Journeys: Highlights of Bolivia
Overview
Itinerary
Arrive at any time. Arrival transfer is included.
This adventure travels to high altitude, medically defined as anything over 8,000 ft (2,440m).
- Arrival Day and Welcome Meeting: The adventure begins tonight. Feel free to explore before your welcome meeting, but make sure you’re back in time to meet the group. Check for the meeting time on the welcome note at the hotel. After introductions, your Expedition Leader will review the details of your tour. Please note that normal check-in times apply at our start hotels, but you can usually store your luggage for the day if you arrive early.
Catch a flight to charming Sucre, then enjoy an orientation walk around the main square. This afternoon, relax at a local café, explore on your own, or opt to take an immersive tour of Sucre with a local expert that focuses on the city’s stunning colonial architecture and historic sites, best viewed from the ubiquitous rooftop terraces.
- Free Time: Enjoy free time to explore, relax at a cafe or take a specialized walking tour.
- Sucre Orientation Walk: Enjoy a walk with your Expedition Leader around Sucres's centre and main square. For more in-depth information, a specialized guided tour is offered on option this afternoon.
- Plane: Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... yup, it is a plane, actually.
- Sucre Guided City Tour: Enjoy a guided tour exploring the constitutional capital of Bolivia. Learn about the history, culture, and preserved colonial buildings that earned the city its' UNESCO designation. Visit the main square and the Dinosaur Park before ending with a cocktail and a panoramic view of the city in the Recoleta area.
Enjoy free time this morning before travelling into the southern highlands to our historic hacienda. Surrounded by lush agricultural fields and rolling hills, this working farm offers unique opportunities for cultural exchanges with the resident family. Get a glimpse into daily life here while lending a hand at the dairy and in the fields, and step back in time during visits to the property’s private rooms, chapel, and museum. Cap off your experience with an authentic farm-to-table dinner featuring an array of local specialities.
- Free Time: Make the most of your time in this beautiful city.
- Bolivian Hacienda Experience: Down a winding dirt road, snaking through the stunning Southern Highlands we find our remote Hacienda. Surrounded by lush farmlands, rivers and rolling hills, this historic “working” farm offers a unique cultural interaction with a welcoming local family. Dating back to the 1500s, we step back in time with visits to private museum rooms, the chapel and library. Also, immerse ourselves into the hacienda’s daily life including demonstrations at the dairy and a visit to the fields, Finish with an authentic farm-to-table dinner featuring local specialities from the area.
Make the short drive to the centre of Potosí and enjoy a guided tour of the Casa Nacional de la Moneda, the old silver mint and now a museum dedicated to Bolivian art and history. Take a scenic drive to Uyuni, gateway to the world's largest salt flat. Learn about the industrialization of salt and the geographical history of the region while driving across this mirror-like landscape.
Note: During the rainy season the locations visited may change due to some routes being covered by water.
- Casa de la Moneda : Learn about the first global currency at this renowned National Mint museum.
- 4x4: Roads? Where this rough-and-ready vehicle's going, we don't need roads.
Journey deeper into the salt pans to explore their varied geographical features. Along the way, stop for a visit to the small community of Coquesa, located at the base of the Tunupa Volcano on the edge of the Salar. After this, have lunch on the salt flat before continuing our exploration of the desert and its pans. Cap off the day with a sunset picnic on the salt flats before returning to the hotel.
In rainy season (approximately January to early April), it is not possible to visit the Coquesa community, and a box/picnic lunch will be provided instead, as well as a visit to the Train Cemetery.
- 4x4: Roads? Where this rough-and-ready vehicle's going, we don't need roads.
- Bolivian Salt Flats Experience: Accompanied by a local guide explore the stunning landscape of the Bolivian Salt Flats by 4x4. Enter a landscape unlike anything you've ever seen as we drive across (or around) the world's largest salt flat; the piercing blue sky contrasts against the blinding white of the flat salt beds.
- Coquesa visit & Incahuasi Island Lunch: Visit the small community of Coquesa at the base of the Tunupa Volcano and on the edge of the Salar. Take a walk to a scenic viewpoint over the flats and then enter a cave where there are several very well-preserved mummies that have been there for over 500 years. Continue to Incahuasi, an island in a sea of salt covered with giant Trichocereus cacti. Have lunch here amid the island's panoramic views of the salt flat surrounding it. Then, enjoy time to wander around the area admiring the strange desert plant life.
- Excursion and sunset Picnic on the Salt Flats: Enjoy a picnic amidst this spectacular landscape, while the local guide describes the cultural and geographical history of the area, watch the sky come alive as the sun sets over the expansive salt flats.
Catch a flight to La Paz and enjoy free time to explore before joining the group for an optional dinner.
- Free Time: Enjoy some time to explore on your own.
- Plane: Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... yup, it is a plane, actually.
Awake in lofty La Paz, the highest capital city in the world. Spend the morning at leisure, or opt to take an excursion to see the stunning maze of canyons and spires in the Valley of the Moon. This afternoon, set out by foot, van, and cable car to discover this sky-high city with your guide. Explore vibrant squares, historical landmarks, and lively markets, learning about the balance of old and new along the way. In the evening, enjoy an interactive culinary experience at a popular local restaurant, including demonstrations on how traditional foods such as quinoa are integrated into modern fusion dishes. With a local chef as our guide, we’ll sample a variety of dishes and discuss the growing popularity of La Paz as a culinary destination.
- Free Time: Enjoy the morning to explore on your own or opt to take a Moon Valley tour.
- La Paz Culinary Experience: Embark on an interactive culinary experience at a popular local restaurant. Enjoy demonstrations on how traditional foods such as quinoa are integrated into modern fusion dishes. With a local chef, we sample a variety of modern dishes based on traditional foods and learn about the growing popularity of La Paz as a foodie destination.
- La Paz City Tour: Explore the city on a guided tour. Check out stunning cathedrals, impressive museums, and lively markets, learning more about the history of this fascinating city. Look for majestic Mt Illimani in the background.
- Valley of the Moon Tour: Tour the lunar landscape of the Valley of the Moon, observe the clay formations carved into the landscape by years of erosion.
Depart at any time.
Trip Inclusions
- Sit down for a sunset picnic on the stark and surreal Salar de Uyuni.
- Visit the small community of Coquesa and have lunch on Incahuasi Island in a remote patch of the Bolivian desert.
- Enjoy an interactive culinary experience in La Paz featuring a fusion of traditional and modern cuisine.
- Experience life at a traditional hacienda firsthand.
- Your Journeys Highlight Moment: Bolivian Hacienda Experience, Potosí
- Your Journeys Highlight Moment: La Paz Culinary Experience, La Paz
- Arrival transfer
- La Paz city tour
- Sucre orientation walk
- Excursions to the Salar de Uyuni
- Internal flights
- All transport between destinations and to/from included activities
- Private van, 4x4 vehicle, plane, walking
- National Geographic Expedition Leader throughout, local guides
- Hotels – 6 nts, Hacienda/farm – 1 nt
- 7 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 4 dinners
- Accommodation, itinerary and inclusions subject to change.
- Price is for land, cruise and internal flights as specified. Flights not specified are not included.
Operator
On all of our tours, you get to know locals every step of the way, from the places you visit and stay to where you eat and drink. You’ll also get to experience our ‘G for Good’ social impact initiatives on-trip, including our industry-leading ‘Ripple Score’. This score measures, as a percentage, the amount of money that stays in the local community through on-trip services like accommodation, restaurants and transport.
These small group tours combine meaningful cultural experiences with upgraded comfort and expert insight. Many itineraries include visits to community projects supported by G Adventures or National Geographic, offering a chance to connect with people and places in a more impactful way.
With more inclusions than other travel styles, character-filled accommodations and exclusive pre-trip reading to set the scene, these adventures are ideal for travellers who want to explore thoughtfully and return inspired.
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