Bolivia Discovery
11 days, La Paz to La Paz
Itinerary
Day 1La Paz
Arrive at any time.
There are no planned activities until the evening welcome meeting.
Your Welcome Moment: Welcome Moment - Meet Your CEO and Group
Your opportunity to meet your CEO and fellow travellers, and learn more about your tour. Opt to join the group for a local meal afterwards. Don't forget to see the notice in the lobby (or ask reception) for the official time and place to meet up with the group.
Optional Activities - Day 1 HideShow
Valley of the Moon Tour
15USD per personTour the lunar landscape of the Valley of the Moon, observe the clay formations carved into the landscape by years of erosion.
Witches' Market Visit
Learn more about the pre-Columbian Aymara beliefs at the Witches' Market. You can witness locals buying products such as dried frogs, potions, and talismans for use in rituals and offerings.
La Paz City Tour
35USD per personExplore 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.
Day 2La Paz/Uyuni
Leave early for the long journey to Uyuni, the starting point for the salt flats excursion.
Local Bus
Climb aboard, grab a seat, and enjoy the ride.
This route may be done by train or overnight bus depending on which one is running.
Train
Climb aboard, grab a seat, and enjoy the ride. If travelling on a day when the train is not operating, you will take an overnight bus from La Paz departing at 19:00 and arriving in Uyuni at 06:00 the next morning.
Meals included:
BreakfastDay 3Uyuni/Salt Flats and Desert Crossing
Enjoy a 3-day 4x4 excursion to the Salar de Uyuni and surrounding desert altiplano, with spectacular scenery. Today you will be crossing the varied landscape of the desert, enjoy incredible scenery, including volcanoes and colourful lagoons.
Travel through the Bolivian landscape to the town of Uyuni. Despite its isolation and challenging climate (cold and blustery most of the year), the town of Uyuni has earned the nickname of Hija Predilecta de Bolivia (Bolivia’s Favourite Daughter).
During the rainy season the locations visited may change due to some routes being covered by water.
4x4
Roads? Where this rough-and-ready vehicle's going, we don't need roads.
Salt Flats and Desert Crossing Excursion
Spend three days in the stunning landscape between the Salar de Uyuni and the Atacama Desert in Chile. Enter a world unlike anything else as we drive across the salt flats; the piercing blue sky contrasts against the blinding white of the flat salt beds. Take memorable photos of the unusual landscape complete with mountains and active volcanoes. Visit the coloured lagoon of Laguna Colorada and enjoy the uniqueness of this region.
Your G for Good Moment: Jukil Community Experience & Lodge
Visit the Santiago de Agencha community, located two hours across the salt flats from Uyuni, a rural village surrounded by towering cacti and part of a small desert oasis. The community-owned salt lodge was renovated and expanded through a major project in 2016 funded by G Adventures’ foundation, Planeterra. With many of the village’s younger residences fleeing for economic opportunities, this lodge is seen by the community as a way to rescue their indigenous culture and provide opportunities for the future. Learn about their traditional agricultural practices, including their specialization in quinoa production, and take a guided walk with a community member to the sacred Jukil mountaintop for a beautiful view of the village below and the salt flats beyond. Meals of local ingredients grown in the village are prepared by ladies who were provided culinary training through the project. Leave Jukil Community Lodge knowing your visit is creating opportunities for a whole new generation of people in this community to improve their lives, and the lives of their children and grandchildren.
Meals included:
Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 4Salt Flats and Desert Crossing
Continue to discover the Salar de Uyuni on a 4x4 excursion. Admire the spectacular scenery while passing red and blue lagoons and interesting rock formations along the route. Spot wild llamas, alpacas and even flamingos deep within the desert. Last stop for the evening is a G Adventures-supported community lodge in a traditional agricultural village in the heart of a desert oasis.
Settle in to your G Adventures-supported community salt-brick bungalow, complete with salt floors and furniture, after a guided walking tour up to the sacred Jukil mountaintop for sweeping valley views and a dinner of local ingredients prepared by ladies from the community.
Salt Flats and Desert Crossing Excursion
Spend three days in the stunning landscape between the Salar de Uyuni and the Atacama Desert in Chile. Enter a world unlike anything else as we drive across the salt flats; the piercing blue sky contrasts against the blinding white of the flat salt beds. Take memorable photos of the unusual landscape complete with mountains and active volcanoes. Visit the coloured lagoon of Laguna Colorada and enjoy the uniqueness of this region.
Meals included:
Breakfast | Lunch | DinnerDay 5Salt Flats and Desert Crossing/Uyuni
Enjoy a final day of exploring the Uyuni Salt Flats before travelling to the town of Uyuni for the night.
Salt Flats and Desert Crossing Excursion
Spend three days in the stunning landscape between the Salar de Uyuni and the Atacama Desert in Chile. Enter a world unlike anything else as we drive across the salt flats; the piercing blue sky contrasts against the blinding white of the flat salt beds. Take memorable photos of the unusual landscape complete with mountains and active volcanoes. Visit the coloured lagoon of Laguna Colorada and enjoy the uniqueness of this region.
Meals included:
Breakfast | LunchDay 6Uyuni/Potosí
Journey from Uyuni to Potosí. Spend the afternoon exploring the city.
Local Bus
Uyuni to Potosi
Free Time
Explore the markets and the city, or opt to visit a silver mine.
Optional Activities - Day 6 HideShow
Silver Mine Tour
150BOB per personTake the opportunity to visit a working silver mine and learn more about the process of extraction and working conditions faced by as much as half of the people who live and mine in Potosí. Bring a bandana and wear protective gear (boots, helmet and headlamp) as you head deep into the bowels of Cerro Rico (Rich Hill).
Casa de la Moneda
40BOB per personLearn about the first global currency at this renowned National Mint museum.
Meals included:
BreakfastDay 7Potosí/Sucre
Continue by bus to Sucre and explore this beautiful colonial city or opt to go hiking in the surrounding area.
Local Bus
Climb aboard, grab a seat, and enjoy the ride.
Free Time
Make the most of your time by exploring this beautiful city -- or check out some dinosaur tracks!
Optional Activities - Day 7 HideShow
Sunday Tarabuco Market
40USD per personOn a Sunday morning, the Tarabuco market offers a glimpse into daily Bolivian life and the diversity of its people. Where indigenous groups from the surrounding area gather on Sundays to sell their goods.
Hiking
Head out of town, take in some fresh air, and explore this scenic area by foot.
Mountain Biking
Take a guided mountain biking trip on the outskirts of Sucre and explore more of this beautiful region.
Sucre Dinosaur Tracks Excursion
Get ready to get up close and personal with the prehistoric times: Sucre is home to one of the world's largest collections of dinosaur footprints made some 68 million years ago. Discover more than 5,000 footprints perfectly preserved footprints in the Cal Orck’o cliff just outside the city centre. See the world's longest trail -- 347m (1138 ft) -- left by a baby Tyrannosaurus Rex now affectionately known as 'Johnny Walker'.
Meals included:
BreakfastDays 8–9Sucre
Spend two days exploring all that Sucre has to offer.
Your Discover Moment
There's plenty to see and do in Sucre, and we wanted to make sure that you had some time to take it all in. Feel free to relax or try optional activities like hiking, mountain biking, and visiting the Textile Cooperative. Your CEO has more ideas if you need them. Just ask!
Optional Activities - Days 8–9 HideShow
Sunday Tarabuco Market
40USD per personOn a Sunday morning, the Tarabuco market offers a glimpse into daily Bolivian life and the diversity of its people. Where indigenous groups from the surrounding area gather on Sundays to sell their goods.
Hiking
Head out of town, take in some fresh air, and explore this scenic area by foot.
Mountain Biking
Take a guided mountain biking trip on the outskirts of Sucre and explore more of this beautiful region.
Sucre Dinosaur Tracks Excursion
Get ready to get up close and personal with the prehistoric times: Sucre is home to one of the world's largest collections of dinosaur footprints made some 68 million years ago. Discover more than 5,000 footprints perfectly preserved footprints in the Cal Orck’o cliff just outside the city centre. See the world's longest trail -- 347m (1138 ft) -- left by a baby Tyrannosaurus Rex now affectionately known as 'Johnny Walker'.
Meals included:
BreakfastDay 10Sucre/La Paz
Fly to La Paz and enjoy a free afternoon in the capital.
Spend the afternoon exploring and shopping in the many markets of the city -- it is an especially good place to buy textiles and leatherwork.
Visit the Witches' Market or take one of the several optional excursions available.
Opt to pre-book the "Death Road Biking Adventure" activity on the checkout page ahead of time to include this optional on your tour.
Plane
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... yup, it is a plane, actually.
Free Time
Get out and explore the markets and ruins of this fantastic city.
Optional Activities - Day 10 HideShow
Valley of the Moon Tour
15USD per personTour the lunar landscape of the Valley of the Moon, observe the clay formations carved into the landscape by years of erosion.
Chacaltaya Visit
Chacaltaya (Aymara for 'cold road') is a mountain in the Cordillera Real, part of the beautiful Bolivian Andes.
Witches' Market Visit
Learn more about the pre-Columbian Aymara beliefs at the Witches' Market. You can witness locals buying products such as dried frogs, potions, and talismans for use in rituals and offerings.
La Paz City Tour
35USD per personExplore 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.
Day 11La Paz
Depart at any time.
Optional Activities - Day 11 HideShow
Valley of the Moon Tour
15USD per personTour the lunar landscape of the Valley of the Moon, observe the clay formations carved into the landscape by years of erosion.
Witches' Market Visit
Learn more about the pre-Columbian Aymara beliefs at the Witches' Market. You can witness locals buying products such as dried frogs, potions, and talismans for use in rituals and offerings.
La Paz City Tour
35USD per personExplore 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.