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10 Day itinerary in Bolivia, South America

Bolivia Soft Adventure

Discover the diversity activities of Adventure in Bolivia such as Santa Cruz, Sucre, Potosi, Uyuni and Tiquina., If you want to enjoy with your friends, family or colleagues a different experience, if you need to increase the motivation of your team, if you are looking for the ideal award for achiev... Read More

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LuisFrancisco

By Luis and Francisco

Overview

Physical Difficulty

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Recommended Age

Everyone

Operated in

English, Spanish

GUIDANCE

On Some Day Trips

starting point

Santa Cruz de la Sierra

trip type

Private

trip attributes

Hiking

Outdoors & Nature

Start

Night

End

Highlights

1

Discover the wildlife and nature of Santa Cruz

2

Explore Lomas de Arena, a exotic place with a magnificent landscape of sand dunes

3

Learn about the pre hispanic road and the Incas in Sucre

4

Explore the most impressive natural attraction of Bolivia, the Salt flat of Uyuni

Itinerary

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Day 1

place Arrival to Bolivia & Full Day Santa Cruz City Tour & Guembe Biocenter Visit

You will have a transfer from Viru Viru International Airport to your selected hotel in Santa Cruz. The airport is located at 373 m.a.s.l, north of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in the municipality of Warnes, 40 minutes from the city center. Look for a sign with your name on it. FULL DAY SANTA CRUZ CITY TOUR & GUEMBE BIOCENTER VISIT Santa Cruz is the main commercial, financial and industrial center of Bolivia. You will visit the main square 24 de September, located in the old town. Around it the Cathedral or Basilica Menor de San Lorenzo designed by the French architect Felipe Bertres in 1845 with its original cover sculpted in silver in the Jesuit mission of San Pedro de Moxos, the Social Club and the culture house Raul Otero Reiche, buildings where the colonial style keeps alive. The visit continues to Artecampo to admire original art and crafts from the lowlands, the Abasto market where you will find products from all over the country. Enjoy a local refreshing drink before your delicious lunch at a typical restaurant. Then, visit Biocentro Güembé which began its activities in 2004, hosting rescued animals that would not survive in their natural environment, providing them with a place to live and at the same time developing an important program of Environmental Education and ecological awareness. Unforgettable experience visiting its laboratories, trails, aviaries, butterfly farm, orchid garden and the monkeys' island. Notes:* Tour schedule 09h00* Biocentro Güembé closed on Tuesdays

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hotel La Sierra
  • High-end Accommodation: Hotel Cortez
  • Luxury Accommodation: Los Tajibos Hotel & Convention Center
Day 2

place Lomas De Arena Visit

Exotic place with a magnificent landscape of sand dunes that reach up to twelve meters in height. Arrive to the Park and commence our guided trek of the area visiting the lakes, learning about the park and exploring the surrounding forest looking for some area's unique wildlife. Note: During rainy season (December to March) tour is not available.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hotel La Sierra
  • High-end Accommodation: Hotel Cortez
  • Luxury Accommodation: Los Tajibos Hotel & Convention Center
Day 3

place Santa Cruz- International airport Viru Viru- Alcantari Airport- Sucre

Transfer from your hotel to Viru Viru International Airport at Santa Cruz. It will take approximately 40 minutes to arrive. Domestic flight by client. Transfer from the airport to your selected hotel in Sucre with English-speaking guide. At your arrival, look for a sign with your name on it. The airport is located in the town of Yamparáez, about 35 km from Sucre, and it will take approximately 45 minutes to one hour to arrive. SUCRE CITY TOUR (Half day) Private Services Pick up from the hotel at the indicated time, to start a visit to the white city “Sucre”. You go to the viewpoint of the Recoleta, arrive to the square “Pedro Anzures”, where the city was founded in 1538, it bears the name of its founder. There is a viewpoint from which you can appreciate a beautiful panoramic view of the city of the four names.In the place is one of the most important museums named “ASUR”, it has an exhibition of fabrics of the cultures “Tarabuco”, “Jalq’a” and “Tinquipaya”, it is a project of recovery, promotion and sale of textiles from these areas representing the most important and representative textiles in Bolivia. Continuing the visit, you will enter the convent of the Order of Franciscans to appreciate the colonial architecture and the conventual life of the time. We continue our tour through the colonial streets, passing through the front of churches: San Lazaro, the first cathedral of the city, the convent of Las Clarisas, the church of Santo Domingo and we reach the heart of the city: The main square “25 de Mayo” and we end our tour with the visit to the “Casa de la Libertad”, where Bolivia was born to the republic. Finally, return to the hotel.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hotel de Su Merced
  • High-end Accommodation: Mi Pueblo Samary
  • Luxury Accommodation: Parador Santa María La Real
Day 4

place Prehispanic Road

Departure from the hotel to take an excursion in the Serranía de Chataquila, it is a very interesting area due to its landscape environment. We take a car to get to the place, it will take us 45 minutes of journey by asphalted road and then land, you arrive at a chapel dedicated to the virgin of Chataquila, from where you will start the adventure, with a walk of 4,5 km (you do not have an estimated time, it depends on the rhythm of the people). These are vestiges of the road made by the incas that linked all the conquered territory, in this area it was possible to preserve a part in good condition and care, it is a path of easy descent, the scenery is of extraordinary beauty mainly for those who enjoy nature and photography, from this place in the distance we will be able to see the crater which is our final destination of this tour. At the end of the walk we visit the community of Chaunaca to rest and serve us a snack and then return to Sucre.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hotel de Su Merced
  • High-end Accommodation: Mi Pueblo Samary
  • Luxury Accommodation: Parador Santa María La Real
Day 5

place Sucre - Potosí & Potosí Mines Tour

Transport from Sucre to Potosí. You will spend the night at Hotel Santa Teresa (Standard Room). POTOSI MINES TOUR (Half day) Private services We will start the tours by visiting the mining market, where the guide will provide an explanation of all the material that is used within the Mines such as: dynamite, coca, alcohol, etc. Tourists can voluntarily purchase coca leaves and homemade cigarettes to give as gifts to workers inside the mine. Later, we go to an environment where the tourist will dress with all the safety equipment. We are now heading to one of the mine openings that are still exploited under similar conditions at the time of the colony. You will also participate in the customs, traditions and superstitions of the miners, such as the image of the "TIO" who is credited with owning the silver. Note: The activity includes helmet, jacket, pants, boots, lamp.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hotel Santa Teresa
  • High-end Accommodation: Hotel Coloso
  • Luxury Accommodation: Hotel Museo Cayara
Day 6

place Potosi- Uyuni- Colchani

Transport from Potosi to Uyuni. The trip will take approximately 3.30 hours. STAR NIGHT TOUR (2 hours) Private Service Departure to a few kilometers into the salt flat for a night tour to enjoy a night with the stars like you have never seen before. Prepare for a spectacle of kaleidoscopic reflections which are produced at night. If your travel dates coincide with the rainy season (December through March) when the salar is flooded and the sky reflects off it like a mirror; you will feel as walking in space amongst the stars. The Uyuni sky is considered one of the clearest in the world, although this excursion is subject to changes depending on weather conditions.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hotel Samay Wasi
  • High-end Accommodation: Hotel Jardines de Uyuni
  • Luxury Accommodation: Hotel Palacio de Sal
Day 7

place Uyuni Tour

The Salar de Uyuni, the most impressive natural attraction of Bolivia and the largest salt flat of the world with 10,582 km2, offers you one of the most incredible views that you can imagine. The first stop in the itinerary will be the Train Cemetery, where you will see the remains of very old wagons and trains from the 30s. You will continue to Colchani, a salt-processing town, where hand-made objects are on sale, many of them made of salt. Afterwards, you will enter the Salar de Uyuni to see the natural breathing conductors named “Ojos de Sal”, which means Eyes of Salt, where water from under the hard salt crust comes to the surface. Then, time to try out different positions for your ultimate optical illusion photo. Continue your visit to the Incahuasi Island located in the middle of the salt flat, covered with ancient cacti (that can be up to 18 meters tall) and a rare ecosystem that has survived centuries. Finally, you will admire the stunning sunset in the salt lake with a toast with Andean liqueurs before go back to your hotel in Uyuni town. Transfer from your hotel to Joya Andina Airport in Uyuni. It will take approximately 15 minutes to arrive. Domestic flight by client. You will have a private transfer from El Alto International Airport to your selected hotel in La Paz. This is the highest international airport in the world with an altitude of 4 060 meters above the sea level. The airport is located in the city of El Alto, 50 minutes from La Paz. Look for a sign with your name on it.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hostal Naira La Paz
  • High-end Accommodation: Hotel Rosario La Paz
  • Luxury Accommodation: Casa Grande Hotel
Day 8

place La Paz City Tour & Moon Valley

When you visit the highest capital city of the world, La Paz, you are welcomed by extreme geography, fragrant markets, chaotic streets and colorfully dressed Bolivians roaming around the city. La Paz is known as “Nuestra Señora de La Paz” and is located in Western Bolivia. During the city tour you will visit the Plaza Murillo where the Bolivian government is based, as well as an important and immense cathedral and the Presidential Palace. There are also very interesting markets to visit such as the “Mercado de las Brujas" where community healers will offer an array of medicinal plants as well as potions, powders, incense, amulets and talismans that ensure good health, luck, beauty and fertility. You will also see locals practicing traditional rituals such as reading the fortune in coca leaves. Additionally you will be driven to a special location where you will have a 360 degree view of the city and then, you will visit the Moon Valley, aptly named, this site is unique for its features of lunar-like landscapes and bizarre geological formations. The Moon Valley is not actually a valley but a maze of canyons and giant spires. The clay and sandstone formations were formed by the erosion of mountains because of strong winds and rains. One of the most breathtaking features of the place is its varied colors ranging from clear beige tones to sections of red and dark purple due to the different mineral content between each individual mountain. Several species of cactus grow among the stalagmites, including the hallucinogenic Choma, or San Pedro cactus. Museums of La Paz Also, you will visit La Paz best-preserved colonial street “Calle Jaén” where four interesting museums are clustered together. You can chose to include the visit of the Museum of Precious Metals and the Museo Costumbrista, the most popular ones, or the others two museums available (Entrances to two museums are included). Note: Museums closed on Mondays and Saturday/Sunday afternoons.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hostal Naira La Paz
  • High-end Accommodation: Hotel Rosario La Paz
  • Luxury Accommodation: Casa Grande Hotel
Day 9

place Tiquina Zipline

If you are a lover of adrenaline and have experience in extreme sports, this is your best option! Pick up from your hotel in La Paz and start a 2-hour drive, head forwards to our meeting point: San Pablo de Tiquina. Upon arrival, you will begin to ascend to the tyrolean base "A" (4035 masl), the third-largest Tyrolean in the world and the highest in the world. From the top of the hill, you get incredible views of both Copacabana and part of Titicaca lake. Start the zip line jump from San Pablo side to Copacabana, surrounded by the most impressive views. After lunch (not included) and some free time, return to the tyrolean base "B" and leap on the zip line on your way back to La Paz. Arrival at La Paz and transfer to your hotel. *Note: Zip line activity includes transport La Paz - Tiquina - La Paz, English-speaking assistance, lifelines, safety helmets, leather sports gloves, high-speed sunglasses, transportation from Tiquina to the hop zones and arrival areas to Tiquina.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

  • Mid-Range Accommodation: Hostal Naira La Paz
  • High-end Accommodation: Hotel Rosario La Paz
  • Luxury Accommodation: Casa Grande Hotel
Day 10

place La Paz Departure

Transfer from your hotel to La Paz International Airport. It will take approximately 50 minutes to one hour to arrive.

Meals: Breakfast

What’s Included

Accommodation expand_less

  • Hotel La Sierra
  • Hotel de Su Merced
  • Hotel Santa Teresa
  • Hotel Samay Wasi
  • Hostal Naira La Paz
  • Hotel Cortez
  • Mi Pueblo Samary
  • Hotel Coloso
  • Hotel Jardines de Uyuni
  • Hotel Rosario La Paz
  • Los Tajibos Hotel & Convention Center
  • Parador Santa María La Real
  • Hotel Museo Cayara
  • Hotel Palacio de Sal
  • Casa Grande Hotel

Meals expand_less

  • Breakfast (9)

Transport expand_less

  • Transportation is provided on the days mentioned.

Activities expand_less

  • Excursions and visits as mentioned in the program.

Extras expand_less

  • Entrances fees as mentioned in the program.

Not Included expand_less

  • International & Domestic flights.
  • Any excursions not mentioned in the program.
  • Any meals not mentioned in the program.
  • Alcoholic beverages and/or additional drinks
  • Tips and personal expenses.
  • Travel Insurance.

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My name is Luis Diaz and I am in charge of the sales area in Bolivia. I work for 13 years in tourism, 8 of them in the sales area with the firm purpose of creating unique trips that will always last in the memory of each visitor.

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