Bolivia Comfortable

You arrive at La Paz’s international airport in the afternoon or night. There you meet our personnel. A transfer takes you to the hotel where you will lodge (private service, Spanish-speaking driver).

Overnight.

Note: The program starts with the arrival at La Paz in the afternoon/night. So early check-in is not included if passengers arrive in the morning.

DAY 2 – LA PAZ

Breakfast in hotel.

In the morning, you take part in a 6-hour tour to the Tiahuanaco ruins (private service, English-speaking guide).

The rest of the day is at leisure.
Overnight.

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Photo: jkraft5

DAY 3 – LA PAZ

Breakfast in hotel.
The morning is at leisure.

In the afternoon, La Paz’s city tour is scheduled, with cableway and Moon Valley (private service, English-speaking guide). Overnight.

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Photo: Andrey Khrobostov

After breakfast in your hotel, you have a transfer to the airport to take the flight to Uyuni.

Upon arrival, a transfer takes you to the city to start the visit to Salar de Uyuni (private service by 4×4, English-speaking guide). First, you visit the train cemetery to see the old steam locomotives that were used to transport minerals.

We continue the journey to the village of Colchani, where the processing of salt can be observed (drying, grinding and packaging of salt). You also have the opportunity to purchase handicrafts made of salt. Then, we are able to see the Salt mounds (first stage in processing the salt, the drying), the Eyes of water (groundwater that flow to the surface), the Salt Museum built from salt.

Later we visit the Incahuasi Island. This is a rocky island in the middle of the salt flat, where we can observe giant cactuses. Some of these cactuses are more than 100 years old. From the top you can see the salt flats in its entirety.

You have lunch in the center of the salt flats (only during dry season).

Photo: Kamchatka

We continue the excursion to the town of Coquesa, where we will visit its famous mummies (dated from the 700b.c. and which preserve almost intact part of the skin, hair and fingernails). We have a small walk around the viewpoint of the Tunupa volcano, where we will observe the flamingos in the wetlands.

A transfer takes you to Colchani.
Overnight.

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Photo:  Eric Yuen

DAY 5 – COLCHANI / UYUNI / LA PAZ

Breakfast in hotel.

A transfer takes you to the airport to take the flight to Uyuni. Upon arrival, you have a transfer to the hotel.

The rest of the day is at leisure.
Overnight.

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DAY 6 – LA PAZ

After having breakfast in the hotel, a transfer will take you yo the airport.

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Photo: flickr – Dimitry B.