Tailor Made Bolivia
Lake Titicaca & the Uyuni Salt Flats
Travel with your private party on this Luxury Tailor Made Journey, departing when you choose and with expert local guides leading the way; you can even customize the itinerary to your interests.
Discover a panorama of Bolivia’s finest, from Lake Titicaca to the Uyuni Salt Flats, home to flamingos and otherworldly pentagons of crystalline salt; meander through local markets; and zip by hydrofoil, absorbing the region’s fascinating history en route.
Highlights
- Explore Lake Titicaca by hydrofoil, from Moon Island to Huatajata
- Taste the water of the Sacred Fountain, believed to give eternal youth and happiness
- Discover Uyuni, the largest salt flat on earth, with its surreal pentagons of crystalline salt
- Visit the House of Liberty in Sucre, where Simon Bolivar signed Bolivia’s Declaration of Independence
- Interact with the local residents when you visit their villages and shops
- Meet the Limachi family, ship builders of Thor Heyerdahl’s ‘RA II’ and ‘Tigris,’ which made epic expeditions across the Atlantic Ocean
- Spend time with a resident kallawaya — a Bolivian natural healer — for a personal blessing and reading of sacred coca leaves
Pricing
Luxury private tour starting at $4,295* USD per person, based on double occupancy
10 Days – Santa Cruz, Bolivia to La Paz
Included with this luxury Tailor Made Journey
- One-of-a-Kind Itinerary Designed for You
- Hand-Selected Luxury Accommodations
- Exclusive Insider-Access Opportunities and Inspiring Sightseeing
- English-Speaking Local Guides
- Airport Meet and Greet with Private Transfers
- Full Breakfast Daily
- Entrance Fees and Taxes
- 24/7 A&K On-Call Support
Day
Day 1
Location(s)
Santa Cruz, Boliva
Meals
Description
Arrive in Santa Cruz, where you are met and transferred to your hotel.
Accommodation: Camino Real Hotel (2 nights)
Day 2
Santa Cruz
Breakfast
After settling in, set out on a city tour, viewing the Basílica Menor de San Lorenzo from the main square — Plaza 24 de Septiembre. Continue to Arte Campo, a crafts shop located in a traditional home, and El Abasto Indian Market. Then, after seeing other key monuments and residential neighborhoods, pause for a cup of coffee, before returning to your hotel for time at leisure.
Day 3
Santa Cruz – Sucre
Breakfast
Fly to Sucre, where you are met and taken on a city tour. Visit La Recoleta, the House of Liberty, where Simon Bolivar signed the Independence of Bolivia. Then, wander through the fascinating Textile Museum Asur and check in to your hotel.
Accommodation: Parador Santa María La Real
Day 4
Sucre – Potosi – Uyuni
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Travel overland to the colonial city of Potosi, a former source of silver. Legend has it that the rich mountains produced enough of the precious metal to build a solid bridge from Potosi to Madrid. Visit La Casa de la Moneda and Santa Teresa Museum, and enjoy lunch in a local restaurant. After lunch, continue overland to Uyuni and check in to your hotel.
Accommodation: Hotel De Sal Luna Salada (3 nights)
Day 5
Uyuni
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Situated on the Bolivian Andean Altiplano, Uyuni is the site of the largest salt flat on earth. See its otherworldly pentagons of crystalline salt, set against a backdrop of lagoons, flora, flamingos and boundless skies. Visit Isla Pescado (Incahuasi), an oasis with algae and fossil formations. See its thousands of giant columnar cacti, which are upward of 100 years old. Return to your hotel and have dinner on the shores of the Uyuni Salt Lake.
Day 6
Uyuni
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Today, set out to see Thunupa Volcano. Stroll through the nearby village and hike to the cave of the Coquesa Mummies to view the remains of the ancestors of locals and learn their stories. Return to your hotel and relax before sitting down to dinner on site.
Day 7
Uyuni – La Paz
Breakfast
Transfer to the airport and fly to La Paz, where you explore its colonial and modern neighborhoods as well as the Indian Market and Witch Doctor’s Market. Ascend the Mi Teleférico cable car for panoramas framed by the majestic Illimani Mountain. Then, discover Moon Valley, a clay formation resembling the face of the moon.
Accommodation: Casa Grande Hotel
Day 8
La Paz – Lake Titicaca
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Depart for Cocotoni, where you take a hydrofoil cruise on Lake Titicaca. Visit Moon Island and Iñak Uyu (Sun Virgins Temple). Continue to Sun Island, where you climb the Grand Stairs and taste the water of the Sacred Fountain, believed by some to give eternal youth and happiness. After a local lunch, stroll through a small Indian market. Then, take the hydrofoil to Huatajata, visiting the Andean Roots Eco-Village, Altiplano Museum, Handicrafts village, Mud Igloos and the mortuary towers of the Urus Chipayas. Meet the Limachi family, ship builders of the ‘RA II’ and ‘Tigris,’ which made epic expeditions across the Atlantic Ocean led by famed adventurer Thor Heyerdahl. Meet their vicuñas, llamas and alpacas. Tonight, enjoy an audiovisual and night experience of “The Mystic World of the Kallawayas,” about Bolivia’s natural healers, who believe in order to heal the body, one must first heal the soul. Receive a blessing from a resident kallawaya, who answers questions by casting his sacred coca leaves. After a drink, sit down to a candlelit dinner. This evening, visit the Native Observatory Alajpacha, to study the constellations in the spectacular night sky.
Accommodation: Inca Utama Hotel
Day 9
Lake Titicaca – La Paz
Breakfast
Return to La Paz and enjoy an afternoon at leisure.
Accommodation: Casa Grande Hotel
Day 10
La Paz
Breakfast
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your departing flight.
*Hotel rooms are subject to availability and are confirmed by the supplier at time of booking; they may be replaced by other hotel rooms of similar category at the sole discretion of the supplier.
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*Prices are per person, based on double occupancy and subject to change and availability.