MASTERLY STOPOVER BOLIVIA
PLACE OF LIFE AND COLORS IS IN HINDING OF CONTRASTS

Discovery

A travel in Bolivia, it is a travel in the middle of the Andean culture. Multicoloured lagoons and volcanos, to the geysers of suffers, via the gigantic salt desert of Uyuni, Altiplano conceals many single geological treasures in the world. More in North, the city of Paz is established not far from the famous lake Titicaca which separates it from Peru, with a few 3,660 meter altitudes. Between grandiose landscapes and unspoilable views on the Andes cordillera, the travel in Bolivia is also the occasion to determine the Andean major heart while strolling in the market of Tarabuco or to resurrect the colonial past of the country by traversing the Sugar streets.

Identity

Bolivia is a ground of contrasts: you will pass in a few hours of the snow-covered summits of the Andes to the Amazon forests, of spangled with the anacondas, of the colonial churches to the vestiges incas… The poorest country of Latin America, Bolivia astonishes by the wealth by its culture, its landscapes, its fauna and its flora. But Bolivia is not a country which shows the possibility for its treasures easily: the extreme climates, altitude (of the tops to more than 6,000 meters!) and the roads difficult return sometimes the travel testing. However, that should not in no case to discourage you because what you will discover in Bolivia, you will not be able to see it elsewhere nowhere!

 

Beyond the natural sites and cultural exceptional, take the time to immerse you in the so particular Bolivian atmosphere: stroll in the markets to unearth a wool sweater of LAMA or a multicoloured fabric, drink matt of Coke (infusion of sheets of Coke, the traditional drink) to heat you and exchange some words with a cholita, the Bolivian women with the so typical silhouette with their small bowler hat posed at the top of their head! If Bolivia is thus not more resting destinations, it will be able to as well offer an unforgettable travel to the amateurs of nature and strong feelings as with set on culture.

Culture & Traditions

THE AMAZON FOREST

The Amazon forest is the largest forest of the world. “The green hell” as it is called is the occasion for the travellers of living a single experiment in one of the most moved back places of the world. More than 8 million plant species and animal made their habitat of it. One discovers there more than 8 new species each year. You will be able to swim with the pink dolphins, or to fish the piranha.

ETHNIC MINORITIES

Bolivia counts the greatest proportion of Amerindians of South America, approximately about thirty groups. We find in particular Kallawayas known for their control of ancestral medicine, Aymaras who originating in the lake Titicaca, are yamparas known for their fabrics and their ceramics, Tacanas of Amazonia or Guaranis, Chiquitos, Uru-Chipayas, Maxos and Quechuas.

DIVERSITY OF THE LANDSCAPES

From its size, Bolivia has a large range of different landscapes. You will be able to begin your day at the top of a mountain of several thousands of meter altitudes and to finish it in the middle of the Amazon forest to discover all the wealth of the largest forest of the world. You will be able to also go into ecstasies in front of plains, a desert of salt where time seems to be stopped or of the volcanos to the incredible colors! A large variety of landscapes which offers a wide selection of activities.

LAKE TITICACA

The lake Titicaca is a wonder natural not to miss. Perched with 3.812m of altitude, he is discovered in boat and through his many floating islands. Matrix of the universe according to the beliefs incas, this scintillating water supply point, the most navigable lake of the world, is paramount for the Bolivians. Do not miss Isla de Amantani and his temples dedicated to Pachamama and Pachatata. An idyllic panorama expects you side of the island of Taquile with its thatched cottages and its herds of sheep. Discover finally Puno on the Peruvian side of the lake, dynamic port city before continuing your travel.

Essential

The Bolivian Amazonian areas have a warm climate and wet. As for Altiplano, he knows a cold climate and dryness in winter, and a rainy season the summer. It is thus preferable to visit Bolivia in winter or at the mid--season.

10°-15° WINTER / 20°-30° SUMMER
BOLIVIANO BOLIVIEN
-6 SUMMER / -5 WINTER
SPANISH
LA PAZ
PLATO PACENO

Form your trip

The stages

SUCRE

Just like Potosi, Sugar is classified with the World heritage of UNESCO. By discovering this picturesque hamlet, you will understand why! And due, this perched city with 2750m of called altitude the city with the four names charms all its visitors with its masonries of an immaculate white. Convents, churches and houses private, very agrees to set the tone in its downtown area of 18th and 19th centuries, squared by narrow lanes. Your steps will certainly lead you to the Casa of Libertad, with the innumerable museums of the city of which Recoleta, without forgetting remarkable Palacio of Glorieta. In addition to these known and recognized attractions, you will be also enchanted by a visit of the Park of Cal Orck ' O where 332 various kinds of prints of dinosaurs expect you. And before setting out again, you impregnate softness of the village of Tarabuco, where each Sunday the local coloured market beats full sound.

POTOSI

Capital of the department of Potosi, the city culminates with 3,900 meters and extends at the bottom of the mountain from the cerro Ricco, a made mount of money ore which shelters the largest money mine of the world. The mountain offers, from the top of its 4,824 meters, a panoramic view on the Andes cordillera, the artificial lagoons of Kari Kari, on the volcano of Nuevo Mundo or on Tahuaco Nunu. In the city you will be able to admire colonial houses, the convent of Santa Teresa, the “Casa of Moneda”, building where the currency was struck, as well as the cathedral.

TUPIZA

The small town of Tupiza, located at the south of Bolivia, not far from the Argentinian border, is surrounded by attractive landscapes which make its charm. Stroll with horse, on foot, or bicycle, will allow the visitors to discover this exceptional framework, between reddish rock peaks, cactus, and canyons. 

UYUNI

Uyuni, located at the south-west of Bolivia, is a brood city with more than 3,600 meter altitudes. Known for its famous white desert, the “salar of Uyuni”, the area attracts travellers of the whole world come to admire this immense wide salt. The town of Uyuni was formerly an important railway crossroads, today, a train regularly leaves the city to join Oruro. Some carcasses of old engines still haunt Uyuni: the faces which you will cross and the general atmosphere of the city will give a real impression of far west to you.

LA PAZ

La Paz which culminates with more than 3,000 meter altitudes, has one of the most beautiful natural executives of the world. For proof, the site of the valley of the Moon, made up by rocks, shelters surprising natural sculptures to which one takes pleasure in giving names. The museum of the coke will allow you all to understand on this plant and its history. After having sauntered in the market of the witches where trail monologuists of good adventures and unusual products of traditions will aymaras, join the Murillo place, regarded as the heart of the city. This place is surrounded by remarkable buildings such as the statue of Pedro Domingo Murillo and the cathedral Notre Dame of Paz which is worth the glance as well for the interior as for outside.

LAKE TITICACA

Cradle of the life for Aymaras and Quechuas, the lake Titicaca is the most navigable lake of the world, with 3,812 meter altitudes. Located in the Andes cordillera, crossed by the border between Bolivia and Peru, a reserve was created there, sheltering more than sixty species of birds, fourteen fish species natives of the lake and eighteen species of Amphibians, of which the giant frog of Titicaca which can reach three kilos. Several islands are accessible, natural, like Amantanì, Taquile, Soto and Anapia, or artificial, as those of Uros (of which the ground as the houses consist of will totora, the reed of the lake).

SANTA CRUZ

Located in the eastern part of Bolivia, the modern and connected city of Santa Cruz has various historic sites and a festive atmosphere! You will be able to walk on the main square of the city, to visit the astonishing fortress of Samaipata and the museum of the Folklore which recalls the main features of the Bolivian dances. For the plungers, natural pools invite you to laze in water in the paradisiac site of “Espejillos”, a special occasion for your photo meetings! Sometimes Santa Cruz will carry out you towards a complex “Center Movies”, sometimes towards majestic “the garden zoologico” where you will make enthralling meetings with various mammals, the afternoon towards the famous water park with a gigantic swimming pool and artificial waves, and the evening in discotheques or bars with Jazz…

SAMAIPATA

Surrounded by valleys and immense tabular rocks, charming it village of Samaipata is located at 120 km of the beautiful town of Santa Cruz. On the road, you will be able to contemplate beautiful landscapes. “El Fuerte”, the site impossible to circumvent of Samaipata, constitutes an archaeological monument which has the largest rock cut out in the world. From the top of the rock, you will profit from an impregnable sight on the “Serrania of los Volcanes” and the park “Amboro”. The fortress is discovered on foot. In the middle of the Amboro park, you will be rocked by the song the birds and you will have the opportunity of observing mammals, reptiles… One moment which deserves to be engraved in photograph!

SAN IGNACIO DE MOXOS

This Amazonian small village is especially known for its traditional festival which takes place every year at the end of July. The young people come then equipped in traditional hunters, capped feathers, to dance, sing, play of the panpipes and to admire the fireworks!

NATIONAL PARK OF MADIDI

Extremely rich in fauna and flora, the Madidi national park extends on an immense territory, energy of the peaks covered with snow with the Amazonian plains, and presents a variety of remarkable landscapes, natural habitat of almost 5000 species of vascular plants following the example of Tessaria integrifolia, of Ochroma pyramidal and Baccharis. Local ecological diversity is also appreciated through the multiplicity of the faunistic species, birds, mammals, or reptiles. At the time of your escapades nature, appointments with the jucumaris, the Andean cats, the pumas, the jaguars, the peccaries with necklace, the giant otters, will capibaras them without forgetting the monkeys of any kind of which certain endemic as Callicebus aureipalati will mark your days.

sorata

The town of Sorata represents best Bolivian villages. Established in a green decoration, it invites you to a total expatriation under the imposing glance of Illampú. If you are an amateur of excursion, you will want only one: to follow the paths which carry out towards this remarkable top through a diversified landscape. Under a blue sky where reign a moderated climate, Sorata invites you to the many ones stroll through corn fields, potatoes and orchards. And in way, you will be conquered by the idyllic panorama which is spread out under your eyes, of Altiplano to the Amazonian plains.

LAS YUNGAS

Border between the Andean cordilleras and Amazonia, the area of Yungas invites you to walks in any kind. And due, the landscape there immense and luxuriant, is shaded by places by important dense tropical forests and is furrowed by interminable rivers to discover in the kayak. After having traversed the orchards, the fields of coffee, corn and of banana, the environment of countryside continues in the surrounding villages, following the example of Puerto Linares where the concrete gives way to less imposing constructions. Objective: you to allow to live an unforgettable natural stay, birds and butterflies with the soft colors circling above your hammock!

RIO MARMORÉ

The Marmore river constitutes the principal affluent of the Amazon. It preserves a wild and intact nature in the center-north of Bolivia. The river is favourable with the practice of several water activities. That you are alone or in family, you can surf on the majestic Marmore river to be able to admire, under various angles, the beauty of the landscapes. If you are amateur of fishing season, will know that the river shelters a good amount of fishes. For the plungers, a bathe will be appreciated. Offering a resplendent sight, your passage au heart of the river will be for you a true discovery.

NATIONAL PARK KEMPFF MERCADO

Located at 600km of Santa-Cruz, the National park of Kempff Mercado is a faunistic and floristic sanctuary unequalled. And due, it appears among vastest and best preserved of Amazonia. Classified natural heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2000, this nature reserve expects you for an unforgettable discovery of nature. Forests of palm trees, marsh or savannas,… all is to make of your stay there a success. Making way, the meetings are made many, that they are endemic flowers, of plants in way of extinction, birds in any kind or threatened reptiles.

CIRCUIT OF THE MISSIONS JESUITS

Because Bolivia appears among the principal cultural and religious destinations of the Latin America, a visit of the missions Jesuits is essential. On this new circuit draw up themselves, indeed, of innumerable vestiges of religious institutions, colleges and churches impossible to circumvent, dating from 17th and the 18th centuries. On the road, made in particular a halt with the missions of Chiquitos whose timber constructions appear splendid and gilded furnace bridges or Bañados de Oro mystics… Let you surprise by the beauty of the baroque churches which skirt this circuit, revealing the will of the missionaries to create on ground the “town of God” where the natives of any origines would be unified by only one language (Chiquitano) and only one religion!

SOUTH LIPEZ

This Bolivian jewel will reveal you his charm through various natural sites, all more remarkable the ones than the others. The laguna verde borrows the color of the algae, for the greatest pleasure of the pink flamingos which evolve there in great number. It offers to you, in addition, a unspoilable view on the volcanos of the surroundings. You will be filled with wonder by the surrealist landscape at what is called the “desert at Dali” who seems indeed straight left imagination the painter to the famous moustache, with his stones which are naturally cut by the wind, crossings on the occasion by species of fox and pumas! To appease your search of strong feelings, a rise of the famous volcano “Licancabur” can be planned close to the Chilean border.

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