La Paz, summary of Bolivia

Andean culture and beautiful landscapes

Duration: 5 days and 4 nights

INCLUDED:

  • Accommodation
  • Transportation
  • Specialized guide
  • Parcial meals
  • Entrance tickets

NOT INCLUDED:

  • Flight tickets from/to your home country
  • Tips
  • Extra Expenses

Highlights:

  • La Paz City
  • Tiwanaku
  • Titicaca Lake
  • Coroico (Los Yungas)

DAY 1: LA PAZ

Private transfer to your hotel.

Walk through the historic city center, walk through the typical markets and the famous "Witches Market". We fantastic panoramic views from the "Mi Teleférico" - cable car of the city and the Valley of the Moon. Lunch at one of the most famous and innovative restaurants in the city, you choose the best option:

  • Gustu
  • Manq´a
  • Ali Pacha

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DAY 2: LA PAZ - TIWANAKU - LA PAZ

Trip across the immense Altiplano (High Plateau Ranges) enjoying the landscape to the town of Tiwanaku, where we find the most important archaeological complex of the country. 

First we will visit the local museum and later at the “Puerta del Sol” (Sun Gate) one of the most important archaeological pieces of the continent, a megalithic gateway carved from a single block of stone. Other visits to great ruins of this enigmatic pre-Incan culture are: the Temple of Kalasasaya, the “Templete Semi-subterraneo” and the Akapana Pyramid. 

Return to La Paz.

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DAY 3: LA PAZ - COPACABANA - SUN ISLAND - LA PAZ

After a 2 hour trip we will cross the Strait of Tiquina before arrival to the town Copacabana to get on board of a boat to travel to the Sun Island. In Sun Island we will visit Yumani, the “Escalinata Del Inca” (Inca’s stairs) which leads us to the “Fuente de las 3 aguas” (the Fountain of the 3 Watersheds), the tradition dictates that if you drink from its water you can have eternal life. 

Go back to the boat to return to Copacabana, there we will visit the religious sanctuary in honor of Candelaria Madonna. 

Return to La Paz at 22:00 - 23:00.

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DAY 4: LA PAZ - COROICO - LA PAZ

Private transportation to go to the region of Los Yungas, the geographical transition between La Paz on the altiplano and the Amazonian rainforest. We start ascending to “la Cumbre” at 4700 masl, from there you can see the majestic Real Andean Range, after we descend until 1525 masl, through mountains, snow caped peaks and forests until a lansecape sub-tropical jungles of Los Yungas of La Paz.
Arrival to Coroico town, which sits on a small mountain slope just above a river with amazing views over the green forest-covered Andean foothills. Visit Coroico´s agricultural areas, which produce abundant crops of coffee, fruits and coca.

Return to La Paz.

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DAY 5: RETURN FLIGHT

Transfer to airport.

DAY 4: LA PAZ - UYUNI

21:00 Night bus to Uyuni.

DAY 5: UYUNI - UYUNI SALAR - UYUNI

Arrival by bus at hrs. 6 am. We will pick you up from the bus stop and bring you to the center of the town of Uyuni, so you can have breakfast on your own. At hrs. 10:30 the tour starts from the meeting point. Full-day tour to the magnificent Uyuni Salt Flats, Incahuasi Island, Colchani and Train Cemetery, ending with the sunset at the Salt Flats.




21:00 Bus back to La Paz.

DAY 4: LA PAZ - TRINIDAD

Flight to the city of Trindad, Amazonian department of Beni. Arrival and city tour.

DAY 5: BUFEO ROUTE

Transfer to Puerto Ballivián, 8 km far from Trinidad on the Ibare River, it is the gateway to the Ibare - Mamoré Protected Area.

Walk through Puerto Ballivian and departure in a motorized boat, at the the Ibare River to the intersection with the Mamoré River. Throughout we will observe the friendly bufeos, being able to swim near them in the waters of the Ibare River. The Bolivian Bufeo is also called “Pink Dolphin”, it lives in the rivers of the Bolivian Amazon and its scientific name is Inia boliviensis.

Visit to the town of Loma Suarez and it´s Historic Center, next we will visit the San Carlos local community to see up close the way of life of the locals, there we will meet one of the natural monuments of the area, the Mapajo, a giant tree of the Amazonia. Return to the boat at the Mamoré.

Land transfer from Loma Suarez to Trinidad.


DAY 6: TRINIDAD - LA PAZ

Return flight from Trinidad to the city of La Paz.

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