Bolivia highlights tour with Lake Titicaca
Discover the wonders of Bolivia in 7 days filled to the brim with adventure. Explore La Paz, the highest capital in the world, with its cosmopolitan charm and the impressive mountain scenery surrounding it. Hike along the shores of world-famous Lake Titicaca and visit the islands of the sun and the moon, where you can find well-preserved Inca temples and other pre-Columbian structures. Finally, see the incredible Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt desert in the world. Drive across the endless white salt flat and discover the unlikely island of Incahuasi with its volcanic landscape in the middle of the desert.
Reiseleistungen
Inkludiert:
- 6 nights of accommodation in well-located hotels
- 6x breakfast, 5x lunch, 1x dinner
- Private transfers with private driver and modern vehicle
- All airport transfers, including first and last day
- English-speaking guide for visits
- Spanish-speaking driver/guide for Uyuni
- All entrance fees
- Domestic flights
- Airport taxes for domestic flights
Exkludiert:
- International flights
Optional:
- Luxurious dinner in a French restaurant (from USD $85 per person)
- Salteña, Bolivian traditional pastries (from USD $15 per person)
- Dinner/show in a Peña with traditional folk dances (from USD $50 per person)
- Cooking class in a gastronomic restaurant (from USD $180 per person)
- Cocktail class in a gastronomic restaurant (from USD $85 per person)
- Luxurious dinner with tour of the facilities in a gastronomic restaurant (from USD $100 per person)
- Night in a luxury salt hotel at the shore of Uyuni Salt Flat (from USD $135 per person)
- Full-day spa treatment (from USD $340 per person)
Reiseplan im Überblick
La Paz
Explore Bolivia's Capital
La Paz - Moon Valley - La Paz
View the City from Above in a Gondola
La Paz - Tiwanaku - Copacabana
Visit the Ruins of Tiwanaku
Copacabana - Yampupata - Yumani, Sun Island
Hike along Lake Titicaca
Yumani, Sun Island - La Paz - Uyuni
Explore the Island of the Moon
Uyuni - Salt Flats Uyuni - La Paz
Explore the Salt Desert of Uyuni
La Paz
Bye Bye Bolivia
Detaillierter Reiseplan
La Paz
Tag 1: Explore Bolivia's Capital
Welcome to beautiful Bolivia! After your flight arrives in the country's capital, La Paz, your driver will be waiting for you at the airport and drive you to your hotel. Check in and spend some time relaxing. In the afternoon, your guide awaits you in the lobby for a tour of the historical center of La Paz. Start at the Plaza San Francisco, the city's main square and continue to Sagarnaga street, where you can find wonderful artisan handicrafts. Stop at the "Mercado de las Brujas", the witch market. Here, ingredients for ceremonial offerings are sold - from coca leaves and miniature figurines to llama fetuses. Continue the tour across the different markets of San Pedro, before concluding in the political heart of the city, Plaza Murillo, where the presidential palace and the National Congress are located. In the evening, return to your hotel and spend a relaxing night.
La Paz - Moon Valley - La Paz
Tag 2: View the City from Above in a Gondola
Start the day with a delicious breakfast at your hotel. Then, your guide is expecting you in the lobby for a trip to the most beautiful viewpoints in the city, as well as the otherworldly Moon Valley. La Paz is one of the highest capitals in the world and surrounded by the impressive peaks of the Andes. Visit the K'Illi K'Illi Mirador and the Laykakota park, from where you have an impressive panoramic view of the city. Then move on to the Montículo in the bohemian Sopocachi neighborhood, a classic spot to take romantic pictures.
In 2014, La Paz completed the construction of a gondola system. Travel up the mountain in style, while enjoying the view down of the different neighborhoods of the city.
In the afternoon, your guide will take you south into the fantastic Moon Valley. Named for its lunar-like rock formations, this is a great spot to explore and climb around.
La Paz - Tiwanaku - Copacabana
Tag 3: Visit the Ruins of Tiwanaku
Enjoy a strengthening breakfast at the hotel, before it's time to leave La Paz. You travel to Tiwanaku, an impressive archeological site of pre-Columbian ruins. Explore the well-preserved ruins, before continuing along the shore of Lake Titicaca and the Andes mountains to Copacabana. Upon arrival, check into your hotel and spend a relaxing night on the shores of the world-famous Titicaca lake.
Copacabana - Yampupata - Yumani, Sun Island
Tag 4: Hike along Lake Titicaca
Board a motorboat in the morning and disembark for a hiking trek on the Yampupata peninsula. Starting at the caves of Lourdes, make a pit stop in the small village of Zampaya, before reaching Yampupata, another village on the lakeshore. From here a boat takes you to the Isla del Sol, the island of the sun. Disembark and explore the old Inca palace of Pilkokaina, before heading on to Yumani, where you have an amazing view over the lake and the entire region. Check into your hotel in Yumani and enjoy a quiet and relaxing night.
Yumani, Sun Island - La Paz - Uyuni
Tag 5: Explore the Island of the Moon
Wake up early today and start the day with a delicious breakfast. Then take another short motorboat ride to Isla de la Luna, the island of the moon. Here, you visit the Temple of the Ñustas, the virgin princesses of the Inca. From here, return to Copacabana for lunch, and then travel on to the airport of La Paz, from where you will fly to a very special location: Uyuni. Located next to the world's largest salt flat, Uyuni is a spot you cannot miss. Check into your hotel in the city and prepare yourself for tomorrow's adventures.
Uyuni - Salt Flats Uyuni - La Paz
Tag 6: Explore the Salt Desert of Uyuni
Leave the hotel early in the morning for an amazing day trip across the Salar de Uyuni. Driving across the flat white surface of the salt desert feels like being on a different planet. The salt stretches into the horizon in every direction, with no indication of an end. After about 30 minutes of driving, you reach the village of Colchani. Here, you visit the salt exploration museum, as well as the former salt hotel. Then head back into the desert to reach the Island of Incahuasi. Lost in the middle of the desert, this volcanic island offers an incredible view over the desert and the volcanoes that surround it. In the afternoon, return to Uyuni for your flight back to La Paz. In the capital, your driver will be expecting you at the airport to take you to your hotel for a relaxing last night in Bolivia.
La Paz
Tag 7: Bye Bye Bolivia
Every adventure must eventually come to an end. Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel, then your driver will await you in the lobby to take you to the airport. Board your flight back home, but keep in mind that Bolivia has so much more to offer than you could have seen in those short 7 days. Come back soon!
