Guide

Local English/Spanish-speaking Guide for all the tours

Meals

Described meals

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Guide, Transportation, and tickets to visit all the described sites in the program - City Tour Santa Cruz: Private - City Tour Sucre: Private - City Tour Potosí: Private - Silver Mines of Potosí (Half Day): Private - 3 days – 2 nights Tour Uyuni Salt Flats and Colorful Lagoons + Sunset - Group Tour Copacabana + Sun Island + Lunch (Full Day) – Share in bus - City Tour La Paz + Moon Valley (half day): Private - All Services & Sales Taxes

Accommodation

- Single, Double/Twin, or Triple room + breakfasts for 10 nights at recommended/Basic 3-star hotels - Please note that for any package we can upgrade and use any other you wish: 4 stars, 5 stars, the most recommended, expensive room, etc, etc. As a LOCAL travel agent we have good prices with ALL the hotels in Bolivia so please just let us know about your preferences and we will send you our best price. 02 nights in Santa Cruz + breakfast: Hotel By Armonía, Toborochi, LP Centro or similar 01 night in Sucre + breakfast: Hostal Sucre, España, De Su Merced or similar 01 night in Potosí + breakfast: Hotel Virreyes, Colonial or similar 02 nights in Uyuni + breakfast: Nido del Flamenco, Kachi, Casa de Sal, or similar. 01 night in San Juan + breakfast: Room with Private Bathroom 01 night in Laguna Colorada + breakfast: Room with Private Bathroom 02 nights in La Paz + breakfast: Museo, Gloria, Naira, Madero, LP Columbus or similar

Transport

- Bus tickets from: Sucre - Potosi - Uyuni - Transportation for all the tours and 4x4 for the Uyuni Trip - All the described transfers

Not included:

Optional

- Paying extra you can upgrade to better hotels - Private car ride (with stops for photos) from Sucre to Potosi : US$200 - Private car ride (with stops for photos) from Potosi to Uyuni: US$200

Insurance

Accident and You should book your accident and travel insurance

Flights

International or domestic flights are not included: we can help to book them Santa Cruz - Sucre Uyuni - La Paz

Others

International & national airfares, visa fees, excess baggage charges, additional nights during the trip due to flight cancellations, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or bottled water, non-described meals & snacks, insurance of any kind, laundry, phone calls, radio calls or messages, reconfirmation of international flights and items of personal nature

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Day 1 Arriving In Santa Cruz
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Arriving In Santa Cruz

Arrival in Santa Cruz city where our staff will be waiting for you to explain the detailed itinerary. Transfer to your hotel.
Day 2 Santa Cruz: City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Santa Cruz: City Tour

You will start the tour by visiting the beautiful city of Santa Cruz, one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Walks through different avenues called “rings” which divide the city passing through beautiful squares and historical monuments. You will taste the traditional “Coffee” accompanied with pastries from the region. Also, you can visit a museum of your choice: Regional History Museum, Sacred Art, or House of Culture (Mondays are closed). Return to the hotel.

Afternoon at leisure for personal activities.

Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 3 Santa Cruz – Sucre - City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Santa Cruz – Sucre - City Tour

Pick up and transfer to the airport to board the domestic flight to the illustrious and heroic city of Sucre, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

*Recommended Flight: OB 580VVI – SRE 08:35 – 09:20 (Not Included).

In the afternoon, walk along the narrow streets of “La Ciudad Blanca”, the White City of the Americas. You will visit The Liberty House and Asur Museum. Return to the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 4 Sucre – Potosi - City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Sucre – Potosi - City Tour

Transfer to the bus station to board the regular bus to Potosi City. After 3-4 hours, arrival and transfer to the hotel.

In the afternoon, City Tour of Potosí, you will visit Plaza 10 de Noviembre, San Lorenzo Church, and the National Mint of Bolivia “The enormous, famous National Mint of Bolivia was constructed between 1753 and 1773. It was not just used as a mint where Indians and slaves minted silver coins from the Cerro Rico, but also served as a prison, a fortress, and the base of the army. Nowadays, the building is a museum exhibiting scale models, coins, and other artifacts”. Return to the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast

Note: If you want you can pay extra US$200 for a private car ride (with stops for photos) from Sucre to Potosi
Day 5 Potosi Mines Tour – Uyuni
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Potosi Mines Tour – Uyuni

Silver Mines: We begin this tour with a safety briefing and equipment explanation. On our way through Potosí, we come through the local mining market, where we can see mining materials and you can buy small gifts to give to the workers, like coca leaves (optional). Afterward, we are guided to the mines, where we can enter and explore the work environment together with our professional guide. Before entering the mines, you will be equipped with a safety jacket, pants, rubber boots, helmets as well as an electric lamp. On the tour inside the tunnels of Cerro Rico, we can see the statues that miners pray to for protection, learn about the daily work in the mine, and talk with miners as they go about their work. After the tour through the mines, we will head back to the starting point.

Transfer to the bus station to board the regular bus to Uyuni city. After 3-4 hours, arrival and transfer to the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast

Note: If you want you can pay extra US$200 for a private car ride (with stops for photos) from Potosi to Uyuni.
Day 6 Uyuni - Colchani - Salt Flats - San Juan
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Uyuni - Colchani - Salt Flats - San Juan

Start the tour with the Train Cemetery (old steam locomotives that were used to transport minerals), later visit the village of Colchani, where the processing of salt can be observed (drying, grinding and packaging of salt) you will also have the opportunity to purchase handicrafts made of salt. Then we will be able to see the Salt mounds (first stage in processing the salt, the drying), Eyes of water (groundwater that flows to the surface), the Salt Museum built from salt, and visit of the Incahuasi Island (a rocky island in the middle of the salt flat where we can observe giant cacti, some of them are more than 10 meters tall and 100 years old, from the top you can see the salt flats in its entirety) Lunch in the salt flats. Also, you will enjoy a spectacular Sunset in Uyuni Salt Flat. Overnight in San Juan.

Meals Included: Breakfast & Lunch
Day 7 San Juan - Lagoons - Laguna Colorada
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

San Juan - Lagoons - Laguna Colorada

Visit the Ollague Volcano viewpoint 5865 masl, Cañapa, Hedionda, Honda, Charcota, and Ramaditas lagoons. Lunch on route.

Later visit the Siloli desert, the Stone Tree (geomorphological formation from the mushroom rock type, due to the erosion caused by the wind. It outstands from a set of volcanic rocks), the Red Lagoon where the red of its waters is due to sediments from algae as well as zooplankton and phytoplankton which have the peculiarity of changing with the temperature, Overnight in Laguna Colorada.

Meals Included: Breakfast & Lunch
Day 8 Laguna Colorada – Uyuni
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Laguna Colorada – Uyuni

Early in the morning visit the Geysers (lava boiling intensely and steam which reaches up to 50 meters high), stop at the Hot Springs of Polques where we can enjoy nature and a refreshing and energetic bath in the middle of the desert. Lunch on route. Then, we will visit the Green Lagoon where we can see its impressive emerald color and the Licancabur Volcano. Return to Uyuni to overnight.

Meals Included: Breakfast & Lunch
Day 9 Uyuni – La Paz: City Tour + Moon Valley
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Uyuni – La Paz: City Tour + Moon Valley

Transfer to the airport to board the domestic flight to La Paz city. Arrival and transfer to the hotel.

*Recommended Flight: OB 305 UYU – LPB 09:15 – 10:15 (Not Included)

In the afternoon, La Paz City Tour: Pedro Murillo Main Square, The Cathedral, Legislative Palace (outside), Precious Metals Museum (only Monday is closed), and Killi Killi Viewpoint where you will have a panoramic view of La Paz city. Then, we will visit the southern part of the city to visit the Moon Valley, impressive formations, composed mainly of clay and were created by the persistent erosion of mountains by the area’s strong winds and rains. Also, you will have the opportunity to take the Cable Car “public transportation” to visit the Witcher´s Market.

Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 10 La Paz – Copacabana – Sun Island – La Paz
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

La Paz – Copacabana – Sun Island – La Paz

Very early breakfast at the hotel. Pick up and transfer to the bus station to board the tourist bus to Copacabana 3810 masl. This trip takes 3-4 hours approx. On the way, we will cross the strait of Tiquina by motor boat (20 minutes). Arrival to Copacabana and transfer by boat to Sun Island where you will visit Pilcokaina Palace and enjoy a nice lunch that is called Apthapi, it is prepared with potato, dried potato, broad bean, husked wheat, cold cheese, banana, boiled or fried egg and others. Later we will have a panoramic walk to the Community of Yumani where we will visit the famous Inca Garden, the Sacred Fountain of Incas, and Yumani Stairway. Then, we will return to Copacabana to visit the Catholic Church and Local Market. We will return to La Paz by local bus and transfer to the hotel.

Meals Included: Breakfast & Lunch
Day 11 La Paz - Out
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

La Paz - Out

Breakfast at the hotel. At a convenient time, transfer to the airport to board the international flight.

Meals Included: Breakfast

Notes:

- Your flight from La Paz can be at any time you want

- Check out at the hotel is at 10 - 11 am

- If you will have time you can add the optional tours we have from La Paz:

Tiwanaku

1, 2 days Hikes

Amazon trips

Biking in the dead road

Coroico, etc, etc

11 days tour

The Best Of All Bolivia: Santa Cruz, Sucre, Potosi, Uyuni Sa

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Itinerary of your trip The Best Of All Bolivia: Santa Cruz, Sucre, Potosi, Uyuni Sa

Arriving In Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz: City Tour

Santa Cruz – Sucre - City Tour

Sucre – Potosi - City Tour

Potosi Mines Tour – Uyuni

Uyuni - Colchani - Salt Flats - San Juan

San Juan - Lagoons - Laguna Colorada

Laguna Colorada – Uyuni

Uyuni – La Paz: City Tour + Moon Valley

La Paz – Copacabana – Sun Island – La Paz

La Paz - Out

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