BOLIVIA EXPRESS

Bolivia express: 4 Days Tour

Day 1 La Paz - Lake Titicaca
Description

Arrival transfer to La Paz.

A communion with nature and culture

Private transfer La Paz – Copacabana.

The trip goes through the highlands of Bolivia, passing by Huarina, the first village on the shore of Lake Titicaca. We then continue on the eastern side of the lake until the strait of Tiquina (2 hours) that connects the minor with the major lake. On route we will visit a workshop where Totora Reed boats are made by the youngest generations of the Limachi’s who participated in the world expeditions of Thor Heyerdahl. We cross the strait by boat and then continue driving to Copacabana. The landscape that combines views of Lake Titicaca with the Andean Range is certainly breathtaking (1-hour drive).

Arrival to Copacabana, a very important town for pilgrims, as the patron of the town, the dark skin Virgin of Copacabana is in their impressive colonial cathedral.

Short walk to the shore of Lake Titicaca to board the boats that will transfer us to Sun Island.

Apthapi lunch on Sun Island and visit to the Pilkocaina temple.

Hike to the village of Yumani, seeing on the way the agricultural terraces.

Descend on the Staircase of the Inca after drinking from the fountain of eternal youth.

Return to Copacabana by boat and drive back to La Paz.

Overnight at the hotel of your choice

Please make sure you have your passport.

Day 2 Uyuni. Full day Uyuni Salt Flats
Description

Breakfast at hotel.

An out of this world day!

Departure from the hotel and visit to Colchani. Walk on a plant where salt with iodine is processed by the locals. Visit to the small market where handcrafts are made on salt.

Enter the magnificent Sal Flats, see the way local people gather salt for processing it. Discover why the eyes of the Salt Flats are boiling. Continue your journey on the Salt Flats and have a unique photo session in a great plain of Salt where perspective is only a theory.

Visit Incahuasi Island where gigantic cacti grow making the landscape even more unique.

Walk on a petrified coral path and enjoy lunch in the middle of the Salt Flats.

Drive to the northern shore of the Uyuni Salt Flats, to Coquesa, where the views of Salar de Uyuni are again different and just as impressive.

Short hike on the hillside, to the entrance of the Cave of the Coquesa mummies.

At the end of the day, watch an amazing sunset.

Return to Uyuni.

Exact route will be adapted to weather conditions at the time of your visit.

Dinner and overnight at a Salt Hotel in Colchani.

Day 3 Uyuni – Potosi – Sucre
Description

Breakfast at hotel.

Departure from Uyuni to Potosi.

It’s worth a Potosi! This was a well-known expression in colonial times to show the great value something could have.

That was Potosi, a city of great value, with so much wealth that it attracted people from all over the world in search of fortune.

Lunch at a local restaurant including full meal.

Visit to the Miner´s market and an active Colonial mine to see the way miners extract minerals with the same procedures used in colonial times.

Visit to the Casa de la Moneda, where the procedure used for minting coins in different periods is seen.

Continue to Sucre.

Overnight at the hotel of your choice.

Day 4 Sucre. History and traditions
Description

Breakfast at hotel.

Visit to the charming and beautiful city of Sucre, where the variety of activities match each visitor’s interests.

Some places we recommend are the Textile Museum of Asur, The House of Liberty (closed on Monday), the Monastery of San Felipe Neri, the Museum of Treasures, The Monastery and Lookout of La Recoleta, the Charcas University Museum with its Colonial, Anthropological and Modern Art Sections, and some local markets.

The visit lasts 3 hours

Departure transfer to the airport.