Bolivia in 12 days, luxury experience with Thaki Voyage

You dream of exceptional days, a change of scenery, flavors, colors, human and culinary experiences … We have chosen for you unusual emotions, carefully selected on our roads in Bolivia. You will set off on an expedition to the Lipez highlands to discover multi-colored lagoons and volcanoes with flamboyant colors. Adventure Guaranteed! Open your eyes wide and let yourself be lulled by the beauty of the place! You will end with the legendary Salar de Uyuni, a unique place in the world where magic takes place. You will not be disappointed…..

Overview

Duration 12 days
Transport Driver and private vehicle
Guide Spanish speaking driver in Uyuni, English speaking guide
Altitude from 2.790 m asl and 4.850 m asl
Best time from April to November

Indicative price, excluding international flights. All nights, meals, guides and transfers included.

Plan my trip

Main stops

La Paz, a cosmopolitan city full of contrasts
The colonial and imperial cities of Sucre and Potosí
Salar de Uyuni… the largest Salt Flats on earth

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12

Day 1

LA PAZ / ARRIVAL - WELLNESS – MOON VALLEY (3600 m a.s.l./11,811ft)

Accommodation hotel
Meals none
Altitude 3.600 m asl
Transport 1h30

Reception at El Alto’s international airport and transfer to the hotel. Free time to enjoy the hotel's spa which offers massages, facials and other services. The hotel has an indoor pool, a gym, trendy bar and excellent restaurants. In the afternoon, depart to Moon Valley. Hike through its geological clay labyrinth and deep gaps. It is artwork. It looks like a stalagmite desert. Return to the hotel.

Day 2

LA PAZ / «SHOESHINER» - CABLECAR – CITY TOUR (3600 m a.s.l./11,811ft)

Start 08:30 am
Accommodation hotel
Meals breakfast, lunch at Ali Pacha, dinner at Gustu
Altitude 3.600 m asl
Transport 2h

Meet your guide in the lobby of the hotel and go to the historic city center of La Paz. Your tour starts at the central station of the red cable car. In addition to your English speaking team, a "special" guide will show you the city in his own way. A shoe shiner will accompany you all morning. After a cable car ride, you will visit different markets. At the potato market, you will experience the distinctive smell and taste of a variety of dehydrated potatoes, like las tuntas and los chuños. You will experience the fish market, where goods arrive every morning between 3.30 and 5am as the cholitas prepare their stands. Afterwards, you will visit the shops where the cholitas paceñas buy their outfit’s colorful pleated skirts worn over layers of petticoats, embroidered shawls held by a brooch, and small bowler hats. As you will learn, being in fashion is expensive! We then take a break for lunch. We will eat at Ali Pacha, the universe of plants. Let yourself be surprised and enjoy its unique menu made from exotic Bolivian ingredients. In the afternoon, you will walk the city, visiting its colorful markets, colonial district, Murillo main square and the art galleries of Jaen street. We close the day with dinner at Gustu, one of the best restaurants in South America. Its "tasting" menu will delight your taste buds, blending ancestral knowledge of traditional cuisine with Bolivian grown and harvested food.

Day 3

LA PAZ - SUCRE (2790M/9153FT) / CITY TOUR

Accommodation hotel
Meals breakfast, dinner
Altitude 2.790 m asl
Transport 30 min transfert, 45 min flight and 45 min transfert

Departure in private vehicle to the airport. Flight La Paz - Sucre (variable schedule). Pick up at Sucre’s airport and transfer to the hotel.Meet your guide at 2pm in the lobby of your hotel. The day will be designed according to your desires, do not hesitate to let your guide know as soon as you meet him. Walking city tour of the "white" city listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Visit the convent of the Recoleta and the Ethnographic Textile Museum (ASUR) located in the heights of the city, the 25 de Mayo Main Square and La Casa de la Libertad (closed on Sunday afternoon and Monday).Dinner at Peña Origenes. A beautiful evening with folkloric dances awaits you.

Day 4

SUCRE (2790M/9153FT) / FOOD TOUR

Start 09:00 am
Accommodation hotel
Meals breakfast, lunch
Altitude 2.780 m asl
Transport none

Depart of the hotel for Sucre's beautiful central market for a 4-hour culinary tour accompanied by a local guide. An original way to discover the historic capital, its history and monuments, while tasting the region's best culinary specialties in the best and confidential adresses of the "white city". Rest of the fay free.

Day 5

SUCRE - POTOSI (4090M/13418FT) / HACIENDA CAYARA

Start 09:00 am
Accommodation Hacienda Cayara
Meals breakfast, dinner
Altitude 4.090 m asl
Transport 3h

We depart in the morning to the colonial city of Potosi. We arrive at the Hacienda Cayara Museum and hotel. We visit the farm of Hacienda Cayara, which offers a unique cultural exchange with the family living in the hacienda. The rest of the day is yours to explore life on the farm, the City of Stone, and/or the museum.

Day 6

POTOSI / CASA DE LA MONEDA MUSEUM - UYUNI (3660M/12007FT)

Start 08h30
Accommodation hotel
Meals breakfast
Altitude 3.600 m asl
Transport 3h

You will meet your guide at 09:00 in the lobby of the hotel. Visit the "Casa de la Moneda" (closed on Sunday afternoons and Mondays). This is the largest colonial building built by the Spanish in the Americas, it’s an impressive building with an impressive history. Departure at 2pm from the hotel in private vehicle to reach the city of Uyuni located not far from the Salt Flats.

Day 7

UYUNI – ROCK VALLEY – VILLAMAR (4030 m a.s.l./13,222 ft)

Start 09:00 am
Accommodation ecolodge
Meals breakfast, lunch, dinner
Altitude 4030 m asl
Transport 4-5h

We take off towards the Lipez region. Along the way, we visit the train cemetery on the outskirts of Uyuni, and go through San Cristobal, a village that was relocated after a mining company arrived. Of special note is its church, which was rebuilt stone-by-stone at a cost of almost half a million dollars. We stop to explore the Valley of Rocks. Erosion created strangely shaped rocks several meters high, almost as if by magic. Before reaching our destination, we take a short photo-op at a panoramic viewpoint of a magnificent canyon. We arrive in the village of Villamar in the late afternoon.

Day 8

VILLAMAR - LAGUNA VERDE - SOL DE MAÑANA - LAGUNA COLORADA - HOTEL DEL DESIERTO (4550 m a.s.l./14,928 ft)

Start 07:00 am
Accommodation ecolodge
Meals breakfast, lunch, dinner
Altitude 4550 m asl
Transport 8h

Our journey runs along the Salar de Capina, mined for borax. We stop at the thermal baths of Polques (4.000 m above sea level / 13.123 FT), where you can brave a swim with the Laguna Chalviri in the background. We drive through an area aptly named the "Dali Desert” for its almost supernatural landscape in earthy, ocher tones with rocks scattered throughout. We arrive at Bolivia’s border with Chile and the emerald colored Laguna Verde (4.300 m above sea level / 14.108 FT) at the foot of the Licancabur Volcan The wind blusters here. We explore the "Sol de Mañana,” characterized by geysers, fumaroles or mud puddles. We continue the Laguna Colorada, home to colonies of pink flamingos. We take an extended break here. Our journey then follows the Siloli desert road and its geomorphological formations, like the stone tree,” a local favorite, to the Hotel del Desierto, where we spend the night.

Day 9

HOTEL DEL DESIERTO - 1001 LAGOONS - SAN PEDRO DE QUEMEZ (3700 m a.s.l./12,139 ft)

Start 08:30 am
Accommodation ecolodge
Meals breakfast, lunch, dinner
Altitude 3700 m asl
Transport 6h

We continue towards the north on the "1001 Lagoons" road, where one beautiful lagoon after the next appears (Honda, Ch'arkota, Hedionda and Cañapa). Some are home to flamingo colonies. In the background, the colors play on the mountains creating impressive and changing landscapes. We stop after a while to stretch our legs and be awed by the majesty of the Ollaguë and Tomasamil volcanoes. Our day’s journey ends as we cross the Salar de Chiguana and arrive at the village of San Pedro de Quemez.

Day 10

SAN PEDRO DE QUEMEZ - UYUNI SALT FLATS - COLCHANI

Start 08:00 am
Accommodation overnight in a salt hotel
Meals breakfast, lunch, dinner
Altitude 3.600 m asl
Transport 4h

As we make our way to the Salar of Uyuni, we stop at the cave of the Galaxies, a unique place. The Salar of Uyuni blows us away. Even better than pictures or what we could have imagined. Its snow white surface, speckled with islands, play with our perception and awe us with beauty. We explore the island of Incahuasi and its unique cacti that seem to have come out of nowhere and into interesting poses. We enjoy the sunset over the salar.