BOLIVIA – LA PAZ
DARE Bolivia – Isla del Sol
Art Museums: El Alto: Museo de Arte Antonio Paredes Candia
Monuments: El Alto: Che Guevara Statue
Villages and Small Towns
Sorata
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars{ Mi Teleferico
History, Culture, National and City Museums
La Paz: Ethnography Museum
La Paz: Museo costumbrista Juan de Vargas
Art Museums: La Paz: Museum of Contemporary Art Plaza
House and Biographical Museums
La Paz: Casa Museo Marina Núñez Del Prado
La Paz: Casa museo Solón
La Paz: Museo Casa Murillo
Architectural Delights: La Paz: La Paz Municipal Theatre
Religious and Sacred Art Museums (including Islamic and Jewish Museums): La Paz: Museo San Francisco
World of Nature
Cotapata NP
Pilon Lajas Indigenous Territory Park and Biosphere Reserve
Ulla Ulla National Reserve
Valle de la Luna
Caves, Sinkholes and Saltmines: Ch’usiq Uta (Cueva de San Pedro)
Mountains: Ancohuma, Cerro Calvario – Copacabana, Chacaltaya, Huayna Potosí, Illampú, Illimani
Trails 1 – Treks
Mina San Francisco – Ruta del Takesi Trek
Hospitality Legends: La Paz: Hotel Torino
Malls/Department Stores: La Paz: Las Torres Mall
Well-being: Distilleries: Andean Culture Distillery
Indigenous Peoples: Uros
Museums – Decorative Arts, Design, Fashion: La Paz: Museo de Textiles Andinos Bolivianos
Music, Film and Photography Museums: La Paz: Museum of Musical Instruments
Maritime/Ship Museums: La Paz: Museo Historico Naval
The Dark Side
La Paz: Central Cemetery of La Paz
Fly to Santa Cruz Bolivia
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BOLIVIA – SANTA CRUZ
World Heritage Sites
Fuerte de Samaipata comprises a gigantic sculptured rock, made by a prehispanic Andean culture for ceremonial use. The natural sandstone hill measures 200x600m, and is completely sculpted with felines, snakes, birds and geometrical motifs with a magical and religious character for the pre-Inca Chané people. Below it lies a former provincial capital of the Inca of a later date. It includes a central plaza, public buildings, houses and agricultural terraces.
10km outside of the town of Samaipata, and can be reached via taxi or (hitch)hiking. in the Amboro National Park, with great mountain vistas and abundant birdlife. The well-crafted trail around the site is self-guided
To get to Samaipata from Sucre was a bit of a pain. All flotas (big buses) leave in the evening and we arrived at 01:30 a.m. in the middle of hjeavy rain in the darkness. From Samaipata we took a taxi the next day for 50 BOB to the Fuerte de Samaipata. Mototaxis are cheaper. guided tour entrance fee is 50 BOB and the guided tour 100 BOB in Spanish
the earlier populations have built three runs for art purposes which were later utilized by the Quechua (Inca) to sacrifice animals and let their blood run through it (in paralell to chicha in another run). Also from the Quechua (Inca) period the habitational remains are still left in ruins around the main rock.
Samaipata “helechos gigantes” (giant fern trees) in nearby PN Amboró. The car ride is quite spectacular on a gravel road with huge descents aside in the clouds. It’s a nice walk in a cloud forest afterwards. Apparently you need a guide
.carved several stone sculptures into the stone.
Getting There Santa Cruz minibus station for Samaipata near the stadium.
Samaipata return cab to the site from there. In my case, from the crossroad to the site is 6km, 2h steep walk uphill and then walk all the way back back to Samaipata. All minibusses passing at the crossroads will be full
easiest way to get to El Fuerte is by foot 9 km
moto-taxi from just outside the mercado
circuit of the site is 2km long and involves climbing to the very top of the hill to two viewing platforms where you can admire the sculptures from above.
The map shows the most prominent sculptures, more difficult to distinguish than those at the Nazca Lines – a lot of the rock sculptures have eroded. The two felines I really could not see. The channels and the geometric pools are the clearest ones.
The track down to the former Inca town. Not much more is left of it than the walls of groups of buildings. the Five Niches, an Inca temple cut out of the rock.
Amboro National Park, with great mountain vistas and abundant birdlife. I walked both ways to and from the site from Samaipata, 10km each way, which I can really recommend when you want to enjoy the natural beauty of this place.
Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
Religious Temples
Concepción: Jesuit Mission
San Javier: Jesuit Mission
San José de Chiquitos: Jesuit Mission
San Miguel de Velasco: Jesuit Mission
San Rafael de Velasco: Jesuit Mission
Santa Ana de Velasco: Jesuit Mission
SANTA CRUZ/WARNES
Urban Legends: Santa Cruz: Plaza de 24 de Septiembre
Airports: Santa Cruz (VVI)
History, Culture, National and City Museums
Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Museum Beni Altillo
Santa Cruz: Guarani Museum
Santa Cruz: Independence Museum
House and Biographical Museums: Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Melchor Pinto House Cultural Center
Religious Temples: Santa Cruz: Cathedral Basilica of St. Lawrence
Natural History and Earth Museums: Santa Cruz: Noel Kempf Mercado Museum
Botanical Gardens: Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Santa cruz Botanical Garden
Zoos: Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Zoológico Municipal Noel Kempff Mercado
| DARE: Santa Cruz area far eastern areas (Andrés Sandoval and Germán Busch provinces |
Islands: Isla del Sol
Monuments: La Higuera: Che Guevara Statue
LA GUARDIA
MONTERO
Villages and Small Towns
Roboré
Samaipata
World of Nature: Amboro NP, Kaa-lya del Gran Chaco NP, Ñembi Guasu Area of Conservation, Noel Kempff Mercado NP, Otuquis NP and Integrated Management Natural Area, Reserva Rios Blanco Y Negro, Tucavaca Valley Municipal Reserve”
Rivers: Paraguay River, Rio Grande/Rio Guapay
Well-being: Thermal Spa: Aguas Calientes
The Dark Side: Che Guevara Trail
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