International airfare
  • Personal expenses
  • Visa, consular fees or any other formalities
  • Tips
  • Additional journeys and transfers

More information

  • Single Suplement: USD 890.-
  • Price of the fixed departure is based on 6 pax min

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