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Bolivia grand tour
10 Nights/11 Days
Arrival in Santa Cruz transport to your hotel. In the afternoon, a tour of the enchanting city of Santa Cruz. Visit the zoo, with its large variety of tropical species, the Ethnic-Folklore Museum, the Main Square, the Cathedral Museum, Santa Cruz Interpretation Centre, the Arte-Campo handicrafts exhibition to admire the skill of local artists , and the principal monuments of Santa Cruz. Overnight stay in local hotel.
Passengers will be collected and taken to Samaipata to see Fort Samaipata, which is not in fact a fort (it was given that name because it is on top of a hill) but a pre-Hispanic settlement built by the Chané culture. The road to the fort crosses a mountainous area of the Andes known as Volcanes before climbing to where this impressive and final Inca redoubt was built for strategic, magical and religious purposes. Visit to the Archaeological Museum. Moments of entertainment at Las Cuevas and El Chorro waterfalls. Lunch and return to Santa Cruz. Overnight stay in local hotel.
Transport to the airport for the return flight to Sucre. Arrival and transport to your hotel. Afternoon: city tour where you will have the opportunity to visit La Recoleta and San Francisco church, the Casa de la Libertad where Simón Bolívar signed Bolivia's charter of independence, San Francisco Xavier University, the second oldest in the Americas, and colourful local markets displaying all of the area's biodiversity and handicrafts. Overnight stay in local hotel.
Visit to the city of Potosí. Access is by road. Potosí is one of the most famous and important cities of the Colonial era. This is the city that produced so much precious metal, mined under arduous conditions by native people. It has been declared a Unesco World Heritage Site. You can visit the Convent of Santa Teresa and a local mine, which is usually a fascinating and sobering experience. Overnight stay at a hotel in Potosí.
In the morning, after breakfast at your Potosí hotel, you will visit the local mint, which still contains the original wooden machines used to produce coins for Spain during the colonial period. Road trip to Uyuni. Dinner and overnight stay in the Salt Hotel.
Start of a fabulous excursion to the Uyuni salt flats and Isla Pescado. Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat, on Bolivia's Andean plateau, and covers an area of 12 000 square kilometres. The deep silence makes your heart beat faster and plunges you into a surreal landscape where the sky is reflected by the land, playing with your sense of perspective and imagination. Lunch at Isla Pescado, also called Inkawasi, an oasis surrounded by islands full of algae formations and fossils. It is covered by thousands of giant cacti, some more than a hundred years old, growing more than 12 metres high. The landscape of Salar de Uyuni merges into the horizon, making this an ideal place for serious photographers. Return to the village of Uyuni for an overnight stay.
After breakfast, transport to the airport for the flight to La Paz. Arrival at your hotel and city tour, including its markets and colonial district. Overnight stay in local hotel.
Travel by road to the ancient Tiwanaku ruins, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a cradle of civilization in the Americas. Explore well-preserved structures like the Gate of the Sun, the Kalasasaya temple, and the Akapana pyramid, and learn about the Tiwanakota people's advanced knowledge of agriculture and engineering. Afterwards, you will visit the enchanting shoreline of Lake Titicaca, including the Raíces Andinas eco-village and the Andean Plateau Museum. The day concludes with a visit to the Limachi family, who built the famous reed vessels RA II and Tigris. In the evening, a mystical "son et lumière" performance by Kallawaya shamans offers a spiritual blessing and a coca leaf reading.
A hydrofoil takes you directly to Moon Island to explore the untouched Temple of the Virgins of the Sun. Your second destination is Sun Island, where you will climb the Great Inca Stairway to the Sacred Spring, believed to grant eternal youth and happiness. After a traditional lunch, you'll travel to Copacabana on the shores of Lake Titicaca to visit the revered Sanctuary of the Black Virgin. The day concludes with a visit to a native observatory to learn about Andean cosmology and observe the southern constellations, offering a complete experience of the region's ancient and spiritual heritage.
By road to La Paz. This city is a mixture of contemporary buildings and historical beauty. Its surrounding areas take visitors back to an enchanting past, where each street has a secret that may lead to a new adventure. It is living culture, its indigenous and colonial neighbourhoods full of flavour and tradition, colourful fruit and vegetable markets, handicrafts markets and the so-called Witches Market where you can buy spells and charms. The city's guardian, the majestic Mount Illimani, can be admired from anywhere in the city.
Transport to the airport for your onward flight.
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