Bolivia Travel Guide
Use this Bolivia travel guide to help plan your trip to one of South America's most rugged countries.
Bolivia is 'for real'. Like its luminescent sky it remains largely unpolluted and, in the age of Disneyfication, stands out for its authenticity. The country has over 17 million hectares of protected natural areas - including Parque Nacional Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco which is larger than Belgium - but isolation is what best preserves the intense and often bizarre beauty of Bolivia's landscapes, no less than the cultural integrity of its peoples. Both remain intact because they are difficult to reach, hence travelling here requires patience and effort. The rewards make it all worthwhile because they are as genuine as the challenges and hazards.
This Bolivia travel guide will take you from the shores of Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, to the lost world of Noel Kempff MercadoNational Park, following in the footsteps of dinosaurs, bandits and revolutionaries. In Bolivia, there are not only tours, guides and lodges but also endless opportunities for off-the-beaten-path exploration with great rest stops, cities and towns in between.
Bolivia is 'for real'. Like its luminescent sky it remains largely unpolluted and, in the age of Disneyfication, stands out for its authenticity. The country has over 17 million hectares of protected natural areas - including Parque Nacional Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco which is larger than Belgium - but isolation is what best preserves the intense and often bizarre beauty of Bolivia's landscapes, no less than the cultural integrity of its peoples. Both remain intact because they are difficult to reach, hence travelling here requires patience and effort. The rewards make it all worthwhile because they are as genuine as the challenges and hazards.
This Bolivia travel guide will take you from the shores of Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, to the lost world of Noel Kempff MercadoNational Park, following in the footsteps of dinosaurs, bandits and revolutionaries. In Bolivia, there are not only tours, guides and lodges but also endless opportunities for off-the-beaten-path exploration with great rest stops, cities and towns in between.
| Bolivia Travel Guide Highlights | |
 La Paz Markets Shop in the multicoloured indigenous area of La Paz. |  Lake Titicaca Crystal-clear waters and skies and the stunning holy island of Isla del Sol. |
 Tiahuanaco Remnants and artefacts of a giant ancient civilisation. |  Potosí Poverty and silver mines in the highest city in the world. |
 Salar de Uyuni Vast white salt plain with stunning views and cactus-covered islands. |  Rurrenabaque Catch a tour upriver to Madidi or downriver to the pampas. |
 World's most dangerous road Downhill adrenalin rush on two wheels. |  Jesuit missions Six surviving Jesuit mission churches in UNESCO World Heritage villages. |
 Sucre Attractive whitewashed colonial city with a lively student culture. |  Sorata Beautiful centre for trekking and biking in the Cordillera Real. |
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