The further you go to the South/East of Bolivia, the less tourists you’ll find. Both Samaipata and Santa Cruz are a bit off the beaten path. Samaipata is a hippy town that got known over the years due to the fact that a couple of Europeans and Americans decided to spend the rest of their …
Cochabamba is a city that normally doesn’t get a lot of visitors. That might be due to the fact that most Bolivia travelers focus on La Paz and Uyuni. Although it is located close to the rainforest and national parks, most excursions and tours into the wild leave from Rurrenabaque which is located much higher …
Sucre, the official capital of Bolivia, is an absolute beauty. We fell in love with this city. In fact it is one of the most impressive and beautiful bigger cities/capitals we have visited in Latin America. The city center of Sucre is quite big. The whole inner circle of the city is a historical center, …
6 hours ride from Uyuni on a height of over 4000 meters lies the city of Potosí. Potosí used to be a very rich city in the 17th century, due to its large resources in silver and zinc. Until today Potosí’s biggest income comes from silver mining. Due to its past the city has a …
A must do for all visitors of Bolivia. It is the biggest and probably most famous attraction of the country and once you see the salt desert of Uyuni with your own eyes you truly understand why. The photogenic landscape of Uyuni is truly marvelous and in it’s size and beauty surely one of a …
Most Europeans believe La Paz to be the capital of Bolivia. That is wrong. Officially Sucre is the capital of Bolivia, but La Paz is the seat of the government. With an average height of 3600 meters it is the highest executive seat in the world. While the city center lies in a valley on …
The highest navigable lake in the world and the largest sweet water lake in South America…Titicaca is probably a lake everybody has heard of. While the bigger part lies in Peru, in our opinion the more beautiful side belongs to Bolivia. The biggest city/town on the Bolivian site of the lake is called Copacabana, spelled …
Bolivia seems to be one of the lesser visited countries, when we think about backpacking South America. The main reasons for that might be the under-developed infrastructure, constant altitude changes or maybe other Latin countries do simply better marketing when it comes to tourism. In all honesty, the fact that Bolivia is not as crowded …
