Isla Del Sol

Hotel Pick up at hrs. 7:00 a.m. approximately to go straight to Copacabana.  Arrive to town at noon, just in time to taste a delicious traditional lunch and then go by boat to “Isla del Sol”. Walk on the Inca Stairway and drink water directly from the Fountain of Eternal Youth, then night stay at a local hostel on top of sun island where both parts of the lake will be seen. Dinner and rest at night.

Copacabana

After breakfast, take a walk to visit Pilcocaina Temple, take magnificent photographs of the lake from a different perspective, then head back to Copacabana. There, visit Copacabana´s temple before having lunch, then, take a bus to return to La Paz city and night stay.

Plaza Murillo

Get picked up at 9 a.m. at your hotel. Learn about the history of Bolivia’s wars, wealth and nature at this important plaza with your guide before starting off your day with a traditional tasty mid-morning snack.    Your guide will lead the way to the San Pedro Prison giving you insights about why we have included this interesting landmark in the trip, on your way to visit several local marketplaces that are bursting with Bolivian culture. Learn about the thousands of different types of Andean potatoes by walking along the street selling potatoes in endless assortments included fresh and dehydrated varieties make specifically for traditional local cuisine. When in El Alto, reach the local Witches´ Market, located in a hidden part of La Paz.  Walk around to find a magic potion to cure you of all ills. On our way back downtown via cable car. Free afternoon and night stay in La Paz.

La Paz

Free day in La Paz to explore and night bus to Sucre.

Sucre

Arrival early in the morning, free day to rest and night stay in a hotel.

Sucre

Get picked up at 9 a.m. at your hotel. Our tour starts inside Sucre´s main local market, have a traditional and delicious “Tojori” breakfast (a very traditional drink made out of corn, it is hot and filling). Following our visit we head towards obelisk and then to the Bolivar park, a beauty among the plazas. Sucre is known for having dinosaur tracks all over the place, it is so trendy to name everything after a dinosaur that this park is all about dinos. After our visit to the Park, we will take local transport to go to viewpoint from where you can see the majestic Sucre. Overlooking the city of Sucre, La Recoleta is also a place where history and tradition blends. Afternoon bus ride to Potosi (3 hours).

Potosi

Get picked up at 9 a.m. at your hotel. The mines visited are located at the base of the historical Rich Hill of Potosi. Inside, appreciate the system of miners´ work that has not suffered great changes after so much time of exploitation.  Touring the different galleries and interior levels of the mines, visitors can meet some places where the miners-built statues that represent to their gods as The Uncle of the Mine (the devil). Visitors also can see the mineral veins that are a group of rocks and chemical formations of minerals, chimneys, apart from having an experiential sharing time with the miners and observing the different work methods that they carry out every day.   Afternoon bus to Uyuni and first night in Uyuni.

Isla Incahuasi

Get picked up at 9 a.m. at your hotel Your tour will begin at 10:30 am, from our office. The first stop will be Uyuni's 'train graveyard', to see the first locomotives in Bolivia. You’ll then visit the small settlement of Colchani. The tour will continue onto the great Salt Flats of Uyuni, which are at an altitude of 3650m. Take photos as you cruise along the vast white expanse of salt, see Los Ojos de Agua Salada (‘salt water eyes’) and then visit a hotel made completely of salt! This amazing place currently serves as a museum.  Following this jam-packed morning, after lunch you’ll carry on to “Isla Incahuasi” (Fish Island), where you will have time to take a hike to the top of the island to see giant cactu, and rock formations made of petrified coral. Make sure you and your group pose for some fun perspective- and proportion-distorted photos, taken against the backdrop of the striking white surface of the salt flats.  Then, see the beautiful sunset over the salt flats.

Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve of Andean Fauna

Start the morning off at 7:00 am with breakfast, before going to visit the Chiguana Desert, located on the south side of the Uyuni salt flats.   Next, we’ll continue along a rocky road - Pasito Tuntun - to the beautiful Andean lagoons, inhabited by 3 species of Andean flamingos. Marvel at three lagoons on the way: ‘Cañapa’ where you’ll spot the first pink flamingos, ‘Hedionda’ where lunch will be served, and ‘Chiarcota’ where you’ll see a wider variety of birds and altiplanic fauna.     We’ll then enter the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve, and visit the Desert of Siloli, at 4550m (the highest and driest desert in the world). Make sure you take a photo next to the 'Rock tree', a lava rock formation. Before arriving to your final destination of the day, we will stop at the view point by the Red Lagoon, where you can spot more pink flamingos in their natural habitat, and admire this intense, red-coloured lake. Stay the night at a shared family lodging, "HAYLLAJARA".

Laguna Verde

At 5 a.m. Have early breakfast. Later start with a visit to Sol de Mañana Geyser, at 5,000m. You’ll walk alongside fumaroles, and steaming craters filled with boiling pots of mud at 150-200 Cº. Continue to the open air hot springs, and take a bath in 35ºC water.    The first place to visit is the Dali Desert, where Salvador Dali found inspiration for his work from the scattered boulders in the middle of the desert. You’ll then see the Green Lagoon - toxic copper water at the foot of the big Licancabur volcano, which sits at 6000m, a few kilometers from the Bolivia-Chile border.     Finally, you’ll head back to Uyuni, passing beautiful scenery along the way, and eating a picnic lunch next to the roadside. You’ll go by the Valley of the Rocks, the Alota settlement, and the San Cristobal Village. We’ll get back to Uyuni by 6:30 pm.  Night Bus back to La Paz.