TownVisited
Copacabana4 days
Our first stop in Bolivia and a great option for staying on Lake Titicaca (the highest lake in the world). It's also the closest point for a day trip to Isla del Sol.
🇧🇴 Bolivia
9 stops visited, 2 planned · 13 days
IslandVisited
Isla Del Sol4 days
The day we planned to travel out to Isla del Sol happened to be the same day as Bolivia's presidential elections. As a result, no boats or buses were running so we spent another relaxing day in Copacabana.
Major CityVisited
La Paz3 days
Eventful nights with protests right outside our hostel and tear gas being fired up and down the street. Our days were spent largely without incident and it was otherwise one of the safest and more relaxing cities on the continent. The Death Road cycle is a must.
TownVisited
Uyuni2 days
We took a 3 day tour from Uyuni with Salty Desert which dropped us in San Pedro de Atacama in Chile on the other side. The sights and changing landscapes along the way are other worldy and make for fascinating 3 days.
Small CityVisited
Sucre
It is probably the most attractive city in the country.
Small CityVisited
Potosi
TownVisited
Rurrenabaque
TownVisited
Tupiza
horse riding in Butch Cassidy country and the base for the Salar de Uyuni tour
National ParkVisited
PN de Medidi
Mountain TownPlanned
Samaipata
Explore nearby El Fuerte ruins. Forested mountains, archaology; near La Higuera, where Che Guevara was executed
Small CityPlanned
Chiquitana
Jesuit missions circuit
Journal
Major activities
All →Uyuni€160
Salar de Uyuni (salt flats)
3 day tour that leaves you in San Pedro de de Atacama. Be prepared to rough it. The drivers don’t speak English and are quite lazy but if you get put with a fun group you’ll make lots of friends on this tour. You visit some pretty cool places over the 3 days (lakes, volcanos, geysers, reach 5,000 meters, the salt flats in Uyuni).
La Paz€100
Cycling Death Road
64km downhill mountain bike trip outside La Paz.
Copacabana
Lake Titicaca
The original plan (2019)
Before we left, the shortlist for Bolivia looked like this — 9 days planned.
La PazUyuniPotosiCopacabanaIsla Del SolRurrenabaqueSamaipataTupizaSucreChiquitanaPN de Medidi
Dashed = we never made it there (this time).