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Bolivia: The Rugged High Plains

Bolivia is sometimes called the Tibet of also go down a terrifying but spectacular
the Americas, for its arid, high-altitude road to Coroico, a popular resort town in
desert-like plateau, more vivid when the sub-tropical Yungas valleys.
called by its Spanish name altiplano. With more time, you could explore the
This is one of the toughest inhabited remote corners of the Southern Altiplano.
environments on earth from shimmering Old colonial Potosi is said to be the
Lake Titicaca, the only lake to give most interesting of Bolivia's cities and
birth to an empire, to the surreal Salar the site of the Spanish silver mines.
de Uyuni, the biggest and highest salt Nearby is the official capital, Sucre,
lake in the world - 12,000 sq km of with its fascinating colonial
blinding white, completely flat architecture. Southwest of Potosi is
nothingness. Uyuni, which sets you off on a 3-4-day
Bolivia has also been called the Nepal of tour to the Salar de Uyuni, the world's
the Americas, for its Cordillera Real largest salt lake. Further south, near
with almost a thousand peaks soaring over the Chilean border, are deserts,
5,000 meters and matching anything the volcanoes and multi-colored soda lakes
Himalayas can offer in climbing and carpeted with flamingoes. The south is
trekking, but with much less of the human also home to the vineyards of Tarija and
traffic. the graveyards of dinosaurs. The Sajima
The major attraction tourists have for National Park, near the Chilean border,
Bolivia is its wild, unexplored natural includes the highest peak in Bolivia.
beauty. The country, or the greater part East of La Paz, you escape the cold of
of it, lies off the beaten track; a vast the altiplano and go down the Amazon
wildness waiting to be seen and jungle towards Brazil. The Torotoro
appreciated. This land-locked country at National Park is full of fossils,
the heart and peak of South America dinosaur footprints, caves and
offers magnificent trekking, especially waterfalls, the real trip for those who
around Coroico and Sorata in the love the unbeaten paths.
Cordillera Real. You can go to the Bolivia's newest attraction is the
Amazonian rainforests in its eastern Chalalan Eco-lodge, in the Madidi
parts by breath-taking airplane flights National Park, right in the Amazon
or by hair-raising, or rather, jungle. This is ecotourism in capital
heart-stopping bus rides. letters, and the place has the greatest
Special Treats biodiversity in the whole planet. There
Some travel companies offer the are over 300 types of birds, 1,200
adventurous a one-week ice-climbing and butterfly species, monkeys, jaguar,
biking vacation. After a day of training tapir, caiman, and other wildlife.
on the mountain bike, you pedal away on a Best time to go
mountain road ringed on the sides with Bolivia's roads are notoriously poor, so
800-foot drops. If that's not enough, you'll want to avoid the rainy season
another route will pass by a section with from November to March, if you want to
a 14,000-foot drop. The route takes you visit the jungles. The Altiplano does not
from the peak of the Chacaltaya Mountain get much rain, so timing is not so
and goes down into the impenetrable crucial although hiking trails can get
jungles of the Zongo Valley. A brief muddy. June and July, the winter months,
rest, and then you undergo one more day are colder but the nights are clearer,
of training prior to a two-day climb up and these are the best months to visit
Huayna Potosi, one of the highest peaks the Salar de Uyuni. June to August are
in the world at 20,000 feet. the busiest tourism months and hotels
What Else to Do will be full. The best festivals
Most parts of the country are remote, and (Carnival and Holy Week) happen during
can be reached only by long bus rides. the rainy season.
Vacations lasting a few weeks would Planning your trip
hardly be enough to see what should be Airlines are busiest from early December
seen. You may have to fly to other to mid-January and July to September. The
destinations. La Paz is the jump-off best connections to La Paz are through
point for Bolivia's sites. From the Sao Paolo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires
capital La Paz, you could take a trip or Miami. The main cities have their
north to the city of Tiahuanaco, which hotels, but away from them, there are
preceded the great Inca Empire; further suitable hotels for every budget, which
north is Lake Titicaca. On the lake is offer excellent value - not luxurious but
the beautiful Isla del Sol, where legend clean and popular with travelers.
says the Inca empire was created. You can




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