Duration: 6 days and 5 nights
Highlights:
- La Paz City
- Tiwanaku
- Titicaca Lake
- Coroico (Los Yungas)
Itinerary
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
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.
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.
Days 4 and 5: Extension to the Uyuni Salt Flats
Day 4:
Free day in La Paz. At 21:00, departure on an overnight bus to Uyuni.
Day 5:
Arrival in Uyuni by bus at 6:00 am.
At 10:30, start of the tour.
Visit the Uyuni Salt Flats: Incahuasi Island, Colchani, and the Train Cemetery, concluding with the sunset over the salt flats.
At 21:00, departure on an overnight bus back to La Paz.
Day 6:
Reception at La Paz bus terminal and transfer to your hotel.
OPTIONAL TRINIDAD: THE BOLIVIAN AMAZON AND THE BUFEO ROUTE (pink river dolphin)
DAY 1: LA PAZ - TRINIDAD
Departure flight fron La Paz to the city of Trinidad, it is a 50 minutes trip. Trinidad is the capital of the amazonian department of Beni. Arrival to the airport and later we will enjoy a city tour. Accommodation in selected hotel in Trinidad.
DAY 2: BUFEO ROUTE
We will pick you up from your hotel to start the land trip to Puerto Ballivián, which is just 8 km far from Trinidad , there we will arrive to the Ibare River, this river is the gateway to the Ibare - Mamoré Protected Area.
Short hike through Puerto Ballivian and departure in a motorized boat in the he Ibare River, once we get to the intersection with the Mamoré River the visual impact is strong, since the Mamore is the biggest river of Bolivia.
During the boat trip we will observe the friendly bufeos or pink river dolphins (Inia boliviensis), and we are being able to swim near them in the waters of the Ibare River.
In the afternoon we will visit to the historical town of Loma Suarez and next continue to the San Carlos indigenous community where we get to see up close the way of life of the locals and where we will meet one of the natural monuments of the Protected Area Ibare - Mamore: The Mapajo, the giant tree of the Amazonia.
eturn to the boat at the Mamoré and later land transfer from Loma Suarez to Trinidad.
DAY 3: TRINIDAD - LA PAZ
After breakfast and enjoying the hotel, transfer to the airport to take the return flight to the city of La Paz.
OPTIONAL: VISIT TO SAJAMA PARK FROM ORURO
At 6:00, we begin the trip to the Sajama National Park at an altitude of more than 4,200 meters above sea level and where we will have the pride of closely observing the highest mountain in Bolivia: El Nevado Sajama, its peak is 6,542 masl.
In the Park we will visit Lake Huayna Kota where we can observe Andean flamingos before enjoying a bath in the hot springs. In the afternoon we will take a walk through the forest of queñua trees, a subspecies endemic to the area. We continue our trip towards the city of La Paz. Night in La Paz.
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Duration: 6 days and 5 nights