Amazon Adventures

Bolivia

Best of Bolivia / La Paz / Lake Titicaca / Sucre-Potosi / Santa Cruz-Missions
Uyuni Salt Lake / Bolivian Pantanal / Madidi National Park / Amazon cruise

La Paz

The city of La Paz is nestled in a valley atop the Bolivian plateau, surrounded by snowy peaks and dominated by the white head of Illimani, the sacred mountain. The setting is sure to take your breath away (and if the setting doesn't, the 3,739m/12,464-ft. altitude will). The Paceños themselves, the city's inhabitants, are what make this place unforgettable. No other major South American city holds on to its past so firmly. Many of the women wear traditional clothing every day, which includes colorful multilayered petticoats and, oddly, bowler hats perched high atop their braided hair.

On the city tour you are picked up from the hotel to visit a typical Indian Market, the famous Witch Doctor's Market (if it's dried frogs, Bolivian armadillos, ceramic figures of naked couples, love or fertility potions or dried llama fetuses that you're after, you've come to the right place). and the San Francisco Colonial Church. The tour continues to the Plaza Murillo where the Cathedral, the Government Palace and the National Congress buildings are located. Then, we will visit the famous colonial street "Calle Jaén" where interesting museums are clustered together. To change scenery the tour continues to the residential areas of Obrajes, Calacoto and La Florida. The tour ends with a visit to the unique Moon Valley, where you will have the opportunity to walk around.

Basic Santiago Package: roundtrip airport transfers + 1 night hotel + group city tour

Price per person in US$

	1 person	2 people (dbl)	3 people (tpl)
with 5* hotel	$209	$138	$116
with 3* hotel	$178	$123	$103

add $70 for tour to Tiwanacu:

bus to Tiwanacu, the "Cradle of the American Civilizations" and wonder with their advanced culture, their monoliths, the sun door, etc. Around A.D. 500, the great high plateau state of Tiwanaku emerged as the dominant culture of the region. At over 3800 meters above sea level, Tiwanaku ranks as one of the highest ancient imperial capitals in the world. The site was founded around 400 B.C. as a modest village. By A.D. 900, Tiwanaku influence and control extended over 350,000 square kilometers, an area larger than modern Great Britain. During its peak, the capital of Tiwanaku boasted a huge stone-faced pyramid, cut stone enclosures, elite residences, exquisitely decorated buildings, a system of subterranean canals, and at least four square kilometers of residential buildings, with a population of 100,000. There was a rigid social and political hierarchy expressed in elaborate art and architectural styles.

extensions to Lake Titicaca and other areas of Bolivia or Peru can be easily arranged