Bolivia – Top things to do in 2 weeks

Lago Titicaca (2d)

• Isla del Sol
  • Challapampa village
  • Chinkana Temple
  • Fuente de la juventud
  • Hike on one of the old Inca paths
• Isla de la luna (Only possible on the weekend or via private tour)
• Copacabana: Cerro Calvario

La Paz (5d)

• Witches’ market
• City center
• Calle Sagarnaga (souvenirs shopping)
• Calle Jaén
• San Francisco Basilica
• Cholita Wrestling
• Chuma Uma
• Cholet
• Government buildings in Plaza Murillo
• Mí teleférico / Cable Car to El Alto
• Viewpoint Killi Killi
• Coca museum
• Gallery Mamani Mamani
• Multiday Hikes:
  

  Takesi and El Choro: The Best Multi-Day Treks Near La Paz, Bolivia

  • Huayna Potosi: mountains to climb (2 days, 6000m)
    • El Choro Trek (2-3 days, can be done alone)
      • begins an hour outside of La Paz in La Cumbre and ends in the village of Chairo.
    • Takesi trek (2 days, can be done alone)
      • Inca original path
• Day trip:
  • Valle de la luna
  • Valle de las Ánimas
  • Muela del Diablo
  • Chacaltaya
  • Charquini
  • Pico Austria Trail
    • https://www.theoutbound.com/bolivia/hiking/hike-pico-austria
  • Palca Canyon: 1h car east, rock formations
  • Yunga’s Death Road: bike tours… dangerous, start at 7:00, u see the Amazonas 
  • Coroico (Golden hill, end death route)
    • Hike
    • Rappel down waterfalls in El Vagante Canyon
    • Cliff jumping in Rio Negro swimming hole
  • Tiwanaku (The Machu Picchu of Bolivia): 2h, ancient capital, not so worth it

Chulumani

• Banana & coca plantations

Sorata (too far from La Paz)

•  Hike the mountains of the Cordillera Real

Rurrenabaque & Madidi National Park

Oruro

•  Lavish costumes
• Great Carnivale season

Sajama National Park

From La Paz: Take an early morning bus to Oruro from La Paz’s Terminal de Buses to Patacamaya, from where another minibus goes direct to Sajama.

• Walla Keristo Geysers
• Hot springs
• Lagoons: Casiri Macho, Sora Pata, Saquewa, Macaya
• Sistine Chapel in  Curahuara de Carangas
• Lake Huanakota
• Hike Lago de Alturas (2 days)
• Nevado Sajama volcano (6542m)
• Sajama Lines (like Nazca lines)
• Parinacota volcano (6380m)
• Tomarapis cave paintings
• Birdwatching in Rio Lauca

Cochabamba (1d)

• Cristo de la Concordia: tallest Crist in south America, 2‘000 steps up or cable car
• Gastronomical Capital of Bolivia
• Market for cheap souvenirs
• Museo Convento Santa Teresa
• Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi: Organization to take care of abandoned/mistreated animals
• Drink chicha: fermented corn

Torotoro NP

• Dinosaur footprints, caves, canyons
  • 3h bus drive south from Cochabamba
• Vergel Canyon: Day hike. Go to the horseshoe bridge. The grand canyon from Bolivia.
• Umajalanta cavern

Santa Cruz

• Church
• Center
• Gran Chiquitania
  •  jaguars in Kaa Iya National Park
  • Santiago de Chiquitos Mirador
  • Springs of Aguas Calientes
  • Sandboard in Lomas de Arena
• Jesuit Missions
• Biocentre Güembé: a refuge for rescued animals that are unable to be returned to the wild

Samaipata

2.5 – 3 hours with colectivo, 30 Bs, from Santa Cruz

• El Fuerte: pre-Columbian religious site
• Las cuevas: reachable by taxi (40B one way) or bike. 15B entrance
• Amboro National Park (40km from Santa Cruz)
  • Swimming in waterfalls in Jardín de las Delicias
  • bear, pumas, and jaguars. It has 60% of all country wildlife. Need to be done with a guide
• Condor nest hike (1-day hike)
• La Pajcha Waterfall (usually visited after a hike to the Condor’s Nest). 35$ taxi go and back.
• Che Guevara trail
• Relax
• Expat city

Sucre (2d)

• Parque Cretacico museum (dinosaurs footprints)
• Colonial city
• White buildings
• Hilly
• UNESCO
• Safe
• Viewpoint La Recoleta
• Museo del Tesoro
• Casa de la Libertad
• Cementerio General
• Museum of Indigenous Art
• Ethnographic and Folklore Museum
• La Merced church: nice views from the top, opposite San Felipe Neri
• Roof of the San Felipe de Neri convent
• El Castillo de La Glorieta: Very nice
• Hike:
  • Maragua crater (NICE)
    • https://worldlyadventurer.com/hiking-maragua-crater-sucre-bolivia/
    • Tent needed for visiting the painting
    • Accommodation is available in Maragua and Potolo
  • Las Siete Cascadas (The Seven Waterfalls)
  • Canyons of Icla, near Tarabuco
• Cal Orck’o: 25min from Sucre, the largest dinosaur footsteps in the world!

Potosí (2d)

• Casa de la Moneda: history about the silver mines, churches, former wealth
• Mines of Cerro Rico

Tupiza

• Hike Cerro de la cruz
• Local marquet
• Cordillera de Chicas
  • Valle de los Machos, Puerta del Diablo and Cañon del Inca
• Nice canyons, rivers, and valleys
• Horseriding
• Wild West stories
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid had their last stand there

Tarija

• Inca original path
  • Wild camping?
  • https://worldlyadventurer.com/inca-trail-in-tarija-bolivia/
• Vineyards

Salar de Uyuni (3d)

• Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa
• Animales: flamingos, vicuñas, foxes, birds
• Train cemetery
• Night in a salt hotel
• Isla del Pescado = Isla Incahuasi = Cactus
• Lagoons of Colorado, Cañapa, Verde, Honda, Chiakota: Lots of flamingos
• Dalí and Siloli Desert
• Geyser Sol de Mañana
• Thunupa Volcano
• Pucara de Ayque
• Salar de Chalvir
• Termas de Polques
• Arbol de Piedra
• Ciudad de Piedra

Food:

• Singani: distilled grape brandy
• Salteñas
• Chorizo Chuquisaqueño