The tour: Where we have been
in Bolivia 2009 / 2010

Bolivia - Part I

We do write part one here, because we think, we will have to go back again. Due to the "whale problem" we want to be in Argentina in October to see these animals. This is why we had to rush through Bolivia and could not see everything we wanted to.

Tiwanaku as a World Heritage Site and Sucre were interesting. But for us the best part was on the Salar de Uyuni, which we really enjoyed. In a country, where security and friendliness are on a low level, it is hard to be happy all over...

The route: Copacabana - La Paz - Yungay - Ruinas Tiwanaku - Oruro - Potosi - Sucre - Uyuni - Salar de Uyuni - Tupiza - Villazon

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Bolivia - Part II

When we came back in 2010, we entered Bolivia from the East - out of the Pantanal in Brasil. The Lowlands are very different to the landscape and the people of the Altiplano. It was a fascinating experience to explore a totally new Bolivia.

Highlights were the Jesuit reductions and Samaipata - fascinating was it to follow the route of Ché in a stunning mountainous surrounding!

The route: San Matias - San Ignacio de Velasco - Santa Ana - San Rafael - San Miguel - San Ignacio - San Javier - Santa Cruz - Samaipata - Vallegrande - La Higuera - Villa Serrano

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Bolivia - Part III

Continuing in the Altiplano we made a lovely trip on the highland-route to Sucre. There we figured out, that one of the famous fiestas in Potosi will be held in the next days - therefore we decided to go there. Because of the amount of pictures we made a separate folder (see below). On our travels through Bolivia we never made it to Cochabamba, closing this missing link now on a scenic plastered road and afterwards back into the South, leaving in Bermejo for Argentina.

The route: Villa Serrano - Tomina - Zudanez - Tarabuco - Sucre - Potosi - Sucre - Chuqui Chuqui - Quiroga - Aiquile - Totora - Monte Puncu - Tolata - Cochabamba - Quillacollo - Aiquile - Sucre - Potosi - Khuchu Ingenio - Pampa Tambo - El Puente - Tarija - Padcaya - Bermejo

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Bolivia - The fiesta in Potosi

When we visited Bolivia the second time in 2010, we were very lucky to realize, that there was a great fiesta planned for the weekend in Potosi. Countless were the dancers and the performed dances: Suri Sikuri, Kullawada, Carnaval Betanceño und Tinku, Huayño, Morenada, Carnaval Vallegrandino, Pujllay, Llamerada, Tobas, Cueca, Los Macheteros, Taquirari, Chacarera, Waca Waca und Caproales.

Especially the Diablada was interesting for us - a famous dance in the Karneval of Oruro and a cultural World Heritage.

Have a look at all those wonderful performers!

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Bolivia - Laguna Verde

We planned to visit the lagoons in the furthest South of Bolivia, but the weather was bad. When we additionally recognized, that there is reasonable entrance fee to the Park, we turned back to Chile. Therefore it was only a one-day-trip.

The route: Hito Cajon - Reserva National de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa - Laguna Blanca - Laguna Verde and back

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