Individual tour 17 days total Bolivia  with, hotels/transport and excursions included

From Santa Cruz to  Santa Cruz  ( can also start in la Paz)

You can choose this tour in 3 opcions 

1 Budget tour : in hostals/ local transport / excursions in international group

2 classic tour: in 3* hotels/ mix local transport – private / mix private excursions – internat group

3 Luxe tour: all 4 * hotels / private transport / private excursions/ included entree fees

How do we work ? 
In our packet, you travel all by yourself, Southamerica planet take care for you, we reserve all your hotels and transport. Before you arrive in Bolivia, we wil send to your mail, all the vouchers and general information. The excursions you do in International groups with English speaking guides.

Our local agent arrange also your transfers and give you the bus tickets to go from  A to  B, like this, you travel around by yourself but without worry’s, all arranged thru  southamerica planet. If there are any problems, you always find support by contacting our office in Peru or our local contact in Bolivia!

What is included?
* All bus transport, all hotels and all the tours as indicated in the program.
* All your vouchers, information packet, like general info over all the places you visit.
* All hotels are based on double room with private bathroom, single rooms on request for an extra price, all buses or private transport
* We can offer this tour in star hotels or local clean hostels. or in a mix
* all the transfers

Not included
* Your food, in the hotels is breakfast included.
* The entry fees and taxes, like airport tax.
*Local flights

Many highlights in 1 tour 
* Sleeping in Amboro national parc
* The traditional market  Tarrabuco( on Sunday only)
* La Paz, the highest city
* Tihuanucu – culture
* The 3 – days amazing salt lakes jeep tour / lagunes in 4 wheel drive jeeps
* Potosi, with the silver mines
* Colonial Sucre
* Copacabana with islands on Titicaca lake

Day 1 Santa Cruz
Transfer in Santa cruz to you hotel .We can relax or discover this big jungle city. Hotel in santa cruz
included
transfer from the airport
hotel/hostal in Santa cruz
not included
City tour
lunch – diner

Day 2 Amboro

After breakfast we drive to  National Park Amboró, El Refugio Los Volcanes: pure silence and nature, a unique tour for nature lovers and birdwatchers and an ideal place to relax after a long journey. This tour brings you to a hidden jewel in National Park Amboró!  Over 200 species of birds, 100 species of orchids and bromelia’s are identified.  The agoeti, the armadillo, the coatí, the skunk, monkeys and other mammals live here in abundance! The area in which the beautiful colonial style lodge is situated is truly unique. The lodge has six rooms with private bathroom and hammocks outside from where you can see the steep red colored sandstone mountains of Volcanes. There are many trails you can choose from like: to waterfalls, viewpoints, a special orchids trail and more.The hiking time varies from one to seven hours. In consultation with your guide you will make your choice where to go. After a hike you can refresh yourself in the waterfall next to the lodge or enjoy the area from a reclining chair or a hammock. In the lodge there are some books available about the flora and fauna of the area. 1st day: arrival at around 10.00 at the Refuge and the opportunity to do a short hike or have a refreshing plunge in the water of the waterfall that is located directly next to the lodge. After lunch a hike in the area of the colonial lodge.
Visit
http://www.refugiovolcanes.net/html/espanol.html
included
Private car
Diner + lunch
Refugio Volcanes
not included
English speaking guide

Day 3  Amboro – Sucre
2nd day: a day hike  to a waterfall  or viewpoint through the unique area with the guide. Relaxing is possible as well of course.  After lunch you will drive to the airport of Santa cruz from where we fly to Sucre.
included
Private car
Refugio Volcanes
Breakfast + lunch
Hotel / hostal in Sucre
Transfer in Sucre
not included
English speaking guide
diner

Day 4 ( if Sunday Tarrabuco Market).
You will drive in the direction of Tarabuco. 
If this day of the tour falls on a Sunday, you will pay a visit to the famous and colorful market which Tarabuco is famous for. After lunch we continue to Sucre where you will be brought to the hotel Hotel in Sucre
included
local bus to Tarrabuco market
Hostal / hotel in Sucre
not included
Lunch – diner

Day 5  Sucre
The city center today is a huge living museum, full of architectural treasures from the colonial and republican eras as well as numerous 16th century churches that feature Baroque and mestizo art. Walk to Recoleta, a church and museum, a site offering you a fantastic view of the entire city.  San Lazaro and Santo Domingo. You can walk  to the University’s Museum; the Textile Museum Asur, Jalk’a and Tarabuco exhibitions; the Cemetery and the main historical monuments. Or visit the Historical Museum, House of Freedom; the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Historical courtyard of the San Francisco Xavier University. Enjoy he exquisite exterior of Santa Monica’s Church as well as the San Francisco Church and the Convent of San Felipe Nery.
included
1/2 day City tour
Hostal / hotel in Sucre
not included
Lunch – Diner

Day 6 Sucre
Today some action /excursion /Inca Trail (half day); this easy hike of about three hrs starts at the chapel of Chataquila on the rim of the Cordillera de los Frailes. You walk down the Inca trail to Chaunaca while you enjoy impressive views all around. The hike is 95% downhill and very easy. At Chaunaca the car will pick you up to bring you to the Ravelo River. Here you can take a rest, have a footbath or a (cold!) swim in the water.
You will get some fruit served as well as coffee or tea with cookies before the tour ends.
included
1/2 day inca trail/ only going down
Hostal / hotel in Sucre
not included
lunch + diner

Day 7 Potosi
Today we will take private car for about 3 h to Potosi. Potosí is one of the three colonial cities of Bolivia. You will see the historical colonial centre of the city. You can visit La Casa de La Moneda, probably Bolivia´s best museum.
Potosi, a mining town that was originally named Villa Imperial de Potosi. The city is spread upon the foothills of the legendary Cerro Rico Mountain that did have the largest deposits of silver during the Spanish Colony. Visit two lovely churches: San Francisco and San Lorenzo. Santa Teresa Church, which is also a museum. Potosí was founded in 1546, following the discovery of silver in the nearby mountain Cerro Rico, literally “the rich mountain”, which dominates the city. During its mining heydays in the 17th century, Potosí was the biggest and wealthiest city in the Americas. Silver from Potosí was taken to Spain and used all over Europe. A simple stroll around town to admire colonial architecture is another pleasurable activity; be sure to stop by the main Cathedral  and Convento de San Francisco (for lovely rooftop views).
included
Private car to Potosi
1/2 day city tour
Hostal / hotel in Potosi
not included
Lunch + diner

Day 8  Uyuni
excursion Mine Tour Cerro Rico (3  hrs.); before you depart from Potosí you will put on safety clothes and take a lamp and a helmet with you. You will visit the miners market where you can buy some gifts like coca leafs, dynamite and pure alcohol for the miners (not included).It is tradition to bring the miners gifts because you are entering their working area. By car you will go to one of the many entrances of the famous silver mine. You will see miners at work, you will visit El Tío, the God of the underworld, where the miners offer to Pacha Mama, Mother Earth. You can descend to all levels you want, but normally the wider and higher shafts are chosen. You can leave the mine with an assistant-guide at any time, also if the group wants to descend further down. You are witness firsthand to the life and working conditions of Bolivian miners. Silver is what created this city, and it would be shame to leave without learning more about the work conditions of Potosí’s mineral extracting activity. After lunch we continue over the new paved road with reel nice scenery to Uyuni for about 4 h drive. Uyuni is in many ways a bizarre and surreal place. Hot in the sun, cold in the shade, and freezing at night, the small Bolivian town could be described as climatically challenged.
included
Excursion to silver mines
Transfer out Potosi / transfer in Uyuni
Hotel/ hostal Uyuni
Local bus to Uyuni
not included
Lunch + diner

Day 9+10+11  3 Days Salar jeeptour
Around 10 Am we start our Amazing 3 days tour. The real reason people come to Uyuni is  the Salar. It is a surreal sensation to stand in the middle of a vast expanse and to stare into the distance, unable to tell exactly where the land ends and the sky begins. This is the largest salt flat in the world, and definitely not to be missed. A 3-day tour continues into the surrounding highlands, an area of intense volcanic and geothermal activity, dotted with lagoons colored red, green, and white by microscopic algae and populated by pink flamingos. Strange rock formations are scattered throughout, including Incahuasi Island, a coral reef covered in groves of giant cactus and believed to be the remnants of a volcano that existed in the middle of a giant prehistoric lake.

In the morning we first visit the train cemetery and Colchani town, as well as the process of making domestic salt. We will be able to observe the salt extraction method. In the rainy season, the salt becomes a giant mirror where the white sky is reflected perfectly and everything seems to be floating in the air. This scenario is a paradise for lovers of photography, for the visual effects that can be achieved. Then you will visit Ojos del Salar; here bubbling gases escape from underneath the salt flat, the Salt hotel and Incahuasi. After a day at the Salt Flats, you will be transferred to your accommodation where you can relax and enjoy dinner at your basic Salt 

Day 2 of private Uyuni Salt Flats Expedition tour.
After breakfast you will continue your way to  lagoons and altiplano. You will go to Chiguana to visit the Ollagüe Volcano. On the road to the desert Andean camelids, llamas and vicunas can be seen. The journey continues with visits to: Cañapa Lagoon, Hedionda Lagoon and Chiarkota Lagoon. You will also visit the Silolí Desert and the Stone tree; a rock formation of over eight meters high.The next stop takes place at the breathtaking Colorada lagoon, which owes its color and name to the accumulation of a fine red sediment in combination with the pigmentation of a local type of algae. The lake is home to 3 species of flamingos. You will spend the night in a  basic  lodge

Day 3 of private Jeeptour
The departure on the third day will be very early, to watch the sunrise at Red Lagoon. You will visit the geysers, the Green Lagoon and the Licancabur Volcano and you will have the opportunity to go to the hot springs. On the way back to Uyuni you will visit the Valley of the Rocks. We will arrive in Uyuni in time to catch the night bus. ( optional flight to La paz )
included
3 days Salt lakes  4×4 jeeptour in private or shared jeep
2 nights hostal in very basic( shared) in hotel ( private jeep)
Food 3 lunch 2 diner 2 breakfast
the evening  day 14 you take night bus to La Paz
( optional 1 night hotel and flight to La Paz)
not included
Entree fee 180 Bol
Guide

Day 12  La Paz
Arrive Capital La Paz . You can visit the Indian Markets and Witches market, as well as the beautiful San Francisco Basilica and Murillo Square. Or the Government palace, National Congress, Metropolitan Cathedral.
Big 30 floor skyscrapers and modern shopping centers where traditional Indians and office personnel are making this city really colorful. As you continue to travel further down to the south you will begin to notice that the climate also changes as it becomes warmer and greener. The difference between central La Paz and the South can be sometimes 1000 meters which is part of the reason that the rich live in this part and the poorer population lives in the colder, higher suburbs of El Alto. Founded in 1548 by the Spanish colonizer Alonso de Mendoza, La Paz has been the stage for some of the most important moments in the history of Bolivia. Although Sucre is Bolivia’s official constitutional capital, La Paz is the seat of the executive and administrative branches of government.Today, the modern city of La Paz has more than 2 million inhabitants, over half of whom can claim indigenous ancestry. Moon Valley at an altitude of 3.400 M. In the Moon Valley you will make a hike of about half an hour. The moon valley: Due to wind and water erosion over thousands of years the Valley of the Moon was formed. At a distance of only 10 km. from the centre of La Paz the sand and rock formations here remind of a moonscape. The tour ends  in your hotel.
included
Transfer in La Paz
Hotel/ hostal in La Paz
1/2 day  City tour and Moon valley
not included
Lunch – Diner

Day 13  La Paz Tihuanacu
From La Paz you can make an other excursion ” Tihuanacu”
Tiwanaku Ruins is the most important pre-Columbian archaeological site in Bolivia, maybe even in South-America. It is considered one of the oldest civilizations of the Andes region (1300 BC-1200 AD). The fascinating culture, the religion and the brilliant architectural and astronomical knowledge existed for some 3.000 years. Tiwanaku was the biggest city in its time; according to assumes it had a population of between 20.000 to 120.000 people.The ruins of Tiwanaku are located at a distance of 72 KM from the city of La Paz. As cultural in heritage of humanity the ruins are protected by UNESCO. The most important highlights are the Kalasasaya Temple, the Akapana Pyramid, the Sun Gate Intipunku and the semi underground temple. The visits of the museums and the ruins will take some 3 hrs.
included
Excursion to Tihuanacu
Hotel/ hostal in La Paz
not included
lunch + diner
Opcional 1 day Dead road mountain bike tour to Coroyco
Entrance fee

Day 14  Copacabana Titicaca
Transfer to busterminal and local bus to Copacabana. Copacabana is situated on the shores of Lake Titicaca. The small lake town is a lovely place to relax and enjoy.  Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world and one of the most magical destinations in Latin America. Copacabana is ideal to relax after a long day of transport. You can walk around the small city. Lake Titicaca, at about 12,000 ft. The most important place to visit besides the famous sanctuary of Copacabana are the Island of the Sun, Isla del Sol. The islands are located in the province Manco Kapac in the department La Paz. Visit for sure the basilica to see the famous woodcarving of Our Lady of Copacabana. Around 1 pm you do the excursion to isla del sol 1/2 Day . After the tout you stay overnight in a hotel in Copacabana for an amazing sunset
included
Transfer out
Local bus to Copacabana
Hotel/ hostal in Coppa
1/2 day tour to isla del sol in shared service
not included
Lunch – Diner
Entree fee
Optional you can take the transtourin hydrofoil  in A or 2 days and sleep a board of the boat

Day 15  La Paz
You walk by yourself to the busterminal and you will take the local bus for about 3 h back to la paz. In La Paz you have free afternoon to discover further La Paz
included
Transfer In La Paz
Local bus to La Paz
Hotel/ hostal in La Paz
not included
lunch + diner
Transfer in Copacabana

Day 16   La Paz – Santa cruz
Transfer to the airport + flight  La Paz + to  Santa Cruz.
In santa cruz there is transfer from the airport to the hotel
included
Transfer santa cruz / and La Paz
Hotel/ hostal in Santa Cruz
not included
lunch + diner
Local flights ( we also can arrange)

Day 17  Finish
Transfer to the airport, to take your international flight home
included
Transfer out
not included
meals
International Flights

Optional on Day 15 you can continue to Peru and Cuzco 

Optional You can extend to the Bolivian Jungle 

Optional you can do the deadroad mountainbik

General information