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Bolivia historical cities, Oriente and Salar – Detailed itinerary
DAY 1 – SANTA CRUZ
Arrive in Santa Cruz at any time, hotel check-in and free time to look around. We will have a group welcome meeting to review the trip’s itinerary and provide last-minute details and updates.
Meals included: N/A
Transportation: N/A
Lodging: Three-star hotel in Santa Cruz (night of day 1)
DAY 2 – SANTA CRUZ, SUCRE
Visit Santa Cruz in the morning: downtown with its cathedral, coffee shops and cultural events, a street market and then the trendiest and most contemporary part of the liveliest and thriving city of Bolivia, the capital of the Oriente (Bolivia’ eastern region).
Hop on a morning flight to Sucre, the constitutional capital of Bolivia, and transfer to our downtown hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast (at hotel in Santa Cruz), lunch
Transportation: Commercial flight to Snta Cruz to Sucre, transfer from airport on public transportation (bus)
Lodging: Three-star hotel in Sucre
DAY 3 – SUCRE
Enjoy a city tour of the colonial old town (a UNESCO world heritage) which will include the historical colonial downtown with its main monuments, such as the San Felipe Neri church (with a nice scenic walk on the rooftop) and the Casa de la Libertad (where the first act of independence of Bolivia was signed). Then the city market and a walk up to the Recoleta square, from where we can view the whole city and its surrounding. Around noon, we will transfer to Cal Orck’o to view one of the largest and most interesting collections of fossilized dinosaurs’ footprints in the world. The mid-day guided tour has ideal sunlight conditions and allows us to walk close to the footprints.
Meals included: Breakfast (at hotel in Sucre), lunch
Transportation: Local taxi or microbus to dinosaur’s footprints,
Lodging: Three-star hotel in Sucre
DAY 4 – SUCRE, POTOSÍ
Morning free to continue visiting the attractions of Sucre old town.
Break for lunch and time for a last-minute stroll downtown before heading on our private bus to Potosí, where we arrive mid-to-late afternoon after a three-hour trip through a beautiful scenic route.
We will start the day with a slow-paced city tour of Potosí (at 4,000 mt high, no one really wants to run here). Potosí, the “imperial city” is a UNESCO world heritage and intriguing place where an important part of world history was made. We will walk around the historical downtown and its numerous grand churches and palaces, visit the national mint (Casa de la Moneda) that hosts the machinery used to make silver coins, and Santa Teresa monastery. We will also have scenic views of the incredible Cerro Rico and be able to take a glimpse of the chaotic growth of present-day Potosi, and the sharp contrast between past splendor and current reality.
Meals included: Breakfast (at hotel in Sucre), lunch, dinner
Transportation: Private bus from Sucre to Potosí
Lodging: Three-star hotel in Potosí
DAY 5 – POTOSÍ , UYUNI
Visit the Cerro Rico. In the afternoon, transfer by private bus to Uyuni, the gateway to the immense Uyuni Salt Lake (“Salar de Uyuni”), again on a scenic route filled with geological formations painted in different colors.
Meals included: Breakfast (at hotel in Potosí), lunch, dinner
Transportation: Private bus to Uyuni
Lodging: Three-star hotel in Uyuni
DAY 7 – SALAR DE UYUNI
And here it is! Today, we really are going to visit an outlandish place: the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt lake in the world and a Unesco World Heritage. We will drive into this white, immense, empty space where the horizon, the sense of distance and proportions get confused. Even our cameras seem unable to sort out what is close and what is far. We will visit the Incahuasi island, in fact a rock formation that seems to emerge from the whiteness like an island. During the day, we will also stop at the salt crossway, the abandoned salt hotel and a ghostly train cemetery.
After a long day and countless photo opportunities, we drive back to Uyuni.
Meals included: Breakfast (at hotel in Uyuni), lunch, dinner
Transportation: Private 4×4 car
Lodging: Three-star hotel in Uyuni
DAY 7 – UYUNI, LA PAZ
We fly from Uyuni to La Paz, and we still have time for a guided city tour. We will wander through the historical downtown to see Plaza Murillo, the San Francisco cathedral and the witches’ market. We will also enjoy great views travelling in La Paz’ famous cable cars system.
Meals included: Breakfast (at hotel in Uyuni), dinner
Transportation: Flight Uyuni to La Paz, taxi from airport to hotel
Lodging: Three-star hotel in La Paz
DAY 8 – LA PAZ
Depart at any time.
Meals included: Breakfast (at hotel in La Paz)
Transportation: public transportation (bus) from hotel to airport
Lodging: N/A
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